Tag: Sports Radio Industry

"The people who helped build sports radio have every right to be proud of what they accomplished. But they also have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to explain to the next generation why it was worth doing in the first place."

"Programming is supposed to be about developing talent, building brands, creating opportunities and preparing the next person to take the next step. When the person responsible for doing those things becomes part of the talent lineup, the priorities inevitably become blurred."

"The future of legacy media won't be determined by transmitters, call letters, apps, or even ratings books. It'll be determined by whether organizations can convince their best talent that staying offers more opportunity than leaving."

"My whole life was WFAN, and my whole goal was to get to afternoon drive on WFAN. For the first time since I had that dream in 1995, I knew that dream was no longer a reality."

"This decision can’t be about comfort. It can’t be about familiarity. And it definitely can’t be about recreating something that no longer exists. It has to be about vision."

"Back then, being a star on WFAN was pretty easy. There was nowhere else to go."

"Once the season started, I got so immersed in everything I wanted to do here. I’m a perfectionist, and it became let’s try not doing this and see how my life works."

"The part-time producer holding a weekend shift or the staffer logging hours on play-by-play broadcasts has dreams far beyond their current schedule. Have they told you? If not, ask yourself why"