"The North Star is to honor the relationship between audience and creator. If we’re going to tap into that commercially, we need to respect that foundation and not cheapen it just to try to push stuff out in a more efficient way, or to substitute."
"With football, we wanted to ride the roller coaster and let football lead the way. Let the film lead the way. We're not coming up with crazy hot takes. What we will give is informed opinion on where your team is and can get better."
"If you ask me, am I recreating my financial future with this? The answer is no. If you ask me, is it clear that I'm reaching people who I wasn't reaching before because I have more content out there? The answer is yes."
"There's not one thing that Jac Collinsworth does during those games that I go -- or anything that he's ever done that I've watched -- and I've thought 'that guy's good'."
In addition to hosting Brewers Extra Innings, Cotroneo will also host Brewers Weekly and will contribute to other programming for 620 WTMJ as well as ESPN Milwaukee.
"When did it start happening that local media is supposed to be the PR firm or a PR branch of an NFL team? That guy asked great questions! Those are questions that should be asked!"
The longtime top 40 station switched to sports in 1999, and held a banquet celebrating the milestone brought former Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, as well as current and former Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats to the city.
"With football, we wanted to ride the roller coaster and let football lead the way. Let the film lead the way. We're not coming up with crazy hot takes. What we will give is informed opinion on where your team is and can get better."
"If you ask me, am I recreating my financial future with this? The answer is no. If you ask me, is it clear that I'm reaching people who I wasn't reaching before because I have more content out there? The answer is yes."
"When talent starts publicly pushing back against the direction, narrative and formula that executives have relied on for years, perhaps it's time for those executives to listen."