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ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro Notes “Difficult Decisions” as Network Begins Layoffs

"We had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today."

NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

New 77 WABC Business Reporter Joe Connolly Believes in the Power of Local Radio

"The country needs radio. America needs radio."

77 WABC Adds Former WCBS 880 Business Reporter Joe Connolly For New Vignette Series

“In the midst of questions about the economy and where it’s going, Joe will find success stories that inspire others."

WCBS 880 Signs Off With Wayne Cabot Commentary After Nearly 6 Decades of Newsradio Format

"To paraphrase a CBS News legend, good night and good luck."

WCBS 880 Hosts Farewell Special as Current and Former Hosts Say Goodbye to Audacy Station

WCBS 880 hosted a three-hour news special Thursday morning and afternoon detailing its history as the Audacy station prepares to shutter early next week. From...

What WCBS Taught Us: These Are Not the Good Old Days

Last week’s demise of WCBS Newsradio 880 affected me emotionally, as it has many in our business. We share our shock and sorrow and...

WCBS 880 Anchors Steve Scott, Michael Wallace Sign Off

The anchors, who now appear in different dayparts, were partners for seven years at the Audacy New York station.

WCBS 880 Got All of The Headlines But ESPN New York’s Future Warrants Attention

"ESPN New York has a better solution today than it did yesterday, and Audacy reduced payroll and improved their bottom line, while continuing to own all-news and the top sports brand in town."

KSL Newsradio 102.7 Host Jeff Caplan: WCBS 880 Was Station That Motivated Me to Pursue Radio

Reactions continue to pour in as WCBS 880 is slated to sign off the air later this month. One of the many fans of...

WCBS Newsradio 880 Anchor Wayne Cabot: I Can Be Logical About Station Ending, But It’s ‘Still a Gut Punch’

"Working here and having friends here, it is an immense privilege that few people in this industry have ever experienced or ever will. So for that, I am immeasurably grateful."

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NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero Reportedly Departs As Part Of ESPN Layoffs

"Pelissero joined NFL Network in July 2017. Before that, he covered the NFL for USA Today starting in 2013, part of a team that won an Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 award."

Bill Handel: We’ve Lost 65% of Our AM Radio Audience on KFI in Past Decade

"And if you look at revenue, revenue has just collapsed."

NHL Creating Local Broadcast Production Setup With At Least Four Clubs Beginning Next Season

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

Emmanuel Acho: ESPN Executives “Cowards” for Handling of Ryan Clark Firing

"If you work long enough, you will get fired regardless of your profession. But to fire a man that helped bring a show its very first Emmy award in the midst of that show is cowardly."