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Nick Kostos Excited for ‘You Better You Bet’ to Move to Middays on Westwood One Sports
"The one thing that I can promise everybody is you, our audience, you are going to get my absolute best effort every single day."
Is FOX Sports Radio’s Afternoon Shakeup the Latest Tale of Building the Industry’s Future?
"The addition of Weiner to the FOX Sports Radio lineup isn’t the problem. It’s a symptom. It reflects an industry increasingly hesitant to take risks."
BetMGM Network Host Femi Abebefe Departs ‘You Better You Bet’ as Show Transitions to Westwood One Sports
"It's not my decision to be honest and to be frank, like it's disappointing, it sucks. I'm gonna be completely honest about that, but that's the business that we're in."
Is It Fair for the Radio Goodbye To Become the Only Memory for Your Next Manager?
"Saying goodbye is never something any talent truly prepares for, and every talent chooses a different way to send off their listeners in the final moments."
Damon Amendolara on the End of the Infinity Sports Network: “It’s Demoralizing”
"It was predictable. I did sense that there were signs that it wasn't going to be very long"
Bart Winkler: Listeners Were Ignored in Decision To End Infinity Sports Network
"The listeners of the Infinity Sports Network were an afterthought, not even a thought. You got afterthought means you were at least a thought. I don't think you were a thought at all in this process"
Is Westwood One Sports the Change Needed for an Evolving Sports Radio Industry?
"In a business that keeps recycling the same voices while wondering why audiences age out, this lineup represents a calculated disruption"
Westwood One Sports Announces Full Weekday Lineup Launching December 29
"With our partners at Audacy, we’ve assembled a group of diverse and passionate sports voices committed to covering the biggest sports stories with opinions, expert analysis, and fan interaction"
Executive Producer Michael Samtur Announces Exit From Audacy, Infinity Sports Network
"Thank you to all the great producers, hosts, and incredible guests we’ve had over the past decade and a half that have made the network one of the preeminent national sports networks in the history of radio"
A Sports Radio Business Case For Allowing More Talent to Say Goodbye
"Not every ending needs a curtain call, and not every situation allows for one. But cutting talent loose without context, preparation, or the chance to say goodbye rarely protects a brand the way decision-makers hope it will"