Another action-packed edition of Sports Media Weekly is upon us.
Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I are joined for our news segment byBrian Berger, host of Sports Business Radio.
We begin the show looking at the news that the NFL is moving the date of next year’s NFL Draft to May. This will benefit the league’s broadcast partners ESPN and the NFL Network who’ll be able to charge more for advertising during the ratings “sweeps” month.
We then move into the realm of ESPN Radio with its announcement that it will provide out-of-market coverageof five NFL teams’ games beginning this fall. ESPN also made news this week with the hiring of southern U.S. sports radio legend Paul Finebaum.
We move on to discuss how the hiring of Robert Lipsyte as the new ombudsman at ESPN may, or may not, result in any significant changes at the World Wide Leader.
We end the segment by looking at plans by Sports Illustrated to produce a daily 30-minute talk show on SI.com beginning this Monday.
Our second guest this week is Bob Socci, current radio voice for the Pawtucket Red Sox, who will soon become the new radio voice of the New England Patriots, replacing the legendary Gil Santos. Bob discusses his good fortune in getting both the PawSox and Patriots jobs in a matter of weeks. Socci will be leaving the PawSox in July to begin his work in Foxboro.
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