30 years with WFAN Sweeny Murti ( yankees beat reporter ) is departing WFAN.
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Sweeny Murti
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Story with Sweeny's Tweet (embedded) about his departure within this RadioInsight.com link.
Brad Heller is also not returning as pre + post-game host on Audacy's Mets radio broadcasts on WCBS 880.
Seems management is making offers than can be refused.
Brad Heller is also not returning as pre + post-game host on Audacy's Mets radio broadcasts on WCBS 880.
Seems management is making offers than can be refused.
My take is that he may end up with The Yankees in some form, either at YES or doing reporting for the team website and MLB. Lots of options for well-connected sports reporters in non-traditional ways. This reporter is relatively young, so if he's flexible in his employment requirements, he may end up making more money and having more control over what he does.
Meredith isn’t leaving YES. Unless he goes to the pregame I wonder what his role would be at YES.
Murti also works for SportsNet
No association with the Yankees at the Mets Network.
I understand that. My point is he has many options. More than a DJ who is identified with a format.
Probably MLBN. Unless he finds another team. He is from Philly.
Sweeny Murti
Sweeny Murti, a 30-year veteran of Audacy sports “The Fan” WFAN-AM/FM New York (660/101.9), exits the station. Since 2001, Murti has been serving as the New York Yankees beat reporter.
Sweeny Murti joins MLB:
nypost.com
Sweeny Murti reveals new job after leaving WFAN Yankees gig
The longtime WFAN Yankees reporter left the station last month, but he isn’t leaving baseball.
nypost.com
If MLB winds up having to pick up where bankrupt Bally leaves off, he may be find himself a stopgap or replacement voice on some team's telecasts, unless MLB is somehow prohibited from replacing the broadcasters hired by Bally.Sweeny Murti joins MLB:
Sweeny Murti reveals new job after leaving WFAN Yankees gig
The longtime WFAN Yankees reporter left the station last month, but he isn’t leaving baseball.
It depends on what is decided when they file. That sounds like a long shot to me.
I think the sports podcast could be very big. Hosts of sports podcasts are popular guests on sports talk shows. Maybe WFAN!
The teams approve the announcers.
Right. But some are employed directly by the team, while others are on the payroll of the rights holder. My question is whether MLB, if forced by this emergency into taking Bally's place, must pick up the contract of the employee of the bankrupt rights holder at full value. And if not, does MLB have the option of putting someone who will work for less in the booth?
Depends on who is named in the contract. If it's Diamond, and Diamond goes full Chap 7, then the contracts are void and everyone loses. Under that situation, the team could sign with someone new. If it's Chap 11, then Diamond needs the revenue from the games to pay the lenders. So they can't stop doing the games unless the rights deals are terrible. Diamond mainly inherited deals done by Fox, so some might be unprofitable. But they knew what they were getting into when they bought the RSNs. My take is it's pretty far-fetched to think that Diamond will just shut down and the teams will have to fend for themselves.
The NBA say their basketball games will stay on the air:
NBA teams reportedly aren't concerned with Diamond Sports' potential bankruptcy filing
As the RSN market faces an uncertain future and Diamond Sports potentially files for bankruptcy, NBA teams reportedly aren't worried yet.
awfulannouncing.com
Sweeny's replacement is Justin Shackil from Jomboy Media, YES Network, DAZN and Yankees Productions (in-house stadium operations):
www.audacy.com
Justin will be the primary post-game host and call approximately 30 games when John Sterling is off.
(Sterling and Suzyn Waldman handle the pre-game show.)
Shackil was one of the several fill-in announcers used in 2022.
WFAN names Justin Shackil primary postgame host for Yankees Radio Network
Shackil will serve as the station’s primary postgame show host for the Yankees Radio Network, and fill in for legendary play-by-play voice John Sterling for approximately 30 games, alongside Suzyn Waldman, during the 2023 season.
www.audacy.com
Justin will be the primary post-game host and call approximately 30 games when John Sterling is off.
(Sterling and Suzyn Waldman handle the pre-game show.)
Shackil was one of the several fill-in announcers used in 2022.
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