Marchand Sports Media The future of sports radio with the most powerful executive in the business
Chris Oliviero is probably the most powerful sports radio executive in the country. Oliviero, the president of Audacy New York and Infinity Sports Network, is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand.”
Known as “The Architect” around WFAN, he is one of the best people anywhere to ask: What is the future of sports radio?
He answered that, while looking back at the past.
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* Reminisced about Marchand and Mike Francesa's battles
* Francesa wanting Marchand to bring $500,000 to the FAN studios
* How Oliviero interned for Howard Stern after being rejected by FAN
* How he believes sports radio is very healthy and is growing
* He explains how it is changing
* How will the future finances for on-air personalities work for sports radio
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* How Mike and the Mad Dog gave WFAN credibility as a young station
* How Don Imus was, of course, wrong when he was fired, but technology changed during his run
* What was it like from an executive perspective when Francesa and Russo broke up
* How FAN came up with Boomer & Carton after Imus was fired
* After Carton resigned, how Gregg Giannotti made it to FAN mornings
* How putting radio shows on is like casting a TV show
* What happened with "Carlin, Bart and Maggie"
* How Francesa came out of retirement
* Why he thought bringing the retired John Sterling back for the playoffs was the right move
* How WFAN has "live" as an advantage over other media
* When is he bringing Carton back
* Does he look at WFAN vs. ESPN NY as the end of an era
* Related Pod: How Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo became arguably the greatest sports talk show host ever.
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