Entercom Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM New York has officially revealed its on-air lineup for 2020 following the second “retirement” of Mike Francesa from afternoon drive and Bart Scott’s move to 98.7 WEPN-FM.
Boomer Esiason and Gregg ‘Gio’ Giannotti will remain in mornings from 6-10am. Maggie Gray, who previously was part of the 1-3pm CMB Show with Scott and Chris Carlin, will move to 10am-2pm with Marc Malusis rejoining the station. Malusis most recently served as morning co-host at CBS Sports Radio but held multiple roles at WFAN before moving over to the network including producer for Mike & The Mad Dog and overnight host. He has also served as a commentator and analyst for Sportsnet New York since 2008. Malusis and Gray hosted a Saturday morning show on CBS Sports Radio from its launch in 2013 until she joined WFAN and he moved to mornings.
Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts will move from their longtime midday slot to the 2-6pm afternoon show. The duo have been teamed together since 2007. Benigno began his radio career after being a regular caller to the station as “Joe From Saddle River” and then worked at a few small stations in the New York area before joining WFAN as overnight host in 1995. He moved to middays in 2004 with Sid Rosenberg before Roberts joined him in 2007. Roberts began his radio career as a kid on Long Island with a show on 1240 WGBB and the Radio Aahs network. He worked at Sirius and 106.7 WJFK Washington before joining WFAN.
Mike Francesa will continue to be heard with a half hour program from 6-630pm in addition to programming he creates for Entercom’s Radio.com. He will also host special programs, remote broadcasts and will contribute to other shows on WFAN.
Steve Somers will remain heard at night around WFAN’s play-by-play broadcasts and John ‘JJ’ Jastremski will become the station’s full-time overnight host.
Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and the unrivaled leader in sports radio, today announced a new programming lineup for WFAN (WFAN-FM/AM) New York’s flagship sports station, effective January 6, 2020.
“This is quite an impressive lineup of talent on WFAN as we remain the one and only place to talk New York sports all day, every day,” said Mark Chernoff, Senior Vice President, Entercom New York. “Combined with our play-by-play of New York Yankees baseball, New York Giants football, Brooklyn Nets basketball and New Jersey Devils hockey, as well as our slate of National Football League games, we look forward to expanding our position as the flagship station for New York sports fans.”
As part of the revamped lineup, Maggie Gray will be reunited with longtime WFAN on-air personality Marc “Moose” Malusis weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET to host “Moose and Maggie.” Gray joined WFAN in January 2018 and prior to that was part of CBS Sports Radio, where she co-hosted a Saturday morning show with Malusis. Malusis joined WFAN in 2001 as a board operator and producer and currently serves as the host of “Football Sunday” with former New York Giants player David Diehl. Moose was also the co-host of the CBS Sports Radio morning show “Taz and the Moose.”
Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts will now be heard weekdays from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. Joe and Evan have been co-hosts since 2007 and were previously on the air from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET, a timeslot in which they were the ratings leaders among men 25 to 54 years old, according to Nielsen.
Longtime WFAN personality Mike Francesa will remain a part of the station’s programming with a daily half-hour show titled “Mike’s On,” which will air weekdays from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET. Mike will also host special programs, remote broadcasts and will contribute to other shows on WFAN.
Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti will begin their third year together as co-hosts of “Boomer and Gio,” weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET. The show is the ratings leader in its prime demographic of men 25-54 for the third straight quarterly ratings period, according to Nielsen.
Steve Somers will continue to host nights from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. ET. Somers has been a part of the WFAN team since its inception. He can be heard before and after sports programming including the New York Yankees, Brooklyn Nets and NFL football.
John Jastremski has been named as WFAN’s full-time overnight host.
New WFAN weekday lineup is as follows.
6:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ET: “Boomer and Gio”
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET: “Moose and Maggie”
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET: “Joe and Evan”
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET: “Mike’s On”
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET: “The Steve Somers Show”
10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. ET: “JJ After Dark”
