Mike Ryan

So we start flying up to Bristol having conversations with these people, and you were right to highlight that they actually had radio bona fides. Amanda Gifford came up through Colin Coward's show. Liam was the executive producer of Mike and Mike for a long time. John Keller was a radio lifer. So inside of the ESPN audio division, we were starting to see people that we could F with.

So we start flying up to Bristol having conversations with these people, and you were right to highlight that they actually had radio bona fides. Amanda Gifford came up through Colin Coward's show. Liam was the executive producer of Mike and Mike for a long time. John Keller was a radio lifer. So inside of the ESPN audio division, we were starting to see people that we could F with.

really like they got us they got what we did and it was a little bit different than maybe some previous managers that we had had when we weren't a part of an actual part of clearance over there it becomes clear that colin's leaving i was actually in bristol the day that it was reported colin was leaving to fox i was sitting in colin's studio and i got to see his entire process at the time we just gripped it and ripped it dan got in in front of that microphone

really like they got us they got what we did and it was a little bit different than maybe some previous managers that we had had when we weren't a part of an actual part of clearance over there it becomes clear that colin's leaving i was actually in bristol the day that it was reported colin was leaving to fox i was sitting in colin's studio and i got to see his entire process at the time we just gripped it and ripped it dan got in in front of that microphone

Why'd you wait so long?

Why'd you wait so long?

I was in his studio because I was working.

I was in his studio because I was working.

Well, there was a couple of interesting things that happened on that day because I believe Colin got into a controversy about Dominican baseball players that day. I believe Jen Latta was supposed to be a part of Colin's show, who is now with College Game Day, and she was just kind of sitting in an office as all this stuff was breaking.

Well, there was a couple of interesting things that happened on that day because I believe Colin got into a controversy about Dominican baseball players that day. I believe Jen Latta was supposed to be a part of Colin's show, who is now with College Game Day, and she was just kind of sitting in an office as all this stuff was breaking.

And it looked like Jen, who Colin specifically asked for, was now not going to be a part of Colin's show. So it was an interesting time to be there.

And it looked like Jen, who Colin specifically asked for, was now not going to be a part of Colin's show. So it was an interesting time to be there.

But also what I realized is they're used to a totally different workflow from the host that is hosting this time slot. Colin, when I sat in with him, Colin would run through his entire show twice before it actually started. What? And he would just bounce stuff off of guys, whereas we would just turn on microphones and go.

But also what I realized is they're used to a totally different workflow from the host that is hosting this time slot. Colin, when I sat in with him, Colin would run through his entire show twice before it actually started. What? And he would just bounce stuff off of guys, whereas we would just turn on microphones and go.

And it was a little bit different because by then the zig had been established so we know how to zag. And that's another part of this challenge that we got. But the talks to get to midday were... We were pushing you pretty hard. We wanted this. What ultimately made you align with us and say, all right, let's go for it.

And it was a little bit different because by then the zig had been established so we know how to zag. And that's another part of this challenge that we got. But the talks to get to midday were... We were pushing you pretty hard. We wanted this. What ultimately made you align with us and say, all right, let's go for it.

A lot of things professionally are happening at this same time. We're not thrilled with how Fusion's going. In the last episode, we got into how that disrupted our workflow. We're still out on that set when this decision gets made. Lincoln Financial, who I'm an employee of at this time, is about to sell to Intercom.

A lot of things professionally are happening at this same time. We're not thrilled with how Fusion's going. In the last episode, we got into how that disrupted our workflow. We're still out on that set when this decision gets made. Lincoln Financial, who I'm an employee of at this time, is about to sell to Intercom.

I see this Disney thing happen because it's part of us who may be moving to middays. All my boys get to be full time. Our team gets to be paid by Disney. And man... Locally, especially, the radio market is a changing and we wanted that long-term stability. What ends up happening is we become Entercom employees because that's a company that Lincoln Financial sells to. Which is now Odyssey.

I see this Disney thing happen because it's part of us who may be moving to middays. All my boys get to be full time. Our team gets to be paid by Disney. And man... Locally, especially, the radio market is a changing and we wanted that long-term stability. What ends up happening is we become Entercom employees because that's a company that Lincoln Financial sells to. Which is now Odyssey.