Atlanta Radio: Kevin McAlpin Exits 680 The Fan, Braves

Kevin McAlpin

Kevin McAlpin is leaving the Braves Radio Network and 93.7 and WCNN 680/The Fan after 12 years.

He was a game reporter for eight years and hosted pregame and postgame shows for the past five seasons.

“It was all my decision,” McAlpin told Rodney Ho The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I have two kids growing up way too fast. I just felt like it was time to be a dad a bit more.”

He has begun work at Marietta-based Impact Partnership, which offers media and marketing services to financial advisers based out of Kennesaw. The hours, he noted, are more normal.

McAlpin said as a host for financial adviser shows, he is learning about money management as he goes, which he admits isn’t his strong suit. “As we help educate the listeners, I hope to get an education as well,” he said.

He grew up a sports fan who interned with the Philadelphia Phillies while attending Temple University and worked in baseball operations there for six years. He landed a job at an AM station owned by Philadelphia Eagles announcer Merrill Reese, then the local sports talk station now known as 95.7/The Fanatic (where former Fan host John Kincade hosts the morning show.)

In 2010, McAlpin landed the job as the Phillies beat reporter for the station after Meredith Marakovits left to cover the New York Yankees. In 2011, he saw an opening for the Atlanta Braves Network and landed the gig as their beat reporter.

From 2012 until 2019, he was with the Braves every single game, from spring training until the end of the season, doing interviews and providing news to the network.