NYC Radio: Michael Kay Show Moving To Mid-Days On 880 AM

Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay will leave afternoon drive time radio effective after the Dec. 13 edition of ESPN New York radio’s “The Michael Kay Show,” an industry source confirmed to Newsday.

Kay will move to a solo show middays from 1 to 3 p.m., with Alan Hahn expected to replace Kay alongside his longtime partners Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg in late afternoon.

The changes will take effect on Jan. 6. The news first was reported by The Athletic. ESPN declined to comment.

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Kay has had a show on ESPN New York radio since 2002 and has been in drive time since 2005. His ratings battles with WFAN’s Mike Francesa were some of the most entertaining sports media content of the late 2010s.

Kay, 63, has talked for years about cutting back on radio because of the demands of his other big job — the YES Network television voice of the Yankees. He will remain in that role, according to Newsday.

The Athletic reported that Hahn’s current partner, Bart Scott, will move to the 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. show with Dan Graca. Those moves would knock Mike Greenberg’s national show off ESPN Radio’s current 880-AM terrestrial radio home.

It is still to be determined whether YES Network will simulcast Kay’s new show and/or the program in afternoon drive. There has been a synergy with Kay as he has called Yankees games on the network since it launched in 2002.

He had been the radio broadcaster alongside John Sterling from 1992-2001 prior to becoming the TV voice. The move to mid-days, while less financially lucrative, gives Kay a better work-life balance.