Brandon Tierney Ready For New CBS Sports Radio

Brandon Tierney remembers his time on Lehigh Valley, PA  sports-talk radio as being "very pure and much less pressurized."

"I was just thrilled to be on the air," Tierney said of his time spent as the co-host with Tom Fallon on the 1320 Sports morning show at WTKZ from April to November in 1999. "I was thrilled to be going over to Lehigh for Eagles training camp in what was Andy Reid's first year as coach and Donovan McNabb's first year.

Tierney told Keith Groller at The Allentown Call, "I also remember we did a lot of 76ers and Phillies and some Steelers because Tom was always such a big Steelers fan."

Tierney said he didn't have any idea of what the business side of radio was about back then, but added, "I didn't care because I was just happy to have a microphone in front of me for four hours every day. I was only worried about the next show."

Tierney has worked in various places since leaving Allentown, including his hometown of New York City (ESPN's 1050 AM) and his current home, San Francisco. On Jan. 2 he will begin the biggest gig of his career when he makes his debut as co-host of the CBS Sports radio's Morning Show with former ESPN host Dana Jacobsen and former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber.

Tierney's show will air from 6 to 9 weekdays from the network's studios in the Tribeca section of New York.

The morning show will be followed by noted sports author John Feinstein from 9 a.m. to noon and Jim Rome from noon to 3 p.m. Doug Gottlieb has the 3 to 6 slot and Scott Ferrall has the late shift from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

CBS Sports radio will have enough affiliates to reach about 10 million listeners at its launch. It will have homes in most major cities, including 610 WIP-AM in Philadelphia.

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