Neil Best at Newsday writes the radio gig is not as visible
or as lucrative as the one NBC hired him for in 2007, when he was to be a
crossover personality who would talk football on Sundays and everything else on
weekday mornings.
It did not work out on either front. That, combined with the
very messy, very public failure of his marriage, damaged his image in addition
to his employment prospects in broadcasting.
Then about six months ago he heard of CBS' plan to launch a
national sports network to complement local powerhouses such as WFAN.
Chris Oliviero, CBS Radio's senior VP of programming, said
Barber's long history of outspokenness made him attractive.
"Tiki has proven he will speak his mind," Oliviero
said. "It might upset some people sometimes. It might cause some
aggravation sometimes. But if you want to be a sports commentator you need to
give your opinion. Tiki definitely gives his opinion."
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