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Controversial Chicago
sports personality Jay Mariotti is touting his return to radio.
Jay Mariotti was a controversial columnist for the Chicago
Sun-Times starting in 1991. According to Chicagoland Radio & Media, he not
only made a habit of angering readers, along with sports and media figures, but
his own co-workers, as well. He abruptly quit the Sun-Times in 2008, for the
most part resulting in cheers from both the public and former work associates.
In 2004, Mariotti hosted a Chicago radio show on WMVP-AM. He was
released after only ten months after he would not stop verbally attacking Jerry
Reinsdorf, the Chicago White Sox, the Chicago Bulls and those associated with
those teams. WMVP-AM was the flagship radio station of both the White Sox &
Bulls at that time. Station management asked Mariotti to tone down his
inflammatory remarks. He refused, causing the station to part ways with him.
Mariotti joined AOL as a writer for Fanzone in January
2009 and worked as a regular commentator on ESPN's "Around The Horn."
Both ESPN and AOL's Fanhouse.com parted ways with the outspoken Mariotti after
a series of embarrassing incidents began in 2010. He has since been unemployed.
Those embarrassing incidents included multiple arrests and
charges of various felonies and misdemeanors all stemming from his being
witnessed repeatedly being involved with domestic abuse against a now-former
girlfriend. Mariotti continues to
publicly profess his innocence. He claims all witnesses are wrong and that the
ex-girlfriend was just after his money.
Wednesday, Mariotti launched his own website, MariottiShow.com
and he announced that beginning this coming Monday, August 12th, he will begin
his own weekday Internet radio show, "The Jay Mariotti Show," which
will stream on his website from 11:00am-2:00pm (Central time).
Additionally, Jay Mariotti has inked a deal with the Largo,
Florida-based Genesis Communications II, Inc. That company, which owns radio
stations across the state of Florida , will air
Mariotti's new show on four stations: WHBO-AM (Tampa ),
WHOO-AM (Orlando ), WGGG-AM (Gainesville ),
and WMOP-AM (Ocala ).
Mariotti claims it is a multi-year deal with Genesis
Communications, who also will operate his website.
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