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| Matty Dery |
Former WXYT-FM 97.1 producer Matt Dery signed a contract
today with Greater Media Detroit’s WMGC-105.1 FM. He’ll launch his
new midday show, “The Discussion with Matt Dery,” at noon Monday.
“It’s going to be a fun, open forum,” Dery told the Detroit Free Press. “I’m on by myself, but it’s not like I want to sit there and be a
lecturer. It’s about the fans. I want to have opinions, but that’s to bounce
off the audience.”
“The Discussion” will air from noon-3 p.m. weekdays, leading
in to Drew Lane ’s
“Sports & More” show with co-host Marc Fellhauer.
Ryan Ermanni and Rico
Beard’s “Ryan and Rico” show, which has aired during the midday time slot the
past month, will move to its planned weekend time slot from 8 a.m.-noon.
Saturdays and Sundays, program director Jason Dixon said.
“Matt has a history in the market and a great knowledge of
the local sports teams,” Dixon
said. “His show will be similar to what ‘Ryan and Rico’ do by being a heavy
sports-oriented show with strong opinions.”
Dery, a Cleveland native and Syracuse alumnus, told the Free Press he enjoyed his four
years as a producer on 97.1 The Ticket’s drive-time show “Valenti and Foster,”
and he still considers the show’s hosts, Mike Valenti and Terry Foster,
“brothers.” But when contract negotiations with the CBS Radio Detroit show
ended in July, he knew it was time to explore other options — even if that
meant giving up his long-running gig hosting the Detroit Pistons’ pregame,
halftime, and postgame shows.
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