Fans of Tony Kornheiser’s WTEM 980 AM ESPN show got two pieces of good news this week, according to The Washington Post.
First, the station announced that the program — following its annual lengthy summer break — will return to its regular 10-to-noon weekday slot on Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day.
And second, the network announced that it is working on a revenue model that will end the much-complained-about 24-hour delay for Kornheiser’s podcasts, VP of Programming Chuck Sapienza told me.
“Tony’s fans hopefully will be excited to know that we’re working on models to end the podcast delay without charging them a fee to listen to the show,” Sapienza told me.
The station is still ironing out the details and testing the model; Sapienza said there is no timetable but they’re working toward a resolution as soon as possible. If it works successfully with Kornheiser’s show, the pause could also be removed from 980′s other daily shows, which are also posted on a 24-hour delay.
Tony Kornheiser will return to @ESPNRadio980 on Sept2. Nigel's NewsChannel8 appearance fees held up the deal but we got it done #FreeMrTony
— ESPN 980 (@ESPNRadio980) August 26, 2014
As for the Kornheiser show itself, it will return with the usual cast of characters, including Marc “Nigel” Sterne, Jeanne McManus, Kevin Sheehan, David Aldridge and so on. Kornheiser, a former Post columnist, will also continue to appear on ESPN 980′s Redskins pregame programming.
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