NYC Radio: 2 Names Emerge To Replace Craig Carton At WFAN

With Craig Carton on his way out of WFAN for a full-time, seven-figure FS1 contract, what does that mean for the radio station’s crucial afternoon drivetime show?

According to The Post’s Andrew Marchand, Carton’s partner, Evan Roberts, will remain on the 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. program and will be in the driver’s seat, and as of now, there are two candidates to form a new duo with Roberts.

Tiki Barber, the former Giants running back who hosts WFAN’s 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. show with Brandon Tierney, is the leading internal candidate, and Jerry Ferrara, known for playing Turtle on the HBO hit series “Entourage,” is an external candidate in consideration.

One person who is not a candidate, Marchand reports, is Mike Francesa, the twice-retired longtime WFAN afternoon host who currently hosts a podcast for BetRivers.

Barber, 48, spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Giants and was a three-time Pro Bowler. He had a run on “The Today Show” after his retirement and previously was a host for CBS Sports Radio.

Ferrara, the 43-year-old Bensonhurst native, hosted one show with Roberts earlier this year, and WFAN executives liked how it went, according to Marchand.

Newsday reports Craig Carton called WFAN “his home” on Thursday's show, but he also announced that he will leave that home effective June 30.

Craig and Evan look back on the birth and success of Caron and Roberts:https://t.co/gmUZKuyl4D

— WFAN Sports Radio (@WFAN660) June 15, 2023

Citing the toll that his split shift as an FS1 morning television host and an afternoon radio host has taken, he chose the former as his new exclusive daily platform.

“It’s a happy day and a very sad day for me,” Carton said during a special edition of his show with Evan Roberts from 1 to 3 p.m. “It’s one of the most difficult days I’ll ever do in radio, because I’m leaving WFAN.”

Carton said the decision had nothing to do with any discontent with Roberts or WFAN, but rather, “It has everything to do with me and my personal life.”

Since September, he has been rising at 2:30 a.m. to do his FS1 show, which is seen nationally from 7 to 9:30 a.m., and not getting home from WFAN until after 7:15 or 7:30 p.m..

Carton has four children. He said he is separated from his wife, Kim, but that she has allowed him back into the family home to be closer to his children.

“I’m forever in her debt,” Carton said. “Although we haven't figured out all our issues, she's allowed me to be a dad again, an active dad again, which I take great pride in.”