NYC Radio: Report..Craig Carton To EXIT WFAN

54-year-old Craig Carton is leaving WFAN 101.9 FM /660 AM, The NY Post, citing scources, is reporting.

Carton exits after nearly three years of radio rating success that led in part to cable sports network FS1 giving him a morning show last September that bears his name, “The Carton Show.”

Carton will now just do the FS1 program, which is believed to pay him seven figures. He is expected to leave WFAN in a little more than two weeks.

There has been no official announcment from Audacy. 

For Carton, the financial difference between WFAN and FS1 was too great and the previous schedule was too daunting to remain on afternoon radio in New York.

\Even Audacy president Chris Oliviero, who oversees WFAN, gave Carton his blessing to take the FS1 deal, according to sources.

WFAN will now search for a new partner for Evan Roberts in the afternoon. Roberts will remain on the show and is likely to take Carton’s place as the driver of the program.

Internally, Tiki Barber is the leading candidate while, externally, Jerry Ferrara is someone WFAN will consider, according to sources.

In November 2020, Oliviero gave Carton his second chance at the station after Carton had spent the previous year in federal prison following a conviction for fraud.