Boston Radio: 'Good Fits' Emerge For Middays At The Sports Hub

As the third chair on Zolak and Bertrand at 98.5 The Sports remains open after Rob “Hardy” Poole moved to the mornings, several names have been floated to fill that key midday role.

“My opinion is, I would move Joe Murray from the nights to the third chair in the midday, if Joe wants it,” Felger and Mazz executive producer Jimmy Stewart said this week on the “Off-Air Show” with Mike Felger.

“If not, I would go with Matt McCarthy,” Stewart added. “I like Matt. I don’t know how his production skills are, but I like Matt as far as somebody who will get in there. He can run the show if Marc (Bertrand) is off. He’ll challenge (Scott) Zolak. Matt really can do every sport well. That’s if we’re talking about internal candidates.”

The Boston Herald reports Phil Perry, Patriots Insider for NBC Sports Boston, has also been mentioned as a possible fit for the midday third chair. Perry filled in for the show’s four hours earlier this week.

“Phil Perry seems to be getting a lot of run,” Felger said. “I feel there’s momentum behind Phil Perry.”

But if Perry joined the former Pats QB on the midday show, that could be a show “overloaded” with Patriots content, Stewart said.

Last week, Felger and Mazz host Tony Massarotti mentioned Perry, Cerrone Battle, and Michael Holley as good fits for the midday show.

A 98.5 spokesperson said last week, “The on-air full-time position at the Sports Hub remains posted and we are actively searching for the right fit for the mid-day show.”