TV Ratings: FOX News Slips Following Election Vote

In a bizarre video retweeted Tuesday by President Donald Trump, a sinister-looking Randy Quaid is seen in a closeup with flashing lights illuminating his bearded face as he intones, “Fox News daytime ratings have completely collapsed.”

Did the actor, who posted his proclamation nearly two weeks ago, know what he was talking about?

TIME TO MAKE OAN & NEWSMAX RICH. FOX IS DEAD TO ME! pic.twitter.com/IhnDXCJ7a7

— Randy Quaid (@RandyRRQuaid) November 13, 2020

Citing Nielsen data, The Associated Press reports Fox’s daytime viewership dropped 32% from the two weeks prior to Election Day to the two weeks after, the Nielsen company said.

The post-election, weekday average daytime viewership of 1.63 million was roughly equivalent to that of CNN (1.68 million) and MSNBC (1.71 million). CNN was up 33% and MSNBC up 9% during that time period, Nielsen said.

It’s not unusual for a cable news network popular with fans of a certain candidate to see its audience to drop off when that candidate loses; MSNBC’s ratings briefly collapsed four years ago when Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The difference here is that Trump has been actively encouraging his followers to abandon Fox and hasn’t actually conceded. Newsmax, the conservative network that Trump has been touting, saw its daytime average viewership jump from 88,000 the two weeks prior to the election to 474,000 the two weeks after, Nielsen said.

For the year to date, Fox has been averaging 2.06 million viewers in daytime, compared to MSNBC’s 1.41 million, CNN’s 1.17 million and Newsmax’s 85,000, Nielsen said.

It’s important to emphasize that the decline is only a two-week slice of time. Fox’s prime-time viewership, while down 38% in the two weeks post-election, is still well ahead of its rivals.

Fox News was the top-rated cable network in primetime last week, averaging 2.98 million viewers. ESPN averaged 2.58 million, MSNBC had 2.18 million, CNN had 2.05 million and Hallmark had 1.43 million.

NBC was the top-rated broadcast network last week with an average of 6.3 million viewers. Fox had 5.8 million, CBS had 4.5 million, ABC had 4.2 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 990,000 and Ion Television 980,000.

➤Top 20 Prime-Time Show (Total Viewers):

1. NFL Football: Kansas City at Las Vegas, NBC, 19.57 million.

2. NFL Football: Arizona at Seattle, Fox, 15.23 million.

3. “NFL Postgame” (Sunday), Fox, 14.46 million.

4. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 14.25 million.

5. NFL Football: Minnesota at Chicago, ESPN, 11.9 million.

6. “NCIS,” CBS, 10.39 million.

7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.3 million.

8. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 8.87 million.

9. “NFL Pregame” (Thursday), Fox, 8.66 million.

10. “FBI,” CBS, 8.25 million.

11. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 7.88 million.

12. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 7.78 million.

13. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 7.55 million.

14. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.31 million.

15. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 6.93 million.

16. “This is Us,” NBC, 6.58 million.

17. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 6.42 million.

18. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 6.38 million.

19. “Monday Night Kickoff,” ESPN, 6.12 million.

20. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 5.99 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news programs with an average of 9.7 million. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.9 million.

TV Ratings: AMAs Plunge

2020 American Music Awards ratings slipped an unthinkable 50 percent from 2019, finishing at an all-time low 0.9 rating for individuals aged 18-49. Total AMA viewership dipped more than 43 percent year over year, to 3.8 million, reports Digital Music News/

For reference, about 6.7 million fans tuned in for last year’s 47th American Music Awards ceremony, which garnered an average 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic, tying the awards show’s previous all-time low rating. Additionally, the latest viewership total marks a staggering 7.8 million-viewer fall-off from the 2010 AMA ratings, which came in at 11.6 million watchers (with a 4.3 rating in the 18-49 category).

It’s also worth noting that the AMAs’ television audience has continued to shrink at a rapid pace in more recent years. The aforementioned 7.8 million-fan slip (since 2010) is substantial, but even the 2016 AMAs attracted some 4.4 million more viewers than the 2020 AMAs.

The likes of Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Katy Perry, Machine Gun Kelly, and BTS performed live during the 2020 AMAs. But evidently, the sets were unable to compel a larger number of viewers (compared to 2019) to watch the hours-long event in its entirety. Other awards shows have also experienced a clear-cut viewership decline in 2020, as part of a years-running trend that’s seen many fans pivot to different programs and forms of entertainment – including streaming services.

In January, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grammys attracted their lowest number of viewers since 2008. Last month’s Billboard Music Awards experienced a 55 percent year-over-year viewership fall-off, at an estimated 3.6 million live viewers, as well as a 62 percent decline in the 18-49 ratings category.

Viewership for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards also decreased from 2019. And despite performances from artists such as Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, cohosts Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker, and even Justin Bieber, this month’s Country Music Awards recorded a new viewership low of 7.1 million.

TV Ratings: CBS Reported To Be Concerned As 'The Talk' Tanks

Drama behind the scenes of daytime talk shows is heating up as Sharon Osbourne’s CBS show “The Talk” sinks in the ratings against ABC rival “The View,” reports The NY Post.

CBS insiders say producers and network execs are “panicking” after “The Talk’s” ratings dropped to 1.5 million, half of “The View’s” audience of 3 million.

One insider told Page Six, “ ‘The View’ has been growing at a huge rate during the COVID lockdown, and ‘The Talk’ is literally the lowest-rated show in the whole CBS lineup.

“At one point, ‘The Talk’ and ‘The View’ were only 30,000 viewers apart … Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood’s plan of getting rid of Marie Osmond was clearly a mistake in terms of ratings and number of viewers.”

Page Six exclusively reported in September that Osmond was ousted after just one season as co-host when Osbourne and Underwood went to CBS execs and threatened to quit unless she was canned. While her former co-hosts’ motivations for pushing her out were unclear, Osmond gave the quintessential showbiz excuse of wishing to spend more time with family and to “pursue other projects.”

But the CBS insider said the rotating host roster — which includes Amanda Kloots, Rumer Willis and Elaine Welteroth, who is stepping in to replace Eve — has not been delivering numbers, leaving producers and executives “panicked and frustrated.”

Meanwhile in synidcation,  TV Newscheck reports ratings for Jeopardy rose 22% to a new season high 6.0 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating and led all of syndication for the first time in five months in the session ending Nov. 15, which was the first week after the death of its beloved host Alex Trebek.

The week was also a strong one for several other top-tier shows. The talk show race ended in a dead heat as Live with Kelly and Ryan rallied 11% to a new season high 2.0 and tied Dr. Phil for first place as the good doctor delivered an 18% increase to a 2.0.

Third-place Ellen DeGeneres was flat at a 1.2. However, both hot sophomores Kelly Clarkson and Tamron Hall scored double-digit improvements, with Clarkson climbing 11% to a 1.0 and Hall right behind, surging 29% in household to a 0.9 and 33% in the advertiser-coveted women 25-54 age group. Both shows matched their best rating of the season.

Wendy Williams was another notable talk winner, leaping 11% to a new season high 1.0 to tie Clarkson.

In courtroom proceedings, Judge Judy equaled its season high, jumping 9% to a 5.9 to overwhelm all of daytime and to come within a tenth of a point to matching Jeopardy’s 6.0 at the top of the household ratings chart.

Grammy Noms: Snubbed The Weeknd Calls Process "Corrupt"

Beyonce dominated nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards on Tuesday in a field that favored alternative artists over mainstream musicians, topped by a stunning snub for Canadian singer The Weeknd, who called the process “corrupt,” reports Reuters.

Beyonce’s nine nods made her the second most nominated Grammy artist in history, with a total of 79, and came through projects that celebrated Black culture in a year of racial turmoil in the United States.

The biggest shutout for the highest honors in the music industry was The Weeknd, whose critically acclaimed album “After Hours,” was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts for four weeks.

Variety called the omission of the R&B singer, who has been chosen to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl next year, “the biggest snub in memory.”

The Weeknd, in a Twitter post, said: “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency.”

The Recording Academy’s chair and interim CEO, Harvey Mason, said in a written statement that he understood The Weeknd’s disappointment.

“We were thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we would have loved to have him also perform on the GRAMMY stage the weekend before. Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists,” Mason said.

In June the academy, whose members choose the nominees and vote on the winners, announced tighter rules regarding potential conflicts of interest in response to claims that the selection process was open to rigging..

British singer Dua Lipa, pop star Taylor Swift and rapper Roddy Ricch got six nominations apiece.

Wall Street Journal graphic 11/24/20

Swift and Dua Lipa will compete for the top prize - album of the year - along with R&B singer Post Malone, British band Coldplay, female band Haim, avant-garde Briton Jacob Collier, American soul band Black Pumas and American alternative R&B singer Jhene Aiko.

Billboard called the nominations for album, record, song of the year and best new artist surprising for the range of “superstar nominees as well as out-of-nowhere newcomers.”

K-pop sensation BTS got its first major Grammy nod, for single “Dynamite” in the best pop group performance field, in a breakthrough for a South Korean group.

The best new artist field included rappers Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat, as well as alternative artist Phoebe Bridgers and Noah Cyrus, the younger sister of Miley Cyrus.

Swift’s coronavirus lockdown album “Folklore” brought her back to the album of the year contest, while her single “Cardigan” was among the song of the year entries.

Cincy Radio: Broadcasting Vet Dave Crowl To Retire

Longtime radio broadcasting executive and industry leader Dave Crowl, Regional Vice President and Market Manager-Cumulus Cincinnati, has announced his retirement after a successful 44-year career. Crowl will depart at the end of the year. 

Dave Crowl

During his career, Crowl was responsible for the operation of radio station groups in 147 markets, ranging in size from Chicago, IL, to Hillsboro, OH. A native of Dayton, OH, he began his esteemed career in 1977 as Account Executive at WLVQ-FM in Columbus, OH, after earning a B.S. degree in Journalism from Bowling Green State University. 18 months later, he was promoted to WLVQ Sales Manager and in 1979, he rose to WLVQ General Manager at age 25. In 1984, Crowl’s career took him to Portland, OR, where he was Vice President and General Manager of KKRZ, changing the station’s format from Soft C to Top 40/CHR and attaining a #2 market rank for the station in less than a year. He then headed to Milwaukee, WI, as Vice President/General Manager of WLZR-FM, flipping the station from Country to Album Rock in 1987 and debuting The Bob and Brian Show, which continues to be the #1 morning show in Milwaukee. Crowl’s career continued to ascend, and in 1991, he became President of Great American Broadcasting’s Radio Division, and then President of Jacor Communication’s Radio Division after the company’s (then Citicasters) acquisition by Jacor. In 2000, he was appointed Senior Vice President of Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), before joining CUMULUS MEDIA in 2012 as Regional Vice President and Market Manager for Cumulus Cincinnati. Crowl was also Acting General Manager of Cumulus Indianapolis from 2014-2016.

A deeply committed media professional, Crowl served the radio industry as a member of the Radio Advertising Bureau’s Board of Directors from 1991-2006, leading the Board as Chairman from 2001-2003. He was also a member of the Ad Council’s Board of Directors from 2000-2002. He served the University of Cincinnati School of Media as a member of its Advisory Council from 1998-2010.

Crowl commented: “A 44-year career in radio would have been challenging to achieve without the support of my family, mentors, colleagues and friends who constantly inspired me. More importantly, I could not have arrived at this moment without the foundation of all the many dynamic general managers and their market teams who delivered compelling audio content to their listeners, communities and advertisers every day 24-7.”

He noted: “No matter the market size, I have had the good fortune of working with the very best program directors, local personalities, news people, sales managers and account executives in radio. In addition, no success ever occurred without the dedicated efforts of so many chief engineers, accounting teams, promotions people and traffic continuity managers. I am indebted and deeply grateful to you all. And to all of my national sales partners at Eastman and Katz over the years, thank you for your excellence. I also want to thank Mary Berner, Dave Milner and everyone at Cumulus for their tremendous support of the Cincinnati operating cluster these last several years. Finally, to my entire team at Cumulus Cincinnati, I will always cherish your good work and all of our accomplishments.”

Mary Berner, President and CEO, CUMULUS MEDIA, said: “Dave Crowl has distinguished himself as one of the most respected leaders in radio, dedicating the last 44 years to making radio the best it could be for the many communities he has served so well. In the process, he has lifted up our industry and the people in it, always treating others with respect, dignity and understanding. He will be greatly missed, and we wish him all good things in his retirement.”

Dave Milner, EVP, Operations, CUMULUS MEDIA, remarked: “I’ve had the good fortune of working with Dave multiple times throughout my career, and not only is he one of the most successful and passionate leaders in radio, he retires having helped so many others thrive. I’m excited for Dave and wish him much happiness as he enters this new chapter in his life.”

Crowl is a second-generation radio broadcaster. His father, H.K. ”Bud” Crowl owned radio stations WAVI and WDAO in Dayton, OH, for 30 years.

NYC Radio: Developer Buys WFME-AM Tower Site For $51M

Industrial powerhouse Prologis has acquired the site of a local radio station in Queens, adding to its existing portfolio in the area, Commercial Observer is reporting. 

Prologis purchased the five-acre vacant lot in Maspeth from Family Radio for $51 million, according to property records. The site, at 48-00 Grand Avenue, is currently used by Family Radio, or WFME, for its radio towers, according to information from Quantierra Advisors, which brokered the deal on behalf of the seller. 

The site is located in an industrial area near the border of Brooklyn and Queens, and will be used by the buyer for parking and storage. 

Prologis has acquired at least three other sites in the area within the last year, including two adjacent industrial sites.

Family Radio will continue to operate its radio towers on the Grand Avenue site as they transition to a new location, which was key to closing the deal, since the radio producer required continuity of operations. 

YouTube Suspends One American News Network

YouTube is temporarily banning One America News Network for breaking rules about COVID-19 claims, shutting out the right-wing cable outlet from the world’s largest video site for a week, reports The L-A Times.

“After careful review, we removed a video from OANN and issued a strike on the channel for violating our COVID-19 misinformation policy, which prohibits content claiming there’s a guaranteed cure,” Ivy Choi, a YouTube spokeswoman, said in a statement. After a channel receives three strikes, YouTube terminates it altogether.

YouTube, part of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, is also suspending advertisements from the network for violating other unspecified policies.

One America News, or OAN, is a favorite of President Trump andthe network’s online audience rose this month after some Trump allies turned against Fox News, the conservative cable standard-bearer. Several OAN clips on YouTube falsely told viewers that Trump won the Nov. 3 presidential election. YouTube removed ads on some of those clips, citing rules against “undermining trust in the electoral process.” But the company kept the footage up, an approach now facing criticism in Congress.

YouTube says it does not consider OAN one of the authoritative news sources it surfaces to viewers. The network had more than 8 million views on YouTube the week of Nov. 9-13, more than its viewership in all of October, according to the analytics firm SocialBlade.

In March, YouTube prohibited videos that promoted medically unsubstantiated advice about the coronavirus. Axios earlier reported YouTube’s decision about OAN.

FOX News Settles Seth Rich Lawsuit

The parents of Seth Rich, a Democratic aide whose unsolved murder became fodder for right-wing conspiracy theories about the 2016 election, reached a settlement on Tuesday with Fox News, whose coverage linked Mr. Rich to email hacks that aided President Trump’s 2016 presidential run.

Joel and Mary Rich, the parents of the murdered aide, had filed a lawsuit against Fox News in 2018, accusing the news organization of “extreme and outrageous” conduct in its coverage of their son’s death, claiming that it had fueled damaging rumors about him.

The couple said in a statement on Tuesday that they could now move on. “The settlement with Fox News closes another chapter in our efforts to mourn the murder of our beloved Seth, whom we miss every single day,” the couple said. “We are pleased with the settlement of this matter and sincerely hope that the media will take genuine caution in the future.”

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Rich, a Democratic National Committee staff member, was shot in the back and killed on July 10, 2016, near his home in Washington. The case is unsolved, and authorities have said they believed it was a failed robbery.

RAB To Present Webinar On Spot Load Study

As part of RAB’s Business Unusual initiative, RAB is announcing an upcoming presentation in its Open for Business live-video series titled “How Many Spots Should a Client Run in a Weekly Schedule?” 

Brouvard and Vetrano

The presentation features findings and takeaways from a joint spot load study conducted by the RAB and CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One. The live-video presentation will unveil the survey results and provide sellers with a framework of guidelines to help them determine weekly spot schedules that are best suited to meet advertising clients’ campaign goals. 

This live-video presentation takes place at noon Central on Thursday, December 10, and features: 

• Pierre Bouvard, chief insights officer, CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One 
• Lauren Vetrano, director, content marketing, CUMULUS MEDIA | Westwood One 

This live-video presentation will include a Q&A, moderated by Annette Malave, senior vice president, insights, RAB. 

For RAB members, registration for this live-video presentation is FREE. After the presentation, it will be available for on-demand viewing. To register, click here.

The study will be released and available on RAB.com and Westwood One’s blog following the presentation.

RAB will continue to provide updates on upcoming Open for Business presentations and additional tools and resources from RAB’s Business Unusual initiative. 

R.I.P.: Hal Ketchum, Country Singer

Hal Ketchum (April 9, 1953 – November 23, 2020)

Hal Ketchum, a 1990s country hitmaker and member of Nashville's famed Grand Ole Opry, has died at age 67. 

USAToday reports Ketchum died from dementia complications, according to a post on his verified Facebook page Tuesday morning. Ketchum's wife previously detailed his diagnosis in an April 2019 social media post. 

"With great sadness and grief we announce that Hal passed away peacefully last night at home due to complications of dementia," a Facebook post signed by his wife Andrea said Tuesday. "May his music live on forever in your hearts and bring you peace." 

Raised in Greenwich, New York, Ketchum relocated in 1981 to Austin, Texas, where he eventually began writing songs and performing in local clubs under his full name, Hal Michael Ketchum. 

Independent success in Texas brought Ketchum to Nashville, where he signed with Curb Records and released his 1991 album, "Past the Point of Rescue." On that record, Ketchum sang "Small Town Saturday Night," a No. 2 hit on Billboard's country chart that remains an early '90s country staple embraced by listeners today. 

The album earned Ketchum a gold certification, boosted by top 15 songs "I Know Where Love Lives" and "Past The Point Of Rescue," which also reached No. 2 on the Billboard country singles chart.  

His 1992 follow-up, "Sure Love," delivered a trio of top 10 songs: "Sure Love," "Hearts Are Gonna Roll" and "Mama Knows The Highway." He'd continue to chart songs throughout the mid-1990s, including "(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again" and "Stay Forever." 

Ketchum joined the Grand Ole Opry on Jan. 22, 1994. 

Nov 25 Radio History

Norman Tokar

➦In 1919...Writer, producer Norman Tokar born (Died from a heart attack at age 59 – April 6, 1979). He directed many of the early episodes of Leave it to Beaver, and found his greatest success directing over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions, spanning the 1950s to the 1970s.

After a career as an actor on Broadway in the early 1940s, Tokar moved into radio, most notably The Aldrich Family, where he played Henry Aldrich's friend Willie at the microphone and wrote several episodes as well. Tokar then went into television direction on such sitcoms as The Bob Cummings Show and The Donna Reed Show, and the drama Naked City.

In the early 1960s, Tokar’s success working with the juvenile actors on 93 episodes of the TV sitcom Leave it to Beaver encouraged Walt Disney to hire him to direct family features for his studio, which frequently used children in key roles.

WJAX mics at March 1936 news event. Future FL Gov. Warren Fuller is third person from the right

➦In 1925...City of Jacksonville FL launched a broadcast station. The city appropriated $19,960 to put the station on the air and operate it through 1926. The station manager/engineer, John T. Hopkins was paid $250 a month and his assistant, James Brock made $165. The station, WJAX, made its first broadcast on Thanksgiving 1925 operating on 890 Kc. with 1000 watts using an antenna wire strung between two large tapered towers. WJAX shifted to 880 Kc. in 1928 and 900 Kc. in 1930.(Jacksonville radio historian Billy Williams).   Today, the station is WFXJ, branded as Sports Radio 930 AM and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.


➦In 1944...The FBI in Peace & War began a 14-year run on CBS Radio. 

➦In 1949..."Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" first appeared on the hit music charts. The song was written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer published by the Montgomery Ward Company.

In 1939 Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song.

The song was first sung by crooner Harry Brannon on New York City radio in early November 1949, before Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 in the U.S. charts during Christmas 1949. The song was suggested as a "B" side for a record Autry was making. Autry rejected the song. His wife convinced him to use it.

Autry's version of the song also holds the distinction of being the only chart-topping hit to fall completely off the chart after reaching No. 1. The official date of its No. 1 status was for the week ending January 7, 1950, making it the first No. 1 song of the 1950s.

Autry‘s rendition is the most popular, 80 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20,000,000 copies sold.

➦In 1960...CBS radio axed five daytime serials from the airwaves, including The Second Mrs. Burton (after 14 years), Whispering Streets, Young Dr Malone & Right to Happiness (both after 21 years) and Ma Perkins (after 27 wonderful years.)

NY Times 11/26/60

In 1940, the high point for radio soap operas, there were as many as 45 on the air each day

➦In 1960...“Amos ‘n’ Andy” as played for over 30 years by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made their last broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. It aired as a daily serial from 1928 until 1943, as a weekly situation comedy from 1943 until 1955, and as a nightly disc-jockey program from 1954 until 1960.

Show from 1941...



 ➦In 1968...The Beatles double White album was released in the US. Featuring ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’, ‘Dear Prudence’, ‘Helter Skelter’, ‘Blackbird’ ‘Back In The USSR’ and George Harrisons ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. The album spent 101 weeks on the Billboard chart peaking at No.1.

➦In 1998...Comedian/actor Flip Wilson succumbed to liver cancer at age 64.  He was featured in TV’s Laugh In, and starred in his own two series, The Flip Wilson Show & Charlie and Company.

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY:

• 

  Amy Grant is 60
  

  Actor Kathryn Crosby is 87. 
• Singer Bob Lind is 78. 
• Actor-game show host Ben Stein is 76. 
• Actor John Larroquette is 73. 
• “Dancing With the Stars” judge Bruno Tonioli is 65. 
• Singer Amy Grant is 60. 
• Singer Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees) is 56. 
• Drummer Scott Mercado (Candlebox) is 56. 
• Singer Tim Armstrong of Rancid is 55.

SiriusXM Radio To Launch SportsGrid Radio

SportsGrid Radio and SiriusXM announced today that they are teaming up to launch the SportsGrid Radio Channel on SiriusXM on January 7, 2021. 

SiriusXM subscribers nationwide will have access to SportsGrid’s real-time sports news, statistics, odds, and lines, along with live expert analysis. The SportsGrid Radio channel will be available to SiriusXM subscribers 24 hours a day 7 days a week on SiriusXM radios (channel 204) in their cars or anywhere with the SiriusXM app. SportsGrid Radio will be replacing the VSiN channel, which will air on SiriusXM until December 31.

SportsGrid Radio will feature a team of on-air personalities including Scott Ferrall, Gabe Morency, Ariel Epstein, and Jared Smith along with expert contributors and guest analysts. 

The channel streams live from the state-of-the-art production facilities located in New York City adjacent to Madison Square Garden and at the Meadowlands inside the FanDuel Sportsbook. SportsGrid’s real-time reporting includes the daily odds, lines, matchups, injury reports, news and more across pro football, basketball, baseball, hockey, college sports, golf, tennis, and soccer.