USA Today sports reporter Chris Strauss calls this week’s NFL Super Bowl “Sports/Talk radio’s summit,” noting that it has attracted hundreds of national and local radio hosts who are broadcasting live from locations all across the New York – the city where America’s very first all-sports radio station, WFAN, was launched in 1987 — and from Super Bowl’s ‘Radio Row’ at the Sheraton Hotel in Times Square. Today, many of radio’s most popular and entertaining personalities can be found on some 800-plus AM and FM Sports/Talk radio stations across the country. And Bruce Gilbert, SVP/Sports Operations for Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, who oversees the company’s Premiere Networks-syndicated FOX Sports Radio, tells Strauss that, as in any other entertainment business, it’s the talent that drives the format. “The talent is who the fan gravitates to for whatever reasons,” says Gilbert (pictured). “It is subjective, so what one person loves, another person hates. That’s healthy because it leaves a lot of room for different types of talent from different backgrounds.” Read the full feature article HERE.
(Editor’s Note: Bruce Gilbert will be among those contributing to the ‘Preparing Now For The Next Generation of Talk’ panel I’ll be moderating at next week’s Talk Show Boot Camp 5 in Dallas. More details HERE.)