John Feinstein has been unveiled as one of the hosts of the network’s weekday programming. Broadcast live from 9:00AM-12:00PM, ET, it will feature commentary from the man who has covered most of the major–and many of the not-so-major–events in the world of sports during his more than 30 years as a sportswriter.
Feinstein is the bestselling author of One on One, Moment of Glory, Are You Kidding Me? (with Rocco Mediate), Living on the Black, Tales from Q School, Last Dance, Next Man Up, Let Me Tell You a Story (with Red Auerbach), Caddy for Life, Open, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, The Majors, A March to Madness, A Civil War, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, Hard Courts, and six sports mystery novels for young readers. He writes for the Washington Post, Washingtonpost.com, Golf Digest, and Golf World, and is a regular commentator on the Golf Channel.
The show will be heard on over 50 stations. In addition to his role as host, Feinstein will continue to contribute his personalized musings on the world of sports to the hourly “CBS Sports Minute” feature heard on CBS Sports Radio stations.
CBS Sports Radio will make its 24/7 debut on Wednesday, 1/2/13. It was previously announced that The Jim Rome Show will be broadcast weekdays from 12:00Noon-3:00PM ET, Doug Gottlieb will serve as host of afternoons 3:00-6:00PM, while Scott Ferrall will lead the evening’s “Ferrall on the Bench” from 10:00PM-2:00AM on CBS Sports Radio.
“John is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of and passion for all aspects of sports,” said Eric Spitz, Director of Programming, CBS Sports Radio. “As a best-selling sports author and journalist, he has relationships with, and an open line to, some of the most fascinating names in sports. John has a way with words, a trademark sense of humor and is never is shy to offer an opinion, which will engage listeners and translate on the radio.”
The following major market stations will be among those broadcasting Feinstein’s show:
WIP-AM, Philadelphia
WFOM-AM, Atlanta
WXYT-AM, Detroit
WHFS-AM, Tampa
WJZ-AM, Baltimore
WMTI-FM, New Orleans
Reported by Radio & Television Business Report.