Craig Carton (r.) and Evan Roberts (l.)
WFAN
WFAN’s Craig Carton is anticipated to host a nationwide TV present this fall on Fox Sports activities 1 that may air within the mornings, The Publish has realized.
Carton will proceed to do his native afternoon drive-time radio program on WFAN with Evan Roberts, in keeping with sources.
Carton’s new FS1 morning program would put him in competitors along with his previous associate, Boomer Esiason, who now groups with Gregg Giannotti on FAN’s extremely rated morning program. “Boomer & Gio” is simulcast on CBS Sports activities Community.
Carton and FS1 have a content material improvement deal for the TV present, which means he and the community will work collectively on the remainder of its make-up.
On weekdays, FS1 presently airs “First Issues First,” that includes an ensemble led by Nick Wright at 7:30 a.m., adopted by Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe’s “Undisputed” at 9:30 a.m. after which Colin Cowherd’s “The Herd” at midday. Marcellus Wiley and Emmanuel Acho’s “Communicate for Your self” runs at 3 p.m.
Fox Sports activities declined remark.
For Carton, this continues his skilled comeback after he was launched from federal jail practically two years in the past. He spent a yr behind bars following a fraud conviction.
Quickly after his launch, Carton took half in an HBO documentary about his life. Subsequent, FAN employed him again for afternoons.
Whereas Carton and Roberts have been in a seesaw battle with ESPN New York’s “The Michael Kay Present” for sports activities radio afternoon rankings supremacy, Carton and Roberts gained the winter e book and are the favorites to repeat within the spring.
Carton and Roberts airs from 2-6:30 p.m. It's also simulcast on SNY, the Mets’ community, for 2 hours every weekday.
Carton, a accountable playing ambassador for FanDuel, additionally hosts a weekend present on playing habit during which he exhibits an empathetic aspect.
In the course of the week, Carton, 53, remains to be principally the say something, sports activities shock jock who has been concerned in lots of controversies all through his profession. Whereas he's very delicate to something stated about him, he has no concern demeaning others, in truth or not, in distasteful methods.
Only recently on FAN, Carton stated that nobody had tried to sleep with a feminine Each day Information beat author as a part of a spat he began over an earthly piece of Mets information.
Carton leans on this type, whereas needling and prodding to entertain his viewers. It has helped him land rankings and jobs.
Within the fall, he'll do double responsibility with FS1 within the mornings and WFAN/SNY within the afternoons.
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