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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Christie among candidates for sports radio job (GRAPHIC PHOTO warning by request)
After spending the better part of the last three years competing for a future life in politics president, vice president or a senior role in the White House Gov. Chris Christie could soon be in contention for a job that would keep him in the public eye with a megaphone in the country's largest media market.
WFAN 660-AM, the region's dominant sports-talk radio station, will "be looking to do stuff" at the end of the year, when longtime afternoon drive host Mike Francesa is expected to retire, said Mark Chernoff, the station's program director and vice president of its parent company, CBS Radio New York. Christie, whose name has been rumored as a possible replacement for Francesa, is among "plenty of candidates" the station is contemplating to fill the void left by Francesa, Chernoff said.
"I would certainly at least want to consider him," Chernoff said in an interview this week. "If he's interested and we're interested, it's worth pursuing."
The same attributes that catapulted Christie to national fame in his first term unabashed volubility and acerbic reflexes translate well to sports talk radio, radio industry experts say, and those qualities may soon serve him in a second act that is potentially far more lucrative and certainly less consequential.
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/governor/2017/02/22/christie-among-candidates-radio-job-after-terms-ends/98260998/
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Chris Christie among candidates for sports radio job (GRAPHIC PHOTO warning by request) (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Feb 2017
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Vinca
(50,236 posts)1. Uh huh. The first thing I think of when I hear the name Chris Christie is sports.
Are you sure they didn't mean Food Network?
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)3. There's always Sumo Wrestling
Other than that, I'm stumped.
malaise
(268,664 posts)7. I'd love Olbermann's take on this
Brother Buzz
(36,364 posts)9. If they can find some pinstripes, Christie could be the next Bambino
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)13. I like that one
montanacowboy
(6,078 posts)2. Fat Boy will soon be a candidate
for an Orange Jump Suit as soon as his buddies get their sentencing pronounced which should be in March.
Don't tell me Bridget Kelly or her pal are going to do time for Fat Boy. The singing hasn't begun yet but I imagine it will soon.
malaise
(268,664 posts)10. Can't wait
MiniMe
(21,708 posts)4. Please add a graphic warning because of the pic
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)5. OK, I did it just for you.
MiniMe
(21,708 posts)8. Thanks
That may be an old pic of him, but it is still pretty gross.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)6. Sports Radio?
You mean he is going to broadcast a show about which inmate on his cell block has the best 3 point shot?
Welcome to DU LOLLib
Initech
(100,028 posts)12. I'd be fine with that as long as he's not allowed anywhere near another government office again.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)14. Perhaps he could be the spokesman for Slim Jims