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Chuck Barrett Joins ESPN Arkansas

“My greatest joy in broadcasting is talking with sports fans in Arkansas,” said Barrett. “I can’t wait to get started.”

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The voice of the Arkansas Razorbacks football and basketball teams, Chuck Barrett, is joining ESPN Arkansas’ radio and online stations. That is set to begin Monday.

Barrett will co-host The Morning Rush on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Tye Richardson and Tommy Craft. Barrett will also make weekly appearances on Halftime with Phil Elson as well as Ruscin & Zach.

“I’m excited to join the team at ESPN Arkansas and excited to be back on the air on a daily basis,” Chuck Barrett said. “Tommy and I have discussed this for over a year, and with another exciting football season right around the corner, the timing couldn’t be better! My greatest joy in broadcasting is talking with sports fans in Arkansas. I can’t wait to get started.”

Barrett, an Arkansas native, hosted the state-wide talk show Sports Rap between 1995-2007.

He was selected as the play-by-play announcer for Arkansas football in 2007 and added men’s basketball to his assignments in 2010 along with baseball, his first assignment with the Razorbacks.

“Chuck Barrett has long been the gold standard for sports radio enthusiasts in our state. In many ways Chuck is the one who paved the way for the growth of sports radio in our state,” said Tommy Craft, market manager for Pearson Broadcasting. “We are thrilled to welcome Chuck back to our weekday lineup and even more excited for all the listeners who will enjoy his insights and opinions on a regular basis.”

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Cowboys Radio Voice Brad Sham on the Mend After Missing Thursday Night Football Due to Medical Scare

Sham said he suffered a medical event while traveling to the game Thursday. Kyle Youmans called the game in his stead.

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The Dallas Cowboys picked up a win over the Seattle Seahawks last Thursday, but regular radio play-by-play announcer Brad Sham was noticeably absent from the call.

That’s because Sham suffered a medical issue.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Sham was on his way to AT&T Stadium in Arlington Thursday afternoon when he started experiencing problems.

“Fell ill on my way to the game,” Sham said. “Feel okay but getting a couple things checked out. Really appreciate everyone’s concern.”

Kyle Youmans filled in for Sham on Thursday Night Football. Brad has been the voice of the Cowboys since 1976.

Dallas plays host to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. Sham hasn’t been ruled out to return to the booth for the highly anticipated matchup.

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KNBR’s Brian Murphy Speaks for First Time After Paul McCaffrey Laid Off

“Paulie Mac is my guy, will forever be my guy. The best thing I could ever wish anyone is that you get to work with someone as loyal, energetic, funny, consistent as the guy his Jersey buddies call ‘Smack’.”

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Earlier this week, KNBR underwent a round of layoffs, affecting a pair of programs on the Bay Area sports station, including the departure of longtime morning host Paul McCaffrey. His longtime partner — Brian Murphy — has taken to X to share his thoughts.

In a thread to X, Murphy shared his admiration for McCaffrey, whom he hosted Murph and Mac with for 18 years.

“Paulie Mac is my guy, will forever be my guy. The best thing I could ever wish anyone is that you get to work with someone as loyal, energetic, funny, consistent as the guy his Jersey buddies call ‘Smack’,” wrote Murphy. “So much love.”

He then shared that everything listeners and fans of the program have shared on social media has been read by the duo, and thanked them for the outpouring of love and support.

Finally, Murphy addressed his future. Fill-in host Dieter Kurtenbach shared on Thursday he did not have a definitive answer about Murphy’s future with the Cumulus-owned station.

However, Brian Murphy has shared he will return to the airwaves on Monday morning.

“I’ll be back Monday morning on KNBR with our guy Markus (Waterboy) Boucher,” Murphy wrote. “Come on. It’s Niners-Eagles. Wouldn’t miss it. As Paulie Mac’s board itself would say: The show goes on.”

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Mike Mulligan: Sports Radio is More Difficult Than Other Formats Think

He shared that he has worked with people on morning shows that he has seen come to a station fully hungover who play music and proceed to sit on the couch.

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On Friday morning’s edition of Mully & Haugh on 670 The Score in Chicago, co-host Mike Mulligan outlined the difference with music radio that hosts are not continuously talking to the audience, instead taking mic breaks and then interspersing commentary with different songs.

Filling in for David Haugh on Friday’s edition of the program was Gabe Ramirez, who used to work in the format with B96 as the host of its morning show. Mulligan’s assertion about the differences between the two formats resulted in a conversation about the differences between the grenres, with Ramirez explaining the difficulties that music radio hosts face on the air.

“The music station’s still creating content,” Ramirez said. “You get to have a guest – since I am going to defend my music stations – you get to have a guest and toss them a softball question and listen to them rant for five minutes.”

Mulligan disagreed with this perspective, conveying that he does not feel their program provides guests with easy questions. Additionally, he shared that he has worked with people on morning shows that he has seen come to a station fully hungover who play music and proceed to sit on the couch.

“As a former sportswriter, we sit around and we talk about sports,” Mulligan said. “We talk about the sports we cover and we talk about other sports.”

“You have to talk about Justin Fields seven days in a row,” Ramirez replied. “As a morning show for music, you have to come up with new content every day.”

Rather than taking umbrage towards the response, Mike Mulligan explained that the key to effectively performing his job is being able to discuss important stories of the day even when they are not the headlines. Furthermore, he expounded on the commitment that it takes to watch the amount of sporting events and to be properly informed on the action so he is able to take the air.

“That I will agree with,” Ramirez said. “I’ve told people this – they ask me, ‘What’s the biggest difference?’ The prep, without question, is way more difficult in sports radio because everyone that’s listening to you already knows the answers and you have to be equally if not more informed in all of those things.”

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