Barrett Sports Media Podcast

The 14th episode of Season 2 includes a twenty five minute in-studio chat with 670 The Score program director Mitch Rosen. Mitch offers insights into his programming philosophies, explains how he got started, looks ahead to the future of the business and its impact in Chicago, and shares his views on a number of sports radio industry topics. Jason also dives into this week’s 5 in 5 by offering his perspective on Entercom’s aggressive push for play by play rights, John Skipper’s contract extension, Scott Van Pelt’s issue with ESPN criticisms, the new ESPN Radio lineup and the immediate backlash towards WFAN for installing Chris Carlin, Bart Scott and Maggie Gray as Mike Francesa’s replacements. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED WITH MITCH: Becoming interested in sports radio and how he got started Appreciating the old school ways of the radio business Moving up from WMVP to being an agent to running 670 The Score The best and toughest parts of overseeing a heritage sports brand How to navigate the p