One, Two, Three And Out For Dallas Afternoons

More comings and goings than usual in the sports media this week. And an important "staying" to start.

Marc Kestecher has a multi-year contract extension to remain as the lead play-by-play voice of ESPN Radio. This includes the NBA Finals and "lead" playoff broadcasts, along with NFL and NCAA basketball and football year round.

NEW YORK: WQBU 92.7 will now air the Mets Spanish language broadcasts, which will be produced by flagship station WCBS 880. Max Perez Jiminez, Nestor Rosario, and Juan Alicea will continue. This move of to a different station is a result of the discontinuance of ESPN Deportes on 1050 AM, which had previously aired the games.

DALLAS: Afternoons are quite the story for Dallas sports radio!

103.5 The Fan has added Bryan Broaddus to its 2 to 7 PM show starting on Monday (2/17). Broaddus has been hosting the station's Cowboys pre and post-game coverage. As a result, Mike Bacsik will move to the midday show, K&C Masterpiece.

The Ticket KTCK-AM and Sportsradio 96.7 are also making an addition to their afternoon show, which airs from 3:00 to 7 PM. Bob Sturm takes over as co-host with Corby Davidson. The opening was created by the January retirement of long time host Mike Rhyner. As a result, Jake Kemp, who had been a producer, replaces Sturm on the Noon to 3 PM show and will co-host with Dan McDowell.

Over at KEGL-FM 97.1, Ben Rogers and Jeff 'Skin' Wade just began their afternoon show within the past week. The pair had left KRLD-FM back in October.

PHILADELPHIA: WCAU-TV Channel 10 and Telemundo Channel 62 have a new content partnership which includes sports. This partnership includes KWY 1060, which no longer partners with Channel 3. WIP-FM 94.1 is included within the partnership, with the specifics still to come (as of press time).

CHICAGO: What is 'coming' is the Marquee Network on Feb. 22nd, but as of press time it is still "discussions" with larger carriers such as Comcast. It is still AT&T, DirecTV, and smaller systems which have signed on. The network has added Mark Grace as another of its part-time analysts, along with reporter Elise Menaker, who will continue her work at Big Ten Network, also based in the Chicago area.

Meanwhile, Luke Stuckmeyer, formerly of NBC Sports Chicago, has joined WBBM-TV Channel 2 as a sports anchor and reporter. Stuckmeyer had been with NBC Sports Chicago (formerly Comcast SportsNet) since its inception in 2004.

NASHVILLE: Still no official word, as of press time, on the morning show for 102.5 The Game to replace Braden Gall and (former Titan) Derrick Mason. The pair are no longer with the station for reasons not yet known. They posted on social media that they are no longer hosting the morning show while the station simultaneously removed references to them from its web site.

NORFOLK: WTAR 850/96.5 has dropped its local morning show and added Rich Eisen's Fox Sports Show instead. Odd timing given Eisen's emphasis on the NFL and the season just ending. However, this appears to be due to Bob Matthews wanting out as host. Matthews is a producer at WNIS 790 and has reportedly been given an additional workload during this election year. As a result, the Nick Cattles show on ESPN 94.1 from 3 to 6 PM is now the only locally produced weekday sports radio show in the market.

PIERRE SD: Best wishes to Rod Fisher, who has announced his retirement at the end of May. Fisher finishes his incredible 44 year run as a sportscaster, going back to joining KCCR Radio in the late 70's. He was Sports Director of the Dakota Radio Group for 29 years, along with doing countless high school play-by-play broadcasts.