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Boomer & Gio Force Marc Malusis To Revisit ‘Cremanated’ Call

Malusis relived the famous late night call on “Boomer and Gio.”

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Late night callers on sports talk radio could be a show all their own, and WFAN’s Boomer and Gio reminded Marc Malusis of that Monday morning.

The co-host of Moose and Maggie on WFAN joined Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti to relive one of the more memorable caller exchanges at the station. Malusis took some convincing but eventually played along with reliving the late-night antics.

“We’re going to that call?” Malusis asked Giannotti. “Ernie Acosta was playing it at C-Lo’s wedding at the bar for my wife, and everybody was laughing. I get it. Everyone loves that call from 7 or 8 years ago. Yeah, if you wanna play it, it you can play it.”

Marc Malusis was at the mic on the late-night shift last decade when Nadine called in with some sad news.

“Nadine, what was your mother’s name?” Malusis asked the caller.

“Marilyn,” Nadine responded. “Marilyn…thoughts and prayers go out to you Nadine, all right?”

“Yeah, they are going to be cremanated…My mothers going to be cremanated today, and they are throwing the ashes out into the ocean,” Nadine said to Malusis.

“Well hang in there,” Malusis said, holding back a laugh, “Why what’s the matter?” Nadine asked back. “No, Russell just said something in my earphones; I said, ‘hang in there,’ hang in there Nadine,” Malusis said chuckling.

“Yeah, but they’ll be together in the water, you know?” Nadine asked Malusis. “Nadine, I’m sorry, I’m sorry for your loss,” Marc Malusis said as he tried to keep it together. “What’s the matter?” Nadine asked. “Nothing, Russell just said something in my ear that is totally out of line, he was just cracking a joke on the Redskins, so I apologize,” Malusis said as he tried to cover his tracks.

Boomer and Gio had a good time ribbing “Moose” for throwing his producer under the bus. Malusis might have wanted to be “cremanated” himself when he chuckled at the story eight years ago, but he and the rest of the WFAN crew can laugh about it together now.

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Former 670 The Score Host ‘Big Papa’ Tommy Williams Has Died

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Tommy Williams, who was known for a decade as ‘Big Papa’ Tommy Williams on 670 The Score, died on Wednesday at the age of 66.

Williams began his broadcasting career in his hometown of Gary, Indiana in 1982 at WLTH before moving on to The Score. In 2003, Williams became the PA Announcer for the Gary Southshore RailCats of the American Association where he had his signature call to get the attention of the fans, “People, People, People.”

A story in The Times of Northwest Indiana said, “The longtime RailCats public address announcer and Lakeshore Public Media sports journalist was known for broadcasting countless games, interviewing countless athletes and covering Region sports at all levels. The Gary native and co-host of “Prep Sports Report,” “Prep Football Report,” and “Lakeshore PBS Scoreboard” often signed off shows saying, “Gary, Indiana, you know I love you.”

“The cadence he had in his voice echoed across the Region in a way we may never see again. He was widely known and widely loved,” Tom Maloney, vice president of radio operations at Lakeshore Public Media told the paper.

“He’d want to be remembered as the voice of Lakeshore sports,” his Regionally Speaking co-host and producer Dee Dotson told The Times. “Most people will remember him for covering prep sports all the way up to semi-pros. He’ll be remembered for treating each of his subjects like they were world champions. His depth of knowledge of sports at all levels is commendable. He was a walking encyclopedia of stats.” 

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Compass Media Networks Promotes Three Members to Oversee Play-by-Play Sports Platform

“It is our pleasure to give these three talented executives their day in the sun, knowing that they will continue to work incredibly hard to carry on this tradition of excellence.”

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Compass Media Networks has announced the promotions of three long-standing executives, Robert Blum, Tyler Brewer, and Chris Kleiber, who will collectively oversee the content creation, production, and distribution of the company’s play-by-play sports platform.

“For over 16 years, Compass Media Networks has set a standard of excellence for national play-by-play sports with Chris, Rob, and Tyler playing a vital part in our success,” said Peter Kosann, CEO/Founder of Compass Media Networks. “It is our pleasure to give these three talented executives their day in the sun, knowing that they will continue to work incredibly hard to carry on this tradition of excellence.”

Robet Blum has been appointed Vice President & General Manager of Sports and will also continue to serve as Vice President of Affiliate Sales for News-Talk and Sports. Tyler Brewer has been appointed Executive Producer – Sports Programming. And Chris Kleiber has been appointed Senior Producer – Sports Programming.

Compass Media Networks broadcasts annually over 100 play-by-play sporting events involving college men’s basketball and football (including the Big Ten Tournament and the Big Ten Championship Game), NFL 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday Doubleheaders, and complete coverage of the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders. The broadcasts are distributed across hundreds of terrestrial sports, news-talk and music stations as well as digital distribution platforms such as SiriusXM, Verizon Mobile, and the Varsity App.

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Charley Steiner Injured; Tim Neverett to Handle Dodgers Radio Play-by-Play

“This will be the first Opening Day that I will have missed since 1976, when I wore a younger man’s clothes.”

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As the Los Angeles Dodgers get set to take on the St. Louis Cardinals in their first home game on Thursday, team play-by-play voice Charley Steiner has revealed he will not be doing games at the beginning of the season due to a severe back injury.

Through the Dodgers, Steiner posted a statement which said, “Over the winter, I landed on the Injured List with three compound fractures in my back. (I don’t recommend it.) With the start of the baseball season upon us, the Dodgers are ready to go – but I’m not. This will be the first Opening Day that I will have missed since 1976, when I wore a younger man’s clothes. I look forward to returning to the mic later this season. In the meantime, go Dodgers!”

TrueBlueLA.com reports Tim Neverett will handle play-by-play duties while Steiner recovers. Neverett called the first two regular season games with Rick Monday as the Dodgers started the season in South Korea. Neverett and Monday did not travel with the team, however, they called those games in a studio back home.

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