Overview
- Audacy announced last week that WFAN and 41 other local stations will be carried on SiriusXM while hosts remain employees of their home stations and will not broadcast from SiriusXM.
- Katie Nolan said she learned of the deal from the public announcement and spent a Casuals segment replaying and criticizing several of Esiason’s past remarks, including comments about Eileen Gu, Olympic protesters, and a joke about Suzyn Waldman.
- Nolan’s show framed the clips as a workplace-safety check for her producer, then role-played an awkward welcome while her producer burped on air, signaling surprise and discomfort among existing SiriusXM talent.
- Reporting also shows early programming crossovers are being discussed inside the platform, with Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo reportedly recruiting Esiason for a weekly picks segment on his show.
- The move reflects a wider industry push to aggregate local radio for national audiences and raises questions about internal communications, content oversight, and how personality conflicts will play out as shows share listeners.