Friday, April 3, 2015

NYC Radio: Report..CBS Radio, Mike Francesa Still On the Outs

Mike Francesa first went public about his frayed relationship with CBS Radio seven months ago. On Wednesday, he made it clear time has not healed any of the wounds.

The WFAN host called his relationship with executives at CBS Radio, which owns WFAN, "very poor," "awful" and "terrible" and said it has "never been worse."

Speaking to Newsday during a break in his show at the Hard Rock CafĂ© in Manhattan, Francesa said that for legal reasons he cannot go into detail about the nature of the dispute.

Mike Francesa
But he acknowledged one source of tension is his ongoing frustration over his often-preempted simulcast on Fox Sports 1 and 2, and CBS' inability or unwillingness to find a contractual solution.

"We have a difference of opinion on a number of issues now, and Fox is one of them, yes," he said.

"But I've been asked not to discuss it in any detail and I'm going to abide by what I was asked not to do."

In September, he said on the air that he had received a letter from CBS threatening to sue if he continued complaining about the simulcast. CBS said there had been no discussion of a lawsuit, causing him to fire back and insist there had been.

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