{"id":17250,"date":"2018-03-14T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=17250"},"modified":"2018-03-14T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T15:40:32","slug":"score-adds-dan-mcneil-connor-mcknight-new-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/03\/14\/score-adds-dan-mcneil-connor-mcknight-new-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Score adds Dan McNeil, Connor McKnight to new lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17253\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/03\/14\/score-adds-dan-mcneil-connor-mcknight-new-lineup\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17253\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17253\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo.jpg 604w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo-300x120.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo-500x200.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo-150x60.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo-400x160.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Score-logo-200x80.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> 670 The Score<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/670thescore.radio.com\">WSCR AM 670<\/a> unveiled a revised talent roster today, including the return of Dan McNeil and Connor McKnight and new shifts for Dan Bernstein and Danny Parkins on the Entercom sports\/talk station.<\/p>\n<p>Forced to the sidelines for now were Jason Goff and Matt Spiegel, although both are expected to be offered weekend and fill-in work at The Score.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here is the station\u2019s new lineup, effective immediately:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mike Mulligan<\/strong> and<strong> Brian Hanley<\/strong> 5 to 9 a.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Bernstein<\/strong> and <strong>Connor McKnight<\/strong> 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan McNeil<\/strong> and <strong>Danny Parkins<\/strong> 1 to 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laurence Holmes<\/strong> 6 to 10 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Les Grobstein<\/strong> overnights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17259\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2018\/03\/14\/score-adds-dan-mcneil-connor-mcknight-new-lineup\/mcneil\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17259\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17259\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17259\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McNeil-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McNeil-170x300.jpg 170w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McNeil-150x265.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McNeil-200x353.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McNeil.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan McNeil<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The program realignment, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2018\/03\/13\/robservations-anthony-ponce-parks-fox-32-morning-show\/\">first tipped here<\/a> Tuesday, was confirmed by Mitch Rosen, operations director of The Score. The changes bear the earmarks of Jimmy deCastro,\u00a0senior vice president and market manager of Entercom Chicago, who\u2019s been a longtime booster of McNeil and McKnight. DeCastro targeted The Score for a shakeup soon after he took over the seven-station group in November.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, The Score tied for 17th place overall with a 2.7 percent audience share. Ratings in afternoons have declined since Terry Boers retired and Goff <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2017\/01\/11\/score-moves-goff-afternoons-hires-newcomer-parkins-middays\/\">replaced <\/a>him alongside Bernstein in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Noting the start of NFL free agency today, Rosen said in a statement: \u201cJimmy and I are pleased to announce that we have signed two Chicago radio free agents \u2014 the return of Score original Danny Mac, who will join Danny Parkins in afternoon drive, and former Score on-air host Connor McKnight, who will join Dan Bernstein in middays. Adding these two players makes our all-star team even better.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17257\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2018\/03\/14\/score-adds-dan-mcneil-connor-mcknight-new-lineup\/mcknight\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17257\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17257\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17257\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McKnight-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McKnight-182x300.jpg 182w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McKnight-150x247.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McKnight-200x329.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/McKnight.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connor McKnight<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Score will continue be the Chicago\u2019s leader in live, local, Chicago sports talk.\u00a0 We continue to deliver great content to our listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McNeil has been a popular and often<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/12\/22\/a-humbled-mcneil-returns-im-a-suspect\/\"> controversial <\/a>figure on Chicago radio for three decades. The second of McNeil\u2019s two earlier runs at The Score ended in 2014 when he chose not to renew his contract. Since then he worked briefly as morning host on Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV FM 97.1 and launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/radiomisfits.com\/podcasts\/dan-mcneil-unsupervised\/\">twice-weekly podcast<\/a> for Radio Misfits Podcast Network. In January he began a Sunday morning show on The Score.<\/p>\n<p>McKnight most recently was sports anchor for Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS AM 890 coinciding with its run as home of White Sox baseball and Bulls basketball. Before that he worked for Tribune Broadcasting news\/talk WGN AM 720 and for its short-lived FM sports station, The Game. He spent five years at The Score after winning its first \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d-inspired talent contest in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Feder update:<\/strong><em>\u00a0I have deleted today's \"best comment.\" I understand why I should not have highlighted it and I will try to do better next time.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSCR AM 670 unveiled a revised talent roster today, including the return of Dan McNeil and Connor McKnight and new shifts for Dan Bernstein and Danny Parkins on the Entercom sports\/talk station. Forced to the sidelines for now were Jason Goff and Matt Spiegel, although both are expected to be offered weekend and fill-in work... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2018\/03\/14\/score-adds-dan-mcneil-connor-mcknight-new-lineup\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17250"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17281,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17250\/revisions\/17281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}