98.5 The Sports Hub is making adjustments to its betting present amid experiences of widespread cuts at Beasley Media Group.
98.5’s Dan Lifshatz has been let go from The Over/Below Present, as the Saturday morning present is reduce from two hours down to at least one.
Lifshatz and Kendra Middleton had been paired up on the betting present for a pair years.
“Things are going to be changing,” Middleton mentioned initially of Saturday’s present.
“I want to be clear that Dan is not in trouble. He did not do anything. He will still be around filling in,” Middleton added. “Unfortunately in this business, sometimes things happen. Budget cuts happen. People have to be cut, hours have to be cut, and unfortunately, Dan and this show are a victim of that.”
The betting present will now air from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturdays.
Fox Sports might be airing on Saturdays from 7 to eight a.m.
Lifshatz mentioned the betting present’s podcast may even be reduce, and can possible not return.
“Obviously, while I’m sad, it was a pleasure to get to talk betting you guys for the past 5 years on air and 7 years via podcast,” he posted on social media. “I admire you all, even the haters, for listening. Hell of a run for radio tbh
“I will be staying with 98.5 and will be talking sports with you all on the weekends and holidays, but just not pure betting content,” Lifshatz added.
Middleton famous that Lifshatz is why she’s at 98.5.
They met when The Sportsbook at Encore opened, and she or he joked that 98.5 ought to “get a girl” on the station.
“Dan took me under his wing, and for the last two years, Dan has been my partner in crime on this show, and I am forever ever grateful for Dan,” Middleton mentioned.
Whereas the present has been reduce down to at least one hour and is now with out Lifshatz, that would at all times change down the highway.
“In the fall, this might be a two-hour show again, me and Dan might be back together, who knows,” Middleton mentioned. “But for now, this is where we’re at… We’re hoping to be back together at some point.”
In the meantime, there are experiences of different cuts at Beasley Media Group as a result of “economic uncertainty,” together with in Philadelphia, Detroit and Tampa Bay.
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