An Interview with WFAN founder & Radio Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Smulyan
The Mike Francesa Podcast
BetRivers Network
4.6 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:22.5 | It's the Mike Francesa podcast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast. It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm Mike Francesa. Welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast. |
| 0:29.6 | And I welcome in someone who was very instrumental in my career. |
| 0:34.5 | Obviously, this is the man who came up with the idea of all sports radio and the idea |
| 0:40.1 | of WFAN. Jeff Smollion from MS Broadcasting. He's got a book coming out on his long and |
| 0:46.9 | distinguished career in broadcasting, which we'll get to. But also, he gets into the Radio |
| 0:52.7 | Hall of Fame this year with a couple of the FAN people. |
| 0:55.4 | The dog gets in, and so does Susan Wallman. |
| 0:57.6 | Jeff, welcome and congratulations. |
| 1:00.3 | Thanks, Mike. |
| 1:01.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:01.5 | It's great catching up with you. |
| 1:02.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:03.4 | And, you know, I thought about this when I decided to do it. |
| 1:10.0 | I said, I don't even know where my life would have gone and what my career path would |
| 1:16.5 | have been if FAN hadn't happened. |
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