Colorado Media Newsroom
December 22nd, 2023, 12:00 PM
From Radio Insight:
https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2023/12/johnkentera-200x169.jpg‘Coach’ John Kentera is exiting as midday host at Audacy Sports “97.3 The Fan (https://www.audacy.com/973thefansd)” KWFN San Diego following his show today.
During his tenure with KWFN Kentera has served as pre and postgame host for the San Diego Padres, hosted a weekly high school sports show, and interim morning host before moving into his midday timeslot (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/178341/coach-john-kentera-goes-to-early-afternoons-at-97-3-the-fan-san-diego/) in June 2019. He previously hosted at 690 XETRA and then 1090 XEPRS from 1997 to 2015. He also was part of San Diego State, University of San Diego, and UC San Diego play-by-play coverage.
A longtime athletic coach in the San Diego area and baseball agent, Kentera told the San Diego Union-Tribune (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/story/2023-12-21/coach-john-kentera-says-hes-been-fired-from-radio-job) that he was let go by Audacy. He said that he was told they “wanted to make a change in midday * go to a less caller-driven show.?
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/262434/john-kentera-exits-middays-at-97-3-the-fan/)
https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2023/12/johnkentera-200x169.jpg‘Coach’ John Kentera is exiting as midday host at Audacy Sports “97.3 The Fan (https://www.audacy.com/973thefansd)” KWFN San Diego following his show today.
During his tenure with KWFN Kentera has served as pre and postgame host for the San Diego Padres, hosted a weekly high school sports show, and interim morning host before moving into his midday timeslot (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/178341/coach-john-kentera-goes-to-early-afternoons-at-97-3-the-fan-san-diego/) in June 2019. He previously hosted at 690 XETRA and then 1090 XEPRS from 1997 to 2015. He also was part of San Diego State, University of San Diego, and UC San Diego play-by-play coverage.
A longtime athletic coach in the San Diego area and baseball agent, Kentera told the San Diego Union-Tribune (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/story/2023-12-21/coach-john-kentera-says-hes-been-fired-from-radio-job) that he was let go by Audacy. He said that he was told they “wanted to make a change in midday * go to a less caller-driven show.?
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/262434/john-kentera-exits-middays-at-97-3-the-fan/)