ESPN’s Patrick joining new radio venture
‘The Content Factory’ designed to promote content on mobile devices, too
 Andrew D. Bernstein / NBAE/Getty Images Dan Patrick announced Monday on his radio show he was leaving ESPN and said his final show will be Aug. 17. |
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BOSTON - Longtime ESPN personality Dan Patrick will join a new broadcast venture called "The Content Factory," a company that wants to transmit radio content over different mediums.
Patrick made the announcement Thursday.
“Dan isn’t leaving radio — he’s leading radio to its next logical path, much the way the web, mobile devices and 24/7 wireless connectivity has done for video,” said Jimmy de Castro, who helped found "The Content Factory." “He will continue his innovative industry leadership by taking his brand, the ‘Big Show,’ to broader audiences in the innovative ways they receive their information – via radio, television, internet, podcasts, infopods, mobil devices and beyond.”
The former SportsCenter anchor announced his decision on his radio show Monday and said his final show will be Aug. 17.
“It’s been home, but I think I was starting to take it for granted, and I did not want to do that,” Patrick said on the air. “I did not think that was fair to these great people.”
Patrick said ESPN executives tried to talk him out of his decision. He originally planned to make the announcement last week, but they asked him to reconsider.
“If there was animosity, I wouldn’t be doing radio shows after this one today,” he said.
Patrick recently served as host of the NBA studio program on ABC, NBA Countdown, and the network’s game broadcasts, including the NBA finals. He was a SportsCenter anchor from 1989-06.
He has hosted The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio since 1999. During his last week, ESPN Radio will look back at memorable moments from the show.
“Dan has accomplished so much over the past two decades at ESPN and fans and newsmakers have turned to him for his steady and trusted approach,” ESPN executive vice president for production Norby Williamson said in a statement. “We wish him the very best.”
Patrick was honored as National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association in 2000 and received a Sports Emmy Award in the Studio Host category in 1998.
He was a sports anchor/reporter for CNN from 1983-89.
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