Bad news for Philadelphia sports fans who never want to hear Chris Christie trash the Eagles or Phillies again: he’s reportedly an option to take over for Mike Francesa, who is retiring at the end of the year, on WFAN.
That’s right, this is apparently big Chris’s Plan D after striking out as a Presidential candidate, VP candidate, and failing to secure a White House gig — the details from NorthJersey.com:
WFAN 660-AM, the region’s dominant sports-talk radio station, will “be looking to do stuff” at the end of the year, when longtime afternoon drive host Mike Francesa is expected to retire, said Mark Chernoff, the station’s program director and vice president of its parent company, CBS Radio New York. Christie, whose name has been rumored as a possible replacement for Francesa, is among “plenty of candidates” the station is contemplating to fill the void left by Francesa, Chernoff said.
“I would certainly at least want to consider him,” Chernoff said in an interview this week. “If he’s interested and we’re interested, it’s worth pursuing.”
Can’t knock Christie here, sports radio is definitely more chill than politics. Getting paid to sit around and spew Cowboys love (and trash Philly) on the air for a couple hours? Has to be a dream gig for the guy.
