WBIG-FM, the Washington Commanders’ radio partner, fired host Don Geronimo for disparaging remarks he made about a female TV anchor during a Thursday morning broadcast from the team’s training camp in Ashburn.
with Audacy’s the Team 980 . The deal was touted as a chance to expand the team’s reach on an FM station.Commanders game-day broadcasts air on WBIG, and additional game-day coverage is featured on the station’s website, the iHeartRadio app and programming across iHeartMedia D.C.’s other radio stations. The app also hosts archived game-day broadcasts.
“It’s an opportunity for us to have a bigger reach, to get our message out as to who we’re trying to become,” Coach Ron Rivera said on Geronimo’s show at the time the deal was announced. “We’re trying to establish a new culture and get this football team going in the right direction. It’s been a while, we need to get back on top, and just knowing we can reach so many more fans, I’m excited about it.
Throughout the season, Rivera joined Geronimo for regular exclusive interviews. It’s unclear how the station will accommodate those interviews going forward.Before the team’s switch to WBIG, Washington’s games aired on WTEM, the sports station founded by new Commanders limited partner Mitchell Rales and his brother, from 1992 to 1994 and again from 2008 to 2021.
The Commanders were the second local pro sports franchise to partner with iHeartMedia D.C., following D.C. United in February 2022.
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