{"id":420110,"date":"2023-03-13T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=420110"},"modified":"2023-03-13T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:58:00","slug":"espn-radio-station-fires-brent-axe-for-negative-syracuse-sports-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/espn-radio-station-fires-brent-axe-for-negative-syracuse-sports-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Radio Station Fires Brent Axe For \u2018Negative\u2019 Syracuse Sports Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Axe, a radio host for ESPN Radio Syracuse, was informed on Sunday that Galaxy Media Partners is terminating his employment and that his radio programme &#8220;On the Block with Brent Axe&#8221; will no longer be broadcast.<\/p>\n<h2>ESPN Radio Station Fires Brent Axe For \u2018Negative\u2019 Syracuse Sports Talk<\/h2>\n<p>The reason Axe was fired, according to Galaxy President and CEO Ed Levine, is because Axe&#8217;s show, in his opinion, has become too disparaging of Syracuse University athletics.<\/p>\n<p>Levine notified Axe by a phone call on Sunday afternoon, according to Axe. There is an instant firing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Radio host Brent Axe was fired from ESPN Radio Syracuse for being &quot;overly negative&quot; about SU sports during his drive-time radio program. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAH1AMF6Ji\">https:\/\/t.co\/iAH1AMF6Ji<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chris carlson (@ccarlsononSU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccarlsononSU\/status\/1635270566302334976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a problem with the content of the show,\u201d Levine said. \u201cI\u2019m an SU fan. I\u2019m sorry, but I bleed Orange. I\u2019m not going to apologize for that, and I think a fair reading of the Orange is appropriate. I understand (Galaxy has) a business relationship (with Syracuse), that Coach (Jim) Boeheim and I are personal friends and he\u2019s an investor in my company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand and acknowledge all of that. We\u2019ve called it pretty fair, and I would argue we\u2019ve been tough on SU when the on-field or off-field events warrant it. I just think over the past six months it took a different tone and became overly dark and negative. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what Syracuse fans want to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some news. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8a8UuoKICC\">https:\/\/t.co\/8a8UuoKICC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brent Axe (@BrentAxeMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentAxeMedia\/status\/1635279535884361730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Axe is a sports columnist that works full-time for Syracuse.com | The Syracuse Post-Standard. He worked at Galaxy Media part-time.<\/p>\n<p>Axe said he took satisfaction in evaluating Syracuse&#8217;s programmes honestly over the years and allowing supporters a chance to share their thoughts, whether they were favourable or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a responsibility to give an honest, fair and thorough opinion to my audience,\u201d Axe said. \u201cI certainly wasn\u2019t perfect, but I don\u2019t regret anything about the approach of the show. We put listeners on the air, and we gave them the opportunity to say what they needed to say. I don\u2019t have any regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friends, I\u2019ve just been informed my time with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNSyracuse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESPNSyracuse<\/a> and Galaxy Media is over. It\u2019s been a great run. I thank you for taking the time to listen. Not sure what\u2019s next in the audio space but I\u2019ll still be over at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syracusedotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@syracusedotcom<\/a>. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brent Axe (@BrentAxeMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentAxeMedia\/status\/1635022864402493440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since August 2014, when he made his debut with a one-hour sports talk show and broadcast before and postgame shows, Axe has been heard on ESPN Radio Syracuse. Later on, his chat programme was extended to two hours. It was cancelled while it was airing between 4 and 6 p.m. during the radio station&#8217;s busy drive-time hours.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-3rv9JI1fU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA \u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">\u00a0NFL \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Axe, a radio host for ESPN Radio Syracuse, was informed on Sunday that Galaxy Media Partners is terminating his employment and that his radio programme &#8220;On the Block with Brent Axe&#8221; will no longer be broadcast. ESPN Radio Station Fires Brent Axe For \u2018Negative\u2019 Syracuse Sports Talk The reason Axe was fired, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":420114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5850,5851,5849],"class_list":["post-420110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brent-axe","tag-espn-brent-axe","tag-espn-radio-station"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}