John Moynihan

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John Moynihan was an American sports broadcaster who worked in Boston, Phoenix, and Miami.

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Early career

From 1968 to 1973, Moynihan was the play by play announcer for the Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team. He then spent one season as the play by play announcer for the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association. [1]

Phoenix

In 1976, Moynihan moved to Arizona, where he began a twelve-year stint as a sports talk show host as KOY in Phoenix. Moynihan's show was the highest rated sports talk show in Phoenix for many years, however by the late 1980s he had been surpassed by Lee Hamilton. [2] In addition to hosting a talk show, Moynihan also served as the play-by-play voice of the Phoenix Giants and Arizona State Sun Devils football. From 1983 to 1985, he was the color commentator for the United States Football League's Arizona Outlaws. [1]

Miami

In 1988, Moynihan was hired by WQAM to host Sportsline, the station's new 6 to 10 pm sports talk show. [2] While hosting Sportsline, Moynihan had a long-running feud with Hank Goldberg while Goldberg hosted a show during the same time slot for rival station WIOD. By 1991, the feud had escalated to the point where the two threw verbal jabs at each other almost every night. In 1992, Goldberg was fired by WIOD and WQAM hired him to replace Moynihan in the afternoon slot. Moynihan criticized station management on air for this decision, as well as the station's new policy of screening calls, which he believed was to prevent pro-Moynihan, anti-Goldberg calls. [3] [4] Moynihan was moved to the 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. following Goldberg's arrival. [5] In 1993, Moynihan became the radio color commentator and pre- and post-game show host for the expansion Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. His talk show was moved to 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. to accommodate his Panthers duties. [6] In June 1994, WQAM's vice president and general manager announced that Moynihan would not have his contract renewed. [7]

In 1995, Moynihan returned to the Miami airwaves as the host of a 7 to 9 p.m. general talk program on WAXY. [8] The show ended on March 1, 1996. [9] Moynihan died on December 8, 2002 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Panthers' Television, Radio Announcers". Sun Sentinel. October 4, 1993.
  2. 1 2 Rusnak, Jeff (July 22, 1988). "Wqam To Join Talk Competition With 'Sportsline'". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved May 29, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ Milian, Jorge (October 29, 1992). "Moynihan Takes Shot at Rival: 'I'm Better Than Goldberg'". Sun Sentinel.
  4. ↑ Milian, Jorge (October 30, 1992). "WQAM Pollutes Airwaves by Mishandling Personnel". Sun Sentinel.
  5. ↑ Milian, Jorge (November 4, 1992). "Berliner Fired; Moynihan Moves". Sun Sentinel.
  6. ↑ "WQAM's Moynihan Hired as Panthers' Radio Analyst". Sun Sentinel. September 8, 1993.
  7. ↑ "WQAM radio will not renew contract for host Moynihan". Sun Sentinel. June 15, 1994.
  8. ↑ Ruggieri, Melissa (June 1, 1995). "Moynihan Back on Air; Anthony Moves to Days". Sun Sentinel.
  9. ↑ Ruggieri, Melissa (February 22, 1996). "Y-100 Seeks Broad Appeal, Contemporary Feel". Sun Sentinel.
  10. ↑ "Names In The News". Sports Business Daily. Retrieved 28 July 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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