WGCL Revives Sports Department

By Merrill Knox 

Atlanta CBS affiliate WGCL has cut ties with the hosts of its weekly sports show, “CBS Atlanta Sportsline,” according to Access Atlanta.

The “Sportsline” teamAtlanta radio hosts Steve “Steak” Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellini — were also fired from 790/The Zone after they did a segment making fun of Steve Gleason, a former New Orleans Saints player who suffers from ALS, on their radio show.

WGCL general manager Trey Fabacher told Access Atlanta that without the “Sportline” hosts, the station plans to revive its sports department, which was dropped in 2009:

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Fabacher, who arrived in Atlanta last fall, said given how big sports is in this town, he didn’t agree with this type of outsourcing. As a result, this unplanned firing at the Zone coincided with his decision to hire a new sports director in the next couple of weeks. He doesn’t have immediate plans to add more sports staff beyond the director for now.

He wasn’t ready to release details on what the sports director’s specific duties will be.

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