Jason Goff thought he was going to replace Danny Parkins on 670 The Score, but the company allowed his podcast with The Ringer to get in the way.
Parkins left The Score’s afternoon show with co-host Matt Spiegel earlier this summer to join Breakfast Ball on FS1 with Craig Carton and Mark Schlereth. Since Parkins’ departure, a rotating cast of hosts have joined Spiegel on The Score as they search for his permanent partner. Unfortunately, that permanent partner won’t be Jason Goff, despite being widely viewed as the favorite to land the gig.
On his Friday podcast for The Ringer, The Full Go, Goff announced he won’t be replacing Parkins on The Score. According to Goff, the station’s parent company, Audacy, wanted him to give up his podcast for The Ringer.
“There was an issue with me continuing to do this pod,” Goff said after revealing he was preparing to replace Parkins in afternoon drive. “There was an issue with me having this outside of the Audacy Corporation. There were also other issues that probably could have come to terms on.”
“It’s an old-school way of doing things that I can respect. Business is business,” Goff added. “There’s also some other things that a person who got let go six years ago would have to have in a contract that just simply, they just simply weren’t there. I’d like to feel invested in, and The Ringer and Spotify have done that.”
Goff previously co-hosted middays with Spiegel and The Score, and the duo was having success until veteran radio executive Jimmy DeCastro returned to the station and decided to revamp the lineup in 2018. Because of his past success with Spiegel, Goff was considered the top candidate to replace Parkins.
And the interest was mutual until Audacy asked Goff to give up his podcast with The Ringer.
As Goff noted, it’s an old-school way of doing things. The Score had a similarly old-school mindset with Parkins. During an appearance on the Awful Announcing Podcast earlier this year, Parkins spoke about getting an offer from Colin Cowherd to host a podcast on The Volume, but Audacy prohibited him from doing so.
In an era where local radio stations are attempting to cut costs, it would make sense to let their hosts seek compensation elsewhere. It could also be viewed as good promotion for local stations to boast hosts with national podcast platforms on The Ringer or The Volume. But with Audacy having podcasts and a digital platform of their own, they’re looking at it as talent working for the competition.
“It is disappointing in a way because don’t let it, don’t let anybody fool you. You know, I was and am the choice,” Goff said. “Don’t let them fool you…And I wish everybody over at The Score nothing but the best. Conversations that I’ve had with people over there, I was excited too, y’all.”
