News You Should Know

My name is Murrell, and there's something you all should know.  I haven't talked about it much on facebook, but have talked to some of you about this individually.  It looks like my days at ESPN Radio may be coming to an end very soon.  We will not be doing the South Bend Silverhawks games this season, which means once the Purdue basketball season ends, there will be pretty much nothing for me to do there. 
My boss thanked me for everything I've done, gave me a contact at another station and said he'd put a good word in for me.  He said he knows broadcasting is in my blood and that he would do anything he could to keep me in it.  I'm grateful he feels that way, but right now the thought of starting over at a new station just doesn't sit well.  I've worked too hard, made too many sacrifices, and quite honestly, I'm happy with what I've done.  I had a good run (at least in the early days) and got to do a lot of things that most sports fans can't say they've done.  I've asked questions at press conferences, talked to players after practice, watched a game from the press box, not to mention was occasionally doing a morning sports report that aired on 3 of our stations when my first  boss was on the road.  At the same time, going to another station means I'd end up somewhere that actually sees some value in sports programming, since the people who run Artistic Media Partners have slowly gotten rid of anything and everything they could that was sports-related.  Why they even own an affiliate of ESPN Radio is beyond me.  I probably need to clear my head before I make a decision.

I am holding on to my faith that this door is closing because there is a better one opening right around the corner.  Maybe it's the MLB Dream Job...maybe it's a new station...maybe it's focusing on Big Lots right now.  Maybe all of those are better doors. 

So as it stands right now, I'll finish out the Purdue basketball season, and then I'll see which door I want to open.

Thank you for reading.