Who will replace him for pre and post-game?

Joe

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WGFX to air afternoon sports talk
By Terry McCormick, tmccormick@...
August 05, 2003

According to sources, local radio sportscasters Willy Daunic and
Darren McFarland will finalize a deal this week to join WGFX-FM 104.5
and bring an afternoon sports talk show to the station, which would
revamp its format to include both news and sports talk.

Daunic and McFarland resigned Friday from their evening sports
show "The Total Sports Experience" on WWTN-FM 99.7, and since both
were working without contracts at that station, were free to
negotiate a deal anywhere in the market without penalty or time off
the air.

WGFX currently airs a classic rock format except for the mornings
when it runs the syndicated "Rick and Bubba Show." The station is
owned by Citadel Broadcasting, which also holds the flagship rights
to the Tennessee Titans games.

Daunic and McFarland had worked the 7-10 p.m. shift together at WTN
for 16 months, but apparently will be on from 3-7 p.m. on WGFX, with
a best-case scenario of Aug. 11 as a launch date. That would put them
head-to-head with WTN's "SportsNight," now hosted by Blake Fulton,
Joe Biddle and Nashville Predators play-by-play man Pete Weber.

Also, former "SportsNight" anchor George Plaster is expected to join
Daunic and McFarland on the new WGFX show as soon as any contractual
issues with his former employer Gaylord Entertainment are resolved.

Plaster last month declined to have his contract assigned to Cumulus
Broadcasting, which purchased WTN and WSM-FM from Gaylord for $65
million, and thus left the station and "SportsNight."

Also, Daunic is giving up his duties as pre-game and post-game host
of the Nashville Predators' broadcasts on WTN