It was spikey!Ī: I like it! I always feel like there is a personal one-on-one relationship with the listener, and I always thought it was neat that you could have a relationship with people that way. I could only think of how my hair stylist would refer to me as “Spike” because I had bleached blonde hair that stood straight up. When I was on Z89 and did sports and music they told me I couldn’t use my first name for bothĪnd I’d have to come up with a nickname, but I didn’t have a nickname. How did that originate?Ī: This is actually funny. Q: I hear many people refer to you as “Spike” for a nickname. I worked for 94WIP News Radio and CBS 3 and did sports for all of them, then got promoted to my current job in March.
The station went off air and I lost my job so I convinced CBS to hire me back. I was also hired at a Chicago station as an assistant program director and did middays 10 a.m. Q: How did you get started in your career at 94WIP?Ī: I worked at WYSP for a while and became a music director there. I worked in promos as well, then was hired to be on air 11 a.m. However, I enjoyed the music end much more because I felt radio was more competitive. Q: How did you get started in your career?Ī: I worked at our college radio station, which was called WJPZ It was a top 40 radio station and we had sports broadcasting on Saturday morning, which I helped with. Q: When at Syracuse University, what did you study?Ī: Broadcast journalism, which, at the time, was 70 percent television and 30 percent radio, which I wasn’t a fan of because I didn’t like television.
Every time a truck droveīy me I was scared because I thought it was another earthquake. University of California and transferred to Syracuse University.Ī: I transferred because there was an earthquake that scared me. Q: What’s cool about it? Q: Where did you attend college? A: I spent my freshmen year at the Q: What is it like being your dad’s boss?Ī: It’s actually pretty cool. He works here on Saturdays and I am actually his boss. Q: Can you tell me a little bit about your family?Ī: My dad has been in this field for as long as I can remember. Q: How long have you been working in this industry? to explain how he got to where he is today in sports radio broadcasting at 94WIP. “I enjoy having a personal one-on-one connection with the listener.”Įskin recently sat down with me in his office at 400 Market St. “I love my career choice, and I feel it’s the only career for me,” he said. His parents are sportscaster Howard Eskin and Andrea Eskin.Įskin said he is proud of his achievements in his career so far. Originally from Glenn Mills, Pa., Eskin is the oldest of five children. Brett “Spike” Eskin, 38, is a resident of Philadelphia and a program director at 94WIP and CBS Sports Radio 610.
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