Adam Jones left one Boston sports talker for another. Earlier this month, he left his nighttime show on 98.5 The Sports Hub to join Meghan Ottolini and Christian Arcand in afternoon drive on WEEI.
In an interview with Alex Reimer of WEEI, Jones made it clear that there was no bitterness towards his old station. It was just time for a lifestyle change.
"I had done 10 years at night," he said. "My kid is going to be going to school next year. It's a good life-work balance, which I know a lot of people probably overuse, but it will be a good life-work balance to be home at night for the first time in 10 years and be able to do dinners at home. And it's a new challenge. I would like to be in a more prominent day part, and try to carve out a niche there, and try to be successful there. I think we did a good thing at night for 10 years, but nights are nights, and I honestly was ready for something different."
Jones says he knew that if he wanted to make a move, it likely wasn't going to happen on 98.5. The station's daytime lineup has a very successful track record and management likely isn't eager to do anything to jeopardize that.
"I hold no animosity towards 98.5...I think people wonder that and ask that. I get why you're not gonna get rid of Fred, or Rich, or Wallach, or Beetle, or Zo, or Hardy, or Felger and Mazz and Big Jim. There are limited opportunities."
Now, Adam Jones is focused on making things work with Mego and Arcand. He told Reimer that there is plenty to consider and that he and Mego are trying to find their goto hot buttons.
He said they are not trying to manufacture debates. They just want to make sure the show is entertaining and doesn't bore listeners.
"I guess there's a journalistic aspect to this job," Adam Jones said. "I'm not a journalist, I've never pretended to be a journalist. I didn't go to school for journalism. It's not my job. My job is to be entertaining. People might disagree, and that's fine."
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