Michael Kay’s replacement in his afternoon/evening slot on ESPN Radio is ready to rise to the occasion.
Alan Hahn, the new host of “Don, Hahn & Rosenberg, ”Get Up” contributor and Knicks MSG analyst, will join Kay’s former co-hosts, Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg, on ESPN New York 880 AM on weekdays from 3-7 p.m.
“It’s a very delicate path I’m walking here, because first of all, I’m replacing the station’s marquee, in Michael Kay,” Hahn said on the “Awful Announcing Podcast” this week. “And I don’t want it to sound like I’m filling in for Michael Kay, I want our show to have its own sound. But I also don’t want to step in and say, ‘OK, I’m the main voice, and Peter and Don are still the supporting cast guys.’ Like I don’t want that either.
“So it is delicate. I want to make sure that I have a strong enough voice … but I also don’t want to be overwhelming and make those guys feel like they’re still — I hate using the word ‘sidekicks’ — but where they have been all along, because Michael was such a powerful voice.
Kay has spent the last 37 years covering the Yankees in print, television or radio, with his radio show airing on ESPN since 2002. Kay will now do a solo show from 1-3 p.m. on ESPN, and he will still be the voice of Yankees games on the YES Network.
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