| Genre | Sports Talk |
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| Running time | 4 hours (6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English |
| Home station | WFAN (2007-present) |
| TV adaptations | MSG Network (2010-present) |
| Starring | Boomer Esiason Craig Carton |
| Recording studio | WFAN Studios. New York, NY |
| Air dates | since September 4, 2007 |
| Website | Boomer and Carton Homepage |
Boomer and Carton in the Morning is a morning drive sports radio program on WFAN in New York City. The hosts of the radio program are former NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals, Boomer Esiason and former Jersey Guy Craig Carton.
The show debuted on September 4, 2007.[1][2] The show has been simulcasting on MSG Network since September 14, 2010. It is currently the most popular radio show among young men in New York City.[3] On November 3, 2011 it was reported that the show had replaced Mike Francesa's Mike'd Up as the most popular sports talk radio program in the metropolitan area. [4]
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In the wake of the Don Imus controversy in the Spring of 2007, CBS Radio fired long time radio shock jock Don Imus. From that point on, the 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. time slot was filled by various hosts to help fill the void left by the Imus firing. Charles McCord and Chris Carlin remained on all the replacement shows as assistance and staff, in similar roles as they were on Imus's show, and the replacement shows continued to be syndicated via Westwood One. Mike Francesa and Chris Russo were the first to fill the spot, hosting for the two weeks (April 16-27) immediately after Imus' firing. Francesa and Russo also worked the shift separate from each other, as did fellow WFAN staffers Richard Neer, Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts, and Carlin, who worked both alone and with co-hosts, notably Kimberly Jones and Washington Post sports columnist John Feinstein.
WFAN and Westwood One also brought in outside personalities into the slot. Among them were Boomer Esiason, David Gregory, Patrick McEnroe, Geraldo Rivera, Lou Dobbs, and Chicago sports radio host Mike North.
On September 4, 2007, Esiason took over as the permanent host of the WFAN morning show, with veteran radio personality Craig Carton serving as co-host. The new program is not distributed nationally by Westwood One. During the 2009 spring and summer ratings periods the program has finished in first place among men ages 25-54.
A television simulcast debuted on MSG Network on September 14, 2010, giving the show more exposure in upstate New York.[5]
"To New York, the greatest city in the world where a man shows what he's got for the New York Giants."
On January 18, 2008 Carton was forced to walk the Brooklyn Bridge holding a sign reading “Any Given Sunday”[6] and wearing only a Speedo and New York Giants All-Pro tight end Jeremy Shockey jersey.[7] After a week of berating the local team, Carton guaranteed the Giants would lose to the despised division rival Dallas Cowboys.[7][8] The following Sunday the Giants upset the Cowboys, 21–17.[9][10]
After the stunt, Carton quipped "It's an experience I will never do again".[7]
On January 8, 2010, Carton repeated the stunt this time in the colors of the New York Jets, following Carton's earlier claim that the Jets would not make the playoffs. This stunt meant a lot more for Carton as he is a born and raised Jets fan. [1]
"Really, for somebody to do that with a bullhorn, No.1, you're not a Jets fan and you're not interested in the team. You're interested in yourself and bringing light to yourself. So, as players, we would laugh at it. We consider Carton annoying and unfunny, while Boomer is a traitor."[11]
On July 30, 2008 at 1pm, Carton went to the NY Jets training camp at Hofstra University in Uniondale, Long Island.[11] Carton brought a megaphone and rallied a group of a few hundred Jets fans cheering "Let's Get Brett". The chant was a response to speculation that Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre was looking to be traded upon coming out of a brief retirement. Carton had reasoned with the Jets organization over the air to put out a statement that the Jets were not pursuing Favre, if that was the case. If the Jets made this statement, he agreed to not show up at camp -- but the Jets organization never came forward. Carton was chastised by the local media for this "stunt" and many local reporters felt the Jets stood no chance of getting Favre. On August 7, 2008, the Jets acquired Brett Favre for a conditional 4th round draft pick.[12]
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