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Anita Marks and CBS Radio part ways
By: Jim WIlliams
Examiner Sports Columnist
01/25/10 AM EST
After over a month of working on a new contract Anita Marks and CBS Radio will be parting ways after four years. The two sides could not craft an agreement that would give Marks the freedom to explore other national TV options that she had on the table while still working for CBS.
In a statement responding to my email this morning Marks had this to say:
I had a great run in Baltimore but in the end I had to do what is best for my career, so it is time to move on.
They say success is a journey not a specific destination and this part of my journey has been wonderful.
"I want to thank the management of CBS Radio in Baltimore as well as the people in the promotions, production, sales, and all of the sponsors who were so helpful and so kind to me throughout my entire stay in Baltimore. I would also like to thank the on air staff and of course Scott who made coming to work every day both a professional challenge as well as a true joy.
I want to thank MASN for giving me not only a local but a regional and national platform to air my views each and every day. We were there together from the early days through their development into one of the nation’s best regional sports network.
Lastly I would like to thank the fans for being so wonderful to me over the years. You have taken me in as a real member of the community and allowed me to experience the passion, honor, and love for your city and your sports teams. I love you all for that more than you will ever know."
Marks told me that she is going to take at least a month off. "I need some personal time to relax and to go over the many options that I have and to choose what is my next career move.
It is not it is clear what yet what CBS will do to replace Marks on the very popular Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show.The duo were great radio - you had Garceau, the old school, Baltimore broadcasting icon and the brash, opinionated Marks going toes to toe each day with a fun exchange that seemed to work very well. Both Garceau and Marks had their fans and their detractors and that was in part what made it good radio and wonderful TV each day on MASN.
Sportscaster Anita Marks leaves 105.7 'The Fan'
January 25, 2010
Anita Marks, co-host of "The Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show" on 105.7-FM ("The Fan"), has left the station after four years with CBS Radio in Baltimore. Bob Phillips, senior vice president for the network's radio operations here, said the station made Marks an offer to continue in Baltimore on the afternoon drive-time show, but that she declined the contract offer.
"We ... wanted her stay," Phillips said. "But I guess she just had higher aspirations.... She really wants to work more on a national platform. I know she's been doing some UFL football games, and that's some stuff that she indicated she wanted to continue to do."
In a telephone interview Monday night, Marks said she was "sad" about leaving CBS radio in Baltimore and that she had "kind of mixed emotions" about the decision.
"I would love to stay and continue to do what I do with Scott and the station. I have the utmost respect for Bob Phillips and Scott and the people I work with here and at MASN," Marks said. "But I also want to pursue these possibilities to do some national TV since doing the UFL. And that's the crossroads.... So, I had to make a decision."
In a separate interview, Garceau agreed with the way in which both Marks and Phillips characterized the 39-year-old sportscaster's decision to leave the station.
"I wish her well," Garceau said. "Despite what some listeners might have thought listening to us when we diasgreed on the air, we were always friendly off the air. There was never a moment when we walked out of here and didn't like each other."
Marks, who came to Baltimore as a solo host on the CBS-owned AM sports station in Baltimore, joined 105.7 "The Fan" when it launched in November, 2008.
Phillips said the station will seek a replacement for Marks as Garceau's co-host, and that with sportscasters leaving a shrinking TV market for an expanding sportstalk radio business, he did not expect a shortage of applicants.
"We definitely want someone who wants to be a part of Baltimore and in Baltimore and committed to Baltimore -- be about Baltimore," he said. "We think that's important, and we really try to cover Baltimore sports and get very involved in the community."
Marks said she had been hoping to negotiate an arrangement that would allow her to be "five days a week" at 105.7 "The Fan" and MASN, and "on weekends" be able to pursue opportunties in sideline reporting and announcing on national TV.
"There are a number of people who do both," Marks said. "But Bob Phillips and CBS wanted somebody totally 100 percent committed to CBS Radio in Baltimore, and I totally respect that," Marks said.
Marks, a University of South Florida graduate, who came from Florida to work in Baltimore, said she will inititally stay in Baltimore using the next month off "to take a step back and relax."
"Please write this in your article, regardless of where I ultimately go, I will forever love my time in Baltimore," Marks said. "I feel so blessed that I have been here for four years."
Looking ahead to the future of his afternoon drive-time show, Phillips said, "Scott enjoyed working with Anita. Obviously, there was a yin and yang, and they disagreed. I would imagine the same kind of show will continue."
Commenting on the chemistry of the show, Garceau said, "I'm old school and she was more modern, and you might hear us on-air get into a heated disagreement with a caller or something. But I think it made for good radio. And it never got adversarial with us.... At the start, it was her show, and she kind of had to adapt to me... And I think we made it work."
"The Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show" aired from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays, with the telecast shown from 3 to 7 p.m. on MASN.
Sex, Lies and Athletic Tape
Radio Jock Anita Marks Says She's Really Just One of the Guys
Baltimore Pressbox, 6/22/06
By Charlie Vascellaro
If she talks like a football player, that's because she was a quarterback in thewomen's pro football league. If she looks like a Playboy pinup, that's because she posed for Playboy. Stop Googling; it's the September 2002 issue.
"I look at myself as a sports chick not a supermodel," says ESPN radio host Anita Marks.
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Bombshell
Anita Marks might look like a delicate flower, but watch out.
She's tough as nails.
By Adam Pitluk
Nov 8, 2001
New Times
By day, Anita Marks is a hard-working quarterback for the Miami Fury
By night, she's a Playboy gal
On a windy, overcast day at the end of October, the leaves rustle, and the dust kicks up a little. There's a nip in the air -- it's not cold, but the wind, coupled with the humidity, is enough to put a chill in your bones. Football weather. As dusk falls, Anita Marks puts on a display in a Fort Lauderdale parking lot.
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By: Jim WIlliams
Examiner Sports Columnist
01/25/10 AM EST
After over a month of working on a new contract Anita Marks and CBS Radio will be parting ways after four years. The two sides could not craft an agreement that would give Marks the freedom to explore other national TV options that she had on the table while still working for CBS.
In a statement responding to my email this morning Marks had this to say:
I had a great run in Baltimore but in the end I had to do what is best for my career, so it is time to move on.
They say success is a journey not a specific destination and this part of my journey has been wonderful.
"I want to thank the management of CBS Radio in Baltimore as well as the people in the promotions, production, sales, and all of the sponsors who were so helpful and so kind to me throughout my entire stay in Baltimore. I would also like to thank the on air staff and of course Scott who made coming to work every day both a professional challenge as well as a true joy.
I want to thank MASN for giving me not only a local but a regional and national platform to air my views each and every day. We were there together from the early days through their development into one of the nation’s best regional sports network.
Lastly I would like to thank the fans for being so wonderful to me over the years. You have taken me in as a real member of the community and allowed me to experience the passion, honor, and love for your city and your sports teams. I love you all for that more than you will ever know."
Marks told me that she is going to take at least a month off. "I need some personal time to relax and to go over the many options that I have and to choose what is my next career move.
It is not it is clear what yet what CBS will do to replace Marks on the very popular Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show.The duo were great radio - you had Garceau, the old school, Baltimore broadcasting icon and the brash, opinionated Marks going toes to toe each day with a fun exchange that seemed to work very well. Both Garceau and Marks had their fans and their detractors and that was in part what made it good radio and wonderful TV each day on MASN.
Sportscaster Anita Marks leaves 105.7 'The Fan'January 25, 2010
Anita Marks, co-host of "The Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show" on 105.7-FM ("The Fan"), has left the station after four years with CBS Radio in Baltimore. Bob Phillips, senior vice president for the network's radio operations here, said the station made Marks an offer to continue in Baltimore on the afternoon drive-time show, but that she declined the contract offer.
"We ... wanted her stay," Phillips said. "But I guess she just had higher aspirations.... She really wants to work more on a national platform. I know she's been doing some UFL football games, and that's some stuff that she indicated she wanted to continue to do."
In a telephone interview Monday night, Marks said she was "sad" about leaving CBS radio in Baltimore and that she had "kind of mixed emotions" about the decision.
"I would love to stay and continue to do what I do with Scott and the station. I have the utmost respect for Bob Phillips and Scott and the people I work with here and at MASN," Marks said. "But I also want to pursue these possibilities to do some national TV since doing the UFL. And that's the crossroads.... So, I had to make a decision."
In a separate interview, Garceau agreed with the way in which both Marks and Phillips characterized the 39-year-old sportscaster's decision to leave the station.
"I wish her well," Garceau said. "Despite what some listeners might have thought listening to us when we diasgreed on the air, we were always friendly off the air. There was never a moment when we walked out of here and didn't like each other."
Marks, who came to Baltimore as a solo host on the CBS-owned AM sports station in Baltimore, joined 105.7 "The Fan" when it launched in November, 2008.
Phillips said the station will seek a replacement for Marks as Garceau's co-host, and that with sportscasters leaving a shrinking TV market for an expanding sportstalk radio business, he did not expect a shortage of applicants.
"We definitely want someone who wants to be a part of Baltimore and in Baltimore and committed to Baltimore -- be about Baltimore," he said. "We think that's important, and we really try to cover Baltimore sports and get very involved in the community."
Marks said she had been hoping to negotiate an arrangement that would allow her to be "five days a week" at 105.7 "The Fan" and MASN, and "on weekends" be able to pursue opportunties in sideline reporting and announcing on national TV.
"There are a number of people who do both," Marks said. "But Bob Phillips and CBS wanted somebody totally 100 percent committed to CBS Radio in Baltimore, and I totally respect that," Marks said.
Marks, a University of South Florida graduate, who came from Florida to work in Baltimore, said she will inititally stay in Baltimore using the next month off "to take a step back and relax."
"Please write this in your article, regardless of where I ultimately go, I will forever love my time in Baltimore," Marks said. "I feel so blessed that I have been here for four years."
Looking ahead to the future of his afternoon drive-time show, Phillips said, "Scott enjoyed working with Anita. Obviously, there was a yin and yang, and they disagreed. I would imagine the same kind of show will continue."
Commenting on the chemistry of the show, Garceau said, "I'm old school and she was more modern, and you might hear us on-air get into a heated disagreement with a caller or something. But I think it made for good radio. And it never got adversarial with us.... At the start, it was her show, and she kind of had to adapt to me... And I think we made it work."
"The Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show" aired from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays, with the telecast shown from 3 to 7 p.m. on MASN.
Sex, Lies and Athletic Tape
Radio Jock Anita Marks Says She's Really Just One of the GuysBaltimore Pressbox, 6/22/06
By Charlie Vascellaro
If she talks like a football player, that's because she was a quarterback in thewomen's pro football league. If she looks like a Playboy pinup, that's because she posed for Playboy. Stop Googling; it's the September 2002 issue.
"I look at myself as a sports chick not a supermodel," says ESPN radio host Anita Marks.
More...
BombshellAnita Marks might look like a delicate flower, but watch out.
She's tough as nails.
By Adam Pitluk
Nov 8, 2001
New Times
By day, Anita Marks is a hard-working quarterback for the Miami Fury
By night, she's a Playboy gal
On a windy, overcast day at the end of October, the leaves rustle, and the dust kicks up a little. There's a nip in the air -- it's not cold, but the wind, coupled with the humidity, is enough to put a chill in your bones. Football weather. As dusk falls, Anita Marks puts on a display in a Fort Lauderdale parking lot.
More...