Mark Titus and Tate Frazier have joined FOX Sports and the Westwood One Podcast Network. The popular college basketball personalities have already released two episodes of Titus & Tate.
“Titus and Tate fans are thrilled to have this hilarious and unstoppable team back behind the mic – and not a moment too soon as college hoops head towards the brackets and buzzer-beaters of NCAA March Madness 2020,” said Suzanne Grimes, EVP Marketing, Cumulus Media and President, Westwood One. “We’re ready to turn up the heat and give national marketing and promotion of this show a full-court press.”
A college basketball player from 2006-2010, Mark Titus was a walk-on at Ohio State where he launched the blog Club Trillion. Titus later joined Grantland as a writer and his One Shining Podcast launched on The Ringer in 2017, with co-host and producer Tate Frazier. The duo parted ways with The Ringer late last year.
“As a former bench-rider myself, I’ve been a fan of Titus going back to his Club Trillion days, and he’s since found Tate, who shares a passion for the game and sense of humor that sets them apart,” said Michael Bucklin, VP of Digital Content, FOX Sports. “Empowering leading personalities to serve fans is core to our vision here at FOX Sports, and these two fit right into that strategy.”
The audio version of the Titus & Tate will be distributed by Westwood One and available on all podcast platforms, with FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports app offering the pod in visual form.
“Lesser men would have been turned off by FOX Sports executives playing ‘Roundball Rock’ on a loop for an hour during our initial meeting, but that’s when I knew FOX Sports was where I belonged,” said Titus. “Westwood One has been a titan in audio distribution for as long as I can remember, and being associated with such an iconic brand is nothing short of an honor. I’m excited to make podcast magic together.”
“Westwood One is one of the elite podcast platforms out and as a podcast producer myself, I have admired their network construction from afar. I am thrilled to work with them on growing Titus & Tate and taking our show to the next level together,” added Frazier. “In addition, FOX Sports was the first company to hire me back in 2014, and I am beyond excited about the opportunity to return and re-join the family. We’re both pumped about the potential of the show and the places we’ll take it during this new era.”
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