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Ric Butler Exits FOX Sports Knoxville

Butler has been with the station since 2017.

Published

1 year ago

June 25, 2021

Russ Heltman

Courtesy: Fox Sports Knoxville

Ric Butler has announced his departure from Fox Sports Knoxville and The Drive, which airs from 3-6 p.m. CT. The afternoon drive host released the news on Twitter, confirming that he is staying in the Knoxville area, with a new venture coming soon.

“Friday will be my last day with Fox Sports Knoxville,” Butler wrote in the note posted on Twitter. “I couldn’t be possibly more grateful for the last four years. Fox Sports Knoxville gave me my first opportunity in the business and I never expected what it would turn into. I have more great memories than I could possibly count.”

Butler joined the station as a 20-year-old University of Tennessee student that was in search of a sense of community in the city. He found it in Fox Sports Knoxville.

“I’ll never be able to tell Russell [Smith] and Nate [Hodges] thank you enough for everything they did for me,” Ric Butler said. “I joined FSK when I was a sophomore at UT and really didn’t have many friends. Hell, I was trying to transfer out of UT at the time. Nate and Rusell watched over me, always lent a helping hand, and always believed in me.”

Ric Butler helped launch The Blitz, which airs on the station from 10-12 p.m. CT. The show is built around a fast-paced, rapid-fire style show, hitting all the sports stories locally and around the nation.

“I’ll never forget launching a brand new radio show with my friends – The Blitz. To Brandon, Chance, Westin, Charley, and everybody else that joined our show, thank you for the most fun of my life.”

Butler’s final broadcast of The Drive is this afternoon as he says goodbye to the station that’s shaped the early years of his career. Catch the last show from 3-6 p.m. CT on fanrunradio.com.

Russ Heltman

Russ Heltman is a daily news writer for BSM. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH. He also works in gameday communications for FC Cincinnati and additionally contributes to the AllBengals blog for Sports Illustrated. Russ can be found on Twitter @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.

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Check out the full video in the link below⬇️ pic.twitter.com/3sAFruYncQ
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