WFAN-AM's Mike Francesa "soon will bring" the simulcast of his radio show to FS1, according to a source cited by Neil Best of NEWSDAY. Terms of the contract "could not be determined, nor could a starting date." But Francesa said last week that an official announcement "could come early this week, and that he could be back on TV in time for the NCAA men's basketball tournament in March." Best notes MSG Network "widely had been considered the most logical candidate for Francesa's show after making a bid for it five years ago that YES matched." But FS1 "entered the bidding, presumably in an effort to increase the fledgling cable sports network's visibility" (NEWSDAY, 2/10). In N.Y., John Healy notes the report "comes after a week where Francesa's replacement on YES, Michael Kay, opened his ESPN radio show by tossing a Diet Coke in the trash, prompting Francesa to call the move 'classless' and sparking a bit of a feud between the two hosts." Fox owns both FS1 and YES, which now "puts Francesa and Kay in the same TV family." Healy: "Whether or not that means any 'feud' is over remains to be seen" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/10).
