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Weekend Plans With CBS Radio Exec VP Chris Oliviero: Keeping It Casual

With the increasing demands of the sports radio landscape, CBS Radio Exec VP/Programming CHRIS OLIVIERO greets the arrival of autumn in his native Brooklyn without the pressure of weekend plans. He said, “Since Monday through Friday is so structured and time sensitive, I try to keep my weekend fluid and see where it goes to break the grind of always having every minute of every day spoken for. It never fails that interesting things with friends or family always pop up. Plus the less official plans I make, the less likely I have to come up with an excuse to cancel if a better last minute opportunity comes up. That I guess is the method to my madness.”

BOOM! WHERE’D THAT TRUCK COME FROM? I must admit all flavors of football influence my schedule and plans, and this weekend will be no different. I consume as much televised college and pro football as the networks will provide, which I think we can all admit they do a remarkable job of filling every minute. I will definitely leave the couch this weekend to watch two of my nephews start their peewee flag football season as they have been training hard all offseason on their moves on "MADDEN 15." But I am officially unavailable from 12:00-12:55pm Sunday as I finalize my fantasy football line-ups. I am in multiple leagues but my team name is the same in all the leagues "The Titans," not for Tennessee but for the pre-cursor to the New York Jets. Don't ask why I didn't just choose the Jets as my name ... that would have been too easy and not as interesting.

WEEKEND WARRIOR: I really seem to be on a sunlight body clock. So in the summer I do not sleep in that late at all as the sun creeps up. But regardless, I hardly ever set an alarm for the weekend and see when the eyes open. Hopefully, they do open. Any three-day weekend is always the best because Sunday becomes Saturday and Monday becomes Sunday, plus you are now 24 hours closer to the next weekend. In a perfect world my weekend workout routine would be walking 18 holes of golf and maybe I'll put some extra clubs in the bag to weigh it down. I know that is breaking a cardinal rule of golf but it is for my health and well-being. And I promise not to use a pull cart. My guilty pleasure is eating left over cold pizza from Friday for breakfast on Saturday.

GOSSIP GUYS: The best part of my weekend is the Sunday morning trip to the barber shop, a setting of hair on the floor and dated magazines you can catch up with friends and gossip like it was an episode of "THE VIEW" for men. I watch all the Sunday morning talk shows on the major networks to make sure my knowledge base extends beyond PAT and YAC. I also enjoy when they all have the same newsmaker guest on so I can try to see if their answers changed from one network to the next. That is my weekend mental exercise. In terms of reading I still enjoy getting up on Sunday and going out to purchase the Daily News, Post and Times. Some of the material is already dated and it actually costs money. But there is something about the ritual and the process that I still am drawn to. And for anyone who is reading this saying I do it for the coupons, that is an insult. I do it for the coupons and the comics. I love to grab my iPad and search for hyperlocal news from my neighborhood and surroundings in Brooklyn. One of the great benefits of our technological society is this ability to laser focus on your community.

UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS?  I love to go day-by-day through the upcoming week's schedule to make sure every meeting booked is truly essential and I'm making the best use of time for the week. Is something booked for 60 minutes that really needs only 30 minutes? The quiet of Sunday really allows me to look objectively at the coming week and decipher my priorities. If you wait to do this within the heat of the daily office grind you will lose focus, misuse your time and get frustrated. Sunday to me is like New Year's Day 52 times a year. You commit and are energized to make resolutions for the week. Let's hope you keep more of them then you break.

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