WEEI/Boston Adjusts On-Air Line-Up
Lou Merloni is stepping down as afternoon host and joining WEEI’s flagship coverage of the Boston Red Sox, calling at least 60 regular season and 10 spring training games in the broadcast booth, and joining WEEI’s offseason talk-show programming. Merloni, a 10-year MLB veteran who spent six years with the Red Sox, will serve as WEEI’s Red Sox insider and make regular appearances on the station programming as team news breaks.
It was concurrently announced that Joe Castiglione, who has been a part of WEEI’s Red Sox broadcast team since 1983, will call 81 games in 2023. “After 40 years and over 6,000 game broadcasts, my wife of 51 years, Jan, and I think that this is the right time to step back and work a reduced schedule of games while we are both in good health,” said Castiglione. “This will give us the opportunity to spend more time with our children and six grandchildren as well. I’d thank both Mike Thomas and Red Sox President Sam Kennedy for being amenable, and thanks to my agent, Steve Freyer, for working out the details.” Pictured, (l-r): Fauria, Keefe & Merloni