PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Howard Eskin, a longtime Philadelphia sports activities broadcaster and radio persona on 94 WIP, has been suspended from Residents Financial institution Park for the remainder of the season after he made an undesirable advance towards an Aramark worker.
“We realized of an unwelcome kiss by Howard Eskin in direction of an Aramark worker at Residents Financial institution Park,” Audcacy, the father or mother firm of WIP, mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday. “We take these issues very critically. We instantly investigated and took motion to handle the matter.”
The Philadelphia Phillies mentioned the staff takes the “allegations very critically.”
“We assist Audacy’s choice to droop Howard Eskin from Residents Financial institution Park,” the Phillies mentioned in an announcement.
A telephone name by CBS Information Philadelphia to the 73-year-old Eskin was not returned. Eskin will proceed to be on the air on WIP transferring ahead, based on Audacy, however will not be on this weekend because of one thing unrelated to the incident at Residents Financial institution Park.
“The security of our workers is paramount, and after we realized that an Aramark worker had been subjected to an undesirable advance by an Audacy worker, we instantly started an investigation, which corroborated the allegations,” Aramark mentioned in an announcement. “We then labored with Audacy and the Phillies to make sure that acceptable steps have been taken to guard our worker and all the Aramark workers at Residents Financial institution Park.”
Eskin has been a sports activities media persona in Philadelphia for many years.
Eskin, a Northeast Excessive alumnus, helped 610 WIP launch the station’s first-ever sports activities discuss present in 1986. Eskin has broadcast almost 7,000 reveals on WIP, which is greater than another sports activities talker within the nation, based on his web site. He is additionally had a number of stops at TV stations in Philadelphia.
Eskin had two completely different stints at KYW-TV, which is now CBS Information Philadelphia, in 1982 and in 1992. He is additionally labored at NBC10 and FOX29, the place he at present is a contributor for the station’s Eagles protection together with being a sideline reporter for the staff on WIP. Eskin additionally nonetheless hosts a present on Saturday mornings on WIP.
Eskin’s son, Spike, rejoined the station earlier this yr in WIP’s afternoon drive slot after working as this system director of WFAN-FM in New York.