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Kirk Minihane, the contrarian co-host of the top-rated Kirk and Callahan show on Boston sports radio station WEEI, will start a new venture on Entercom-owned Radio.com in January 2019 or thereabouts.

As of Monday, the 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. WEEI show will be renamed Mut and Callahan, with regular third man in Mike “Mut” Mutnansky as the permanent replacement and Gerry Callahan’s sidekick.

It remains to be seen if the Kirk-less Callahan crew can maintain its market share moving forward.

The station added Kirk Minihane as  a third voice to what was then called Dennis and Callahan in February 2013. John Dennis later retired after frequent conflicts with Minihane over the direction of the show.

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— Mut & Callahan (@MutCallahan) November 15, 2018

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Boston Press Reacts to the Lineup Change

“Kirk Minihane, whose near-six-year run as a co-host of WEEI’s morning program has been marked by controversy, contentiousness, and consistent ratings success, is leaving the program. But despite Minihane’s occasional airing of grievances with station and corporate management on social media, he is not leaving WEEI’s parent company, Entercom Communications,” the Boston Globe explained.

“Minihane is known as one of the more controversial figures in Boston sports media. He was suspended on multiple occasions during his time at WEEi due to on-air incidents…Minihane had been on a leave of absence from the show following what he has described as a battle with mental illness,” MassLive added.

Farewell WEEI Broadcast

Minihane returned to the WEEI airwaves this morning from 8 to 10 a.m. to discuss his departure in what was partially schtick and partially real, during which Callahan quipped that Kirk was leaving for a “cheesy, little Internet show.”

This is true. I'm pissed that they're splitting us up and ruining the best show I've ever been a part of. https://t.co/96mG13Xc63 read more