Howard Eskin

Howard Eskin (born April 29, 1951) is a sports anchor at WTXF-TV "Fox 29" in Philadelphia, and an American sports radio personality for WIP-FM 94.1/WTEL AM 610 and father of Brett "Spike" Eskin, Program Director for 94 WIP.

After Eskin graduated from Northeast High School in Philadelphia in 1968, he got his start in local radio at WFIL-AM when evening shift disc jockey George Michael hired him to be his engineer. Eskin eventually made a name for himself in sports radio by breaking stories and stirring public opinion with his commentaries. He brought that same hustle with him to television where, with his efforts, breaking news was often found on the sports desk. The award winning sportscaster first made the transition to television in 1982 when he joined KYW-TV. One of Eskin’s managers at KYW jokes that the sportscaster kept the Eagles in Philadelphia by breaking the story in the 1980s that the owner was trying to sell the team. "If Howard had not stepped in when he did... Leonard Tose would have snuck the Eagles out of town," says Frank Traynor. "Howard broke the Eagles story... and, by doing so, I believe helped to keep the team in town."

In the mid-1980s, Eskin co-hosted with John DeBella on WMMR's Morning zoo, their combination was advertised as "Sports Rock". On television Eskin helped launch Fox Station WTXF-TV's Ten O’Clock News as part of its original anchor team from 1986 to 1991. On radio, the "Sports Rock" format proved unsuccessful at WMMR. It began in the Fall of 1992 and lasted until the Spring of 1993. Soon thereafter, Eskin moved to WIP, whose station format would shortly become amongst the first full-time sports-talk radio themes in the United States.

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