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Boomer and Carton in the Morning is a morning drive sports radio program on WFAN in New York City. The hosts of the radio program are former NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals, Boomer Esiason and former Jersey Guy Craig Carton. The show debuted on September 4, 2007.

History
In the wake of the Don Imus controversy in the Spring of 2007, CBS Radio was forced to long time radio shock jock Don Imus. From that point on, the 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. time slot was filled by various hosts. Charles McCord and Chris Carlin remained on all the replacement shows as assistance and staff, in similar roles as they were on Imus's show, and the replacement shows continued to be syndicated via Westwood One. Mike Francesa and Chris Russo were the first to fill the spot, hosting for the two weeks (April 16-27) immediately after Imus' firing. Francesa and Russo also worked the shift separate from each other, as did fellow WFAN staffers Richard Neer, Joe Beningo and Evan Roberts, and Carlin, who worked both alone and with co-hosts, notably Kimberly Jones and Washington Post sports columnist John Feinstein.

WFAN and Westwood One also brought in outside personalities into the slot. Among them were Boomer Esiason, Patrick McEnroe, Geraldo Rivera, Lou Dobbs, and Chicago sports radio host Mike North.

On September 4, 2007, Esiason took over as the permanent host of the WFAN morning show, with veteran radio personality Craig Carton (previously of WKXW-FM in Trenton, New Jersey) serving as co-host, and Chris Carlin remaining to do sports updates. The new program is not distributed nationally by Westwood One.

Notable On-Air Moments
On January 18, 2007 Carton was forced to walk the Brooklyn Bridge holding a sign reading “Any Given Sunday.” and wearing only a Speedo and New York Giants tight-end Jeremy Shockey jersey. After a week of berating the local team New York Giants, Carton guaranteed the Giants would lose to the despised division rival Dallas Cowboys. The following Sunday the Giants upset the Cowboys, 21-17.

After the stunt, Carton quipped "It's an experience I will never do again".

Reoccurring Topics and Gags

 * Girl of the Week
 * Rat of the Week

Also See

 * WFAN (AM)
 * Boomer Esiason
 * Craig Carton