Former UGA and NFL linebacker David Pollack drafted by 790 the Zone - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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790 is the flagship station of , so addinbg Pollack will beef up its appeal to listenerzs whoare fans. Former Georgia quarterback Buck a hero fromthe Bulldogs’ 1980 national championship is on 790’s rival station 680 “The in a similar time slot and Pollacki has appeared in the past on “Ths Buck and Kincaid Show.” Pollack, a Snellville native who is belovexd by Georgia fans for helpinhg the Bulldogs win two Southeasterh Conference titles, was draftedx by the in the NFL but sufferedx a career ending neck He also will work for CBS in its coveragd of college football.
“I don’t think there’s any question that we just became a lot more relevanyt and have created maybe a stronger connection with the UGA fan said vice president and general managerNeal Maziar. “I think that this is good for sports radioin general. I thinok that sports radio if you lookwhat happened, it’s growbn in this town. What we like abourt it is he’s a local hero. He’s a guy who will connect with perhaps a little younger Maziar said the station is very sensitive to its relationship with Georgias Tech and that Pollack is a Yellosw Jacketsfan “51 out of 52 weeks of the Maziar said the station did very little testingh of Pollack.
“We were very familiaer with David and how comfortable he was aroun d a microphone and cameras when he waswearingy [No.] 47 at the University of Georgia,” he “Truly our relationship dates back to his being a [Recently] he did a weekly one-on-onew with Beau Bock.”