Courtesy Baltimore Sun

(January 25, 2010) Anita Marks, co-host of "The Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show" on 105.7-FM ("The Fan"), is leaving the station after four years with CBS Radio in Baltimore, according to Bob Phillips, senior vice president for the network's radio operations here.

Phillips said the station made Marks an offer to continue in Baltimore on the afternoon drive-time show, but that she declined the contract offer.

"We had offered her a contract to stay and wanted her stay," Phillips said. "But I guess she just had higher aspirations.... She really wants to work more on a national platform. I know she's been doing some UFL football games, and that's some stuff that she indicated she wanted to continue to do."

Garceau said, "I think she has some things she wants to pursue, and felt it might not be possible to do that while being on the radio everyday. I wish her well.... Despite what some listeners might have thought listening to us when we diasgreed on the air, we were always friendly off the air. There was never a moment when we walked out of here and didn't like each other."

"The Scott Garceau & Anita Marks Show" airs from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays, with the telecast airing from 3 to 7 p.m. on MASN.

Marks, who came to Baltimore as a solo host on the CBS-owned AM sports station in Baltimore, joined 105.7 "The Fan" when it launched in November, 2008, said Phillips, who praised her work with Garceau in a telephone interview Monday.

Phillips said the station will seek a replacement for Marks as Garceau's co-host, and that with sportscasters leaving a shrinking TV market for an expanding sportstalk radio business, he did not expect a shortage of applicants.

"We definitely want someone who wants to be a part of Baltimore and in Baltimore and committed to Baltimore -- be about Baltimore," he said. "We think that's important, and we really try to cover Baltimore sports and get very involved in the community."

Marks came to Baltimore from Florida.

"I think she wants to get another job. And one of the things she said was that she was thinking about moving back to Florida," Phillips added.

"Scott enjoyed working with Anita. Obviously, there was a yin and yang, and they disagreed. I would imagine the same kind of show will continue."

Commenting on the chemistry of the show, Garceau said, "I'm old school and she was more modern, and you might hear us on-air get into a heated disagreement with a caller or something. But I think it made for good radio. And it never got adversarial with us.... At the start, it was her show, and she kind of had to adapt to me... And I think we made it work."

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