WFAN must have seen this coming.
After all, you can't replace The Pope and expect things to stay the same.
But how steep a drop-off were station executives expecting with Chris Carlin, Bart Scott and Maggie Gray replacing Mike Francesa during afternoon drive time?
Newsday's Neil Best has the latest Nielsen Audio numbers for Jan. 4 through 31:
WFAN's new afternoon show averaged 4.4 percent of the radio audience and ranked sixth in the market among men ages 25-54 from 2 to 6:30 p.m. in its first month on the air .