Wayne Randazzo, the former Chicago area sportscaster who's been hosting pregame and postgame shows for the New York Mets since 2015, has been promoted to a full-time play-by-play role on WCBS, the team's new radio flagship. He'll continue to host Mets postgame coverage as well.

A graduate of St. Charles East High School and North Central College, Randazzo began as a sports intern at Tribune Broadcasting news/talk WGN 720-AM, and later worked for Entercom all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, sports/talk WSCR 670-AM and the Big Ten Network. He also served as announcer for the Kane County Cougars.