Howard Eskin suspended from Citizens Bank Park after making unwanted advances on Aramark employee

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Howard Eskina longtime Philadelphia sportscaster and radio personality on 94 WIP, has been suspended from Citizens Bank Park for the remainder of the season after making an unwanted advance on an Aramark employee.

“We have learned that Howard Eskin kissed an Aramark employee at Citizens Bank Park,” Audcacy, WIP’s parent company, said in a statement Tuesday. “We take these matters very seriously. We immediately investigated and took steps to address the issue.”

The Philadelphia Phillies said the team takes the “allegations very seriously.”

“We support Audacy’s decision to suspend Howard Eskin from Citizens Bank Park,” the Phillies said in a statement.

A phone call from CBS News Philadelphia to Eskin, 73, was not returned. Eskin will continue to be on the air on WIP going forward, according to Audacy, but will not be on the air this weekend due to an event unrelated to the incident at Citizens Bank Park.

“The safety of our employees is paramount, and when we learned that an Aramark employee had been the victim of an unwanted advance by an Audacy employee, we immediately launched an investigation, which substantiated the allegations,” Aramark said in a statement. “We then worked with Audacy and the Phillies to ensure appropriate steps were taken to protect our employee and all Aramark employees at Citizens Bank Park.”

Eskin has been a sports media personality in Philadelphia for decades.

Eskin, a Northeast High alumnus, helped 610 WIP launch the station’s first-ever sports talk show in 1986. Eskin has broadcast nearly 7,000 shows on WIP, more than any other sports anchor in the country, according to his website. He has also made several appearances on Philadelphia television stations.

Eskin worked twice at KYW-TV, now CBS News Philadelphia, in 1982 and 1992. He has also worked at NBC10 and FOX29, where he currently contributes to the station’s Eagles coverage and is also a reporter for the team on WIP. Eskin also still hosts a Saturday morning show on WIP.

Eskin’s son, Pointjoined the station earlier this year in WIP’s afternoon timeslot after working as program director at WFAN-FM in New York.