 Masur started his radio career in Peoria, Illinois working at co-owned stations WMBD (AM) and WKZW (KZ-93, now WPBG).In Chicago, he worked for Metro Networks from 1995 to 1997, reporting traffic, news and sports for several Chicago stations, including 780 WBBM (AM), 670 WMAQ (AM), 720 WGN (AM), and 101.9 WTMX (Skokie).He was then a sports anchor and reporter at One On One Sports Radio Network (later Sporting News Radio) from 1997 to 1999.