In 1972, he joined WGIR in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he hosted a nightly call-in show and called high school sports, Saint Anselm and Dartmouth hockey, and American Legion baseball.
Lobel's show gained a following on Massachusetts' North Shore, where he became an alternative to WBZ's Guy Mainella.
In October 1976, Lobel joined WBZ, where he succeeded Ken Beatrice as host of the 10 pm to midnight program, Calling All Sports.
During a 2003 edition of Sports Final, Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan said that the wife of New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd needed someone to "smack" her for taking his young children to NBA playoff games where they could be taunted.
The show, co-hosted by Karen Blake, will feature cover a range of topics including sports.
[12] Lobel, who has spinal stenosis and must use crutches as a result, filed a discrimination suit in United States district court in Boston in November 2015, after Woodland Golf Club in Newton, Massachusetts barred him from taking his cart onto its putting greens in 2014.
Woodland is reported to have responded, "The golf cart caused significant impressions and tears on the greens during the test.
[16] In 2005, Lobel filed a libel suit against Darby Conley (creator of the comic strip Get Fuzzy), United Feature Syndicate, and The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Massachusetts for implying and asserting that Lobel was intoxicated while on air;[17] the lawsuit was settled out-of-court in November 2005.