The Ben Roethlisberger Show is no longer … long live the radio segment that won’t have his name on it (by design) and is on a new station (by design).

Roethlisberger decided against the seventh year of his widely popular and sometimes controversial 20-minute radio segment on sports talk radio 93.7 The Fan that was pointed at by some as the final straw in his relationship with Antonio Brown.

Instead, Roethlisberger will have more of a low-key approach with his sometimes weekly hit on the team’s flagship station’s morning show, 102.5 WDVE — a recommendation from team owner Art Rooney II — after the long-time relationship between the quarterback and the station soured toward the end.

“It’s just run its course on The Fan,” Roethlisberger said. “Those things happen. A lot of times you do shows like that when you are in the middle of your career and trying to have a platform. Now, it’s just different. Plus, it took a toll on my family. Sometimes I forgot I was going on and (Ron Cook) would text me and ask if I was OK. Now I can make it on my time and what I want to talk about.”

With his new venture, it will be his call. It could be every week. It might not be every week. It’s totally up to him. Whenever Roethlisberger does call into the morning show, he doesn’t expect his approach to change much, if at all.

“I am still going to give the fans what they want to hear,” Roethlisberger said. “That’s part of the fun of doing it. They want to hear something about us. It’s not going to be much different other than I am not going to have my name on it. Just like when I am talking to you now or talking to the radio, I have to be smart and don’t say anything that might offend anybody.”

Roethlisberger’s first “show” was Thursday, when he called into the morning show featuring Randy Baumann for 12 minutes and talked about just about everything other than football, a far cry from what his show on The Fan used to be.

Roethlisberger used his 20 minutes a week on The Fan to defend teammates, call out teammates, give teammates some tough love, question calls by coaches (albeit subtly), explain key plays in detail, reveal information said on the field, give updates on his injury progress, give updates on other players’ injury progress, and so on.

“I can talk about what I want if it’s my family or anything like that,” Roethlisberger said. “The reason I like to do the show is that I can have the guys backs when they say something after the game. Sometimes they don’t know I can be the one who can set it straight.”

Still, the negative points were brought to the forefront more than the positive ones. When asked if he thought things he said were overblown to a degree, the veteran Roethlisberger just smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

The show became a talking point during the offseason, specifically the saga with Brown and one comment in particular that Roethlisberger made. He said after a loss in Denver, in which he threw an interception to defensive linemen in the end zone with seconds left in the game, that Brown should’ve run the route flatter.

Brown pointed that out as the tipping point in the relationship, so much so that he talked about it in an episode of “The Shop” on HBO with LeBron James.

That same segment of the radio show, Roethlisberger said James Washington unnecessarily dove for an easily catchable ball.

There were others as well over the years:

• Roethlisberger said Martavis Bryant had to toughen up, then later backed his troubled receiver, calling him “a really good teammate.”

• He called out Brown for “having a temper tantrum” and “causing a distraction that none of us really needs” after the Baltimore game last year. (Brown’s response: “I’m glad Ben did what he did. He called me out. … I’m just grateful we have a great leader who’s forgiving and accommodating and willing to talk to me.”)

• He was critical of Brown’s Facebook Live video after the divisional playoff win against Kansas City in January 2017. “That’s a sacred place where things are said and hugs and tears, and it’s kind of a special place. So a little disappointed with AB for that.”

• He revealed he had an AC joint sprain heading into the AFC divisional playoff game in Denver during that same 2015-16 postseason, even though Tomlin refused to confirm that was the problem throughout the week.

• After a loss to the Dolphins in 2013, Roethlisberger’s postgame comments about the offense were taken as a shot at then-offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Roethlisberger clarified his thoughts two days later on his show. “It was taken way out of context. There is absolutely no issue between Coach Haley and I. I love where this offense is right now.”

• A week after the Steelers drafted quarterback Mason Rudolph in April, Roethlisberger questioned the pick on his show. “I was surprised when they took a quarterback because I thought that maybe in the third round, you know you can get some really good football players that can help this team now.”

• Two days after losing to the Patriots in the AFC Championship three seasons ago, Roethlisberger refused to rule out retirement, which created a huge national story that’s still brought up to this day.

All of that led to people questioning Roethlisberger’s leadership tactics. They didn’t know that before he criticized Washington on air, he had a private sit down with the receiver to share his concerns.

They didn’t know that Roethlisberger and Brown had a love-hate relationship, and sometimes Roethlisberger believed Brown needed to be publicly criticized to counter some of his me-first actions.

But this version of his radio show will shy away from those kinds of topics, which goes in line with the way the Steelers are approaching this season: low key.

“Hey, I enjoy giving fans and the people insight, so I love doing it,” Roethlisberger said. “Our fans are super passionate, right? They love this game, they love this team, so why not give them something little they can enjoy? I think it’s fun.”

Two other Steelers will have shows on The Fan: James Conner and Ramon Foster.

Even though Foster said he soured considerably over the offseason about a possible post-football media career, mostly because of the hot takes and lies he heard about his team from former players, he decided to continue with his show.

“I like doing it, to be honest with you,” Foster said. “I got turned off this offseason with the media asking questions and even seeking a profession in it after I am done. I tell truths. They wouldn’t want to hear what I am saying because I don’t fabricate stuff. I can’t do the antics and sideshow. I don’t want to critique players, right or wrong. We are just going to have fun on it.”

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