We’ve all read that in sportscasting, and life in general really, it’s not what you know but who you know. However, unless you attended a broadcast powerhouse school or have the last name Buck, it’s hard to build helpful relationships with people in the business organically. Nonetheless, to be successful it’s something you need to do.… Read More
In this episode I chat with the longtime radio broadcaster for the Dallas Cowboys, Brad Sham:
I wrote a few weeks back about a day when everything went wrong . It’s with great delight that today I’m writing about a week full of awesome broadcast opportunities that, for the most part, went spectacularly right!
On Monday, I received a text from my friend Adam Hildebrandt, who is the radio voice of Oral Roberts University, informing me that he was in need of a fill-in to cover a men’s basketball game at North Dakota State in Fargo.… Read More
Small market play-by-play broadcasters have to wear many different hats. You may have to sell ad space, report on the news and weather, or play music for the masses. If you work at a station with multiple sportscasters, sometimes that means putting on the analyst headset for somebody else’s play-by-play. When you’re used to driving the bus, sitting in the proverbial passenger seat can be a difficult adjustment.… Read More
In this episode I chat with Steve Cotton, the radio voice of the Marshall Thundering Herd.… Read More
I’m writing this on New Year’s Day 2018, a day that marks the two-year anniversary of when I began following the Blueprint to Broadcasting Success. I came up with this program with the idea that it would be an effective way to improve my sound on the air, as well as a way to help build and strengthen relationships in the industry.… Read More
One of my former clients owned an auto body shop and she had a saying “sometimes you’re the windshield and sometimes you’re the bug.” Last Tuesday I was the bug. I have a belief that with a positive attitude, 99% of days turn out to be good. However, every now and then, the universe decides that everything is going to go awry on a given day, and last Tuesday was one of those days.… Read More
In this episode I chat with one of my personal favorite broadcasters, Adam Amin of ESPN.… Read More
After a long football season, basketball is underway in South Dakota and this year there was no easing in slowly. I finish off a stretch of nine games in eleven days tomorrow before getting a ten day break over the holidays. With a new season comes another chance to work towards my eventual goal of being a NCAA Division I broadcaster.… Read More
Early on during my time in this business I believed myself to be a talented broadcaster, when I was in fact, objectively terrible. I built my personal perception of my own work based on feedback from family, personal friends, and co-workers. Everyone told me how much they liked listening to me and how if they closed their eyes they could picture the game in their head.… Read More