EP 051 Larry Weir Eastern Washington final
In this conversation I chat with the long time voice of Eastern Washington Football and Basketball, Larry Weir. We dive into numerous topics including:
- Doing play-by-play for imaginary teams in our heads while shooting hoops.
- How his uncle’s neighbor got him hooked up with his very first job through an extremely unlikely series of events.
- Why he believes getting experience is more important than a college degree but still regrets not getting his degree.
- How he developed work ethic and mental toughness growing up on a farm.
- His path to becoming the voice of Eastern Washington.
- The difficulty of switching from radio to TV.
- The difficult situation of losing the rights to EWU hoops for two years.
- Why a gold rush in Nevada steered him back to Eastern Washington.
- Never missing a broadcast in 25 years.
- The keys to keeping your voice healthy.
- Battling the urge to go to the bathroom during a broadcast.
- Finding time to broadcast high school games in between college games.
- His system of finding information in newspapers.
- The challenges of broadcasting a game on Eastern Washington’s red inferno turf.
- Why being a poor networker has held him back from climbing the sportscasting ladder.
- Being pranked by Eastern Washington players.
- How he has learned new technology as it has evolved.
- Broadcast horror stories from a long career.
- Why he yelled at a mascot who almost disconnected his broadcast equipment.
- His prep process for football and basketball and why he doesn’t use spotting boards.
- What he does to get better.
- Who his favorite broadcasters to listen to on a free night are.
- and much more!
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