This episode features my conversation with former coworker Adam St. Paul from Dakota Broadcasting in Aberdeen, SD. We relive stories from our time working together, including:
- The Homecoming Fiasco: How it taught us to be careful in our criticism of high school athletes.
- The Phone Line Heist: Always make sure to prepare the logistical aspects of a broadcasts.
- Ask And You Shall Receive: The one time that complaining about a broadcast situation on air actually paid off. Also we talk about being involved in the communities you call games in.
- Check The Map: The time we went to the wrong town for a co-op school basketball game.
- Broken Wings: Getting on the bad side of a hockey team that went two months without a win.
- International Man Of Mystery: The pros and cons of using a different on air name.
- Who’s The Home Team?: The time a team switched into another teams uniforms at the last second and how to be prepared for the unexpected.
- Grinnell Ball: The time Adam filled in for me covering one of the most unique teams in the country and why you should always watch film if it’s available.
- White Wedding: Getting married on a Friday during football season.
- Dirty Coach Speak: The time a prominent coach said a naughty word during an interview with Adam.
- The satisfaction of being the big fish in the small pond.
- Fight For Your Right: Getting screwed out of winning a 1980’s costume contest.
- Other broadcast horror stories.
- His favorite broadcasters (And the time I unknowingly borrowed one of those people’s Kayaks).
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