There is a huge difference between calling games on your own and having a colour analyst in the booth with you. Chances are throughout a season you’ll have to do both in order to cover your full schedule of games, and both setups require a bit of a different approach from a prep and execution…
In 1979, the Buggles claimed that video had killed the radio star. In many ways they were right. However nearly 40 years later radio is still alive and kicking in large part to its cost, accessibility and ease of use. While internet radio has taken a larger footing in the market place over the last…
In the light of Gordon Hayward’s ankle injury on national television to essentially open the NBA season, the topic of injuries is front and centre in a lot of sportscasters minds. Injuries are common place in sport. Most sports are at least semi-contact, and with that comes the likelihood of someone being injured. Thankfully most are…
Tell me I’m wrong…but I think that golf is the toughest sport to broadcast. It’s certainly one of the most challenging to produce. In my former career as a technical director for a TV station, I had the opportunity to talk to many sports producers and directors who had covered different sports. A majority of…
In terms of social media, places like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are king for networking, sharing and photo-ing your world. But for professionals, the Facebook of “business media” is LinkedIn. The platform is quickly becoming more and more relevant and an increasingly large part of your social media footprint on the internet. We’ve covered LinkedIn…
The following article is sponsored by Spalk – Crowd Sourced Sports Commentary. To learn more, you can visit http://www.spalk.co. Imagine broadcasting any event, anywhere in the world, at any time. With millions of games and events going on in the world at any one time, the choice and opportunity for sportscasters is better than its…
This one is quite close to home. Mantar Bhandal was the voice of the Merritt Centennials during the 2016/2017 season of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. It’s the same league I’ve been calling in since 2011 for another team, however I stepped away from my duties in the 16/17 season. Bhandal became the voice…
For thousands of sportscasters across North America, their broadcast seasons have recently gotten underway. Whether football, basketball or hockey this time of year, there is one constant that seems to be an on-going question…how do I get my game audio back to my radio station to broadcast? There are literally hundreds of answers to this…
Earlier this month, legendary NHL voice Dave Strader passed away at the age of 62 after a long battle with bile duct cancer. As to be expected, tributes have been pouring in for a guy who started his career earning peanuts to call games for a Detroit Red Wings farm team and cut the GM’s…
There is a disturbing trend in sportscasting that is both worrying for existing professionals and aspiring sportscasters, and it’s the increasingly large presence of former players moving from the playing field to the media booth to cover high level games. Alex Rodriguez, Michael Strahan and most recently Tony Romo are among some high profile names…