“… with 12:25 left in the second period, the Fuel lead Kalamazoo 2-1. You’re listening to Indy Fuel hockey.” For years, the outcue is a signal to the station producer to fire up the next station break. But what if there is no station and no producer, because you – the play-by-play announcer – have that…
Sometimes when networking or building a book of connections, we forget that it’s not only coaches who can help us advance our careers and improve our calls. It’s no secret that sportscasters are sometimes left out of the loop regarding team news. Trades, new players, and special circumstances always seem to pop up and it’s…
Ask any professional worth their salt and they’ll tell you the number one thing that is required in just about ANY industry to move up the ladder and succeed is networking. In movies and television, the saying is “it’s not what you know, but who you know”. In sportscasting, that rings even more true with…
Anyone who’s known me long enough knows that since high school, some 13 years ago, I’ve always had a small notebook tucked in my back pocket. It’s something I have on me every day and it wasn’t until very recently that I realized how important that pocket notebook is to my career. Since it became…
For many winter sports broadcasters, the season is right around the corner. As for the summer sports gang, the season may soon be coming to an end. The best time to take a state of the union with your gear is always at the end of your season and once again at the start. The…
The single most important thing a broadcaster can do is prepare. You’ll see it all the time in spotting charts and research on teams and histories. Important match-ups or niche stats gleaned from hours of online digging. But it also rings true to the tech side of your broadcast, in particular having broadcast backups for…
The notion of testing equipment is somewhat of a no-brainer for me. You arrive at the venue, you setup and test your equipment. But I can’t tell you the number of conversations I’ve had with fellow broadcasters that went something along the lines of this: Me: How’d your game go the other night?Them: I had…