In the summer of 2011, I had a great opportunity to try something new. Prince George, BC (where I was living at the time) was hosting an international baseball tournament featuring teams from Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Cuba and Japan. It was a huge event for the city, hosting major teams with players who have…
Fox Sports Live hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole recently interviewed Dan Patrick, a sports talk and broadcast host of his own show and NBC’s football broadcasts. The entire interview is worth a listen, it begins at the 29:50 mark of the video, but one of the fan questions submitted for Dan at the end…
ZaraStudio is my favourite, number one, most loved, bestest program on my computer for sportscasting. When I first started out broadcasting, I used either iTunes or Windows Media Player to cue up my elements. It worked fine for playing one at a time, or maybe a few back to back. However what I didn’t like…
As I spoke about in a previous post on demo reels, the use of personal websites showcasing the works of broadcasters is becoming more and more popular. For my needs, I have alexrawnsley.com which showcases some of my play-by-play, radio and television stories and some feature articles that have been done on my career. It not…
Not long ago, I got an email from a colleague in the BCHL asking about my goal calls. He was looking for ways to change up his goal call, feeling that it was too repetitive particularly when put into a highlight pack. So I thought it might make for an interesting post if I broke…
Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a huge fan of Mike “Doc” Emrick. His energy, his vocabulary and his professionalism is all first class. HBO’s “Real Sports” profiled Emrick in November on his career and path to the big leagues. Other pieces on Emrick include SI Media Podcast, Voices Documentary and Game 365 Profile.
When Sportscaster Life launched on January 5th, one of the fresh content blog posts that went along with it was my Top Video Editors for Sportscasters for producing highlights and other digital content. Today I want to take a look at something probably a lot more commonly used and likely a lot more important and…
Thank you to Shawn Sailer for posting this on Twitter. Ever wonder what a major sports production looks like from the inside? Almost 50 million viewers took in last weekend’s Cardinals-Panthers NFC Championship game on FOX, and it pretty much went off without a hitch. When I worked in television production, the analogy we used…
Note: I’ve never hired anyone or been in a position to influence hiring for an on-air broadcast position. The following post is based on feedback I’ve received when applying for jobs, and also on advice I’ve received during my career. The days of a tape or CD demo reel are long gone, now it’s an…
Full credit to Michael Hirn for posting this on Twitter. The Bleacher Report’s Zachary Rymer recently posted a fascinating look at the life of a minor league baseball broadcaster with a dream of making it to the bigs. We all know how difficult it is for players, but it may be just as tough, if not…