Just about any sporting event, in any venue around the world, at any level will begin with one thing. The National Anthem. Whether the Star Spangled Banner, Oh Canada, Advance Australia Fair, God Save the Queen or any of the other 190-odd national songs…the playing and singing of the national anthem is standard. So how…
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…
May 3rd, 2018. That was the last day that Sportscaster Life posted new content. But after a 480-odd day hiatus, one of a couple for Sportscaster Life in its history, I’m excited to say that the Life is back and better than ever. So what happened? The answer is a pretty simple one with two…
Let’s face it, sportscasting alone rarely pays all the bills. Countless sportscasters need to supplement their sportscasting dream by pursuing things like sales or marketing or a completely separate job outside of sports broadcasting. But what about voice-over work? It makes sense. Using your voice, your natural talents in order to supplement not only your…
Tell me I’m wrong, but this might be the most ‘perfect’ game winning call in the history of sportscasting. And it’s because of silence. The call comes from the Championship game of the NCAA’s Women’s National Championship between Notre Dame and Mississippi State. A game winning shot from Arike Ogunbowale send Notre Dame into bedlum…
I’m a firm believer in measured excitement. In fact, previous articles on Sportscaster Life have focused on keeping your cool on air, and not being a homer for your team. But as with most things, there is a time and a place for a certain level of excitement, and completely losing yourself in the moment…
A while back, we discussed the importance of secondary skills in sportscasting, the notion that sportscasters could no longer just rely on being the voice of a team, station or school, and that they needed to bring more to the table…especially when it comes to securing full time, broadcast related employment. So by now you…
Today we’re back and talking about secondary skills. It’s been over a month since Sportscaster Life saw some new content posted. A website that has prided itself on producing regular, weekly content dropped off substantially through late February and into March and the reasoning is a great message and lesson learned about sportscasting. Since the…
One of the most challenging aspects of sportscasting has to be dealing with coaches. If there is a bigger ‘chalk and cheese’ in sports media, I’m not aware of it. Sportscasters want the inside information whereas coaches want to ensure a bubble around their team and players and while on many occasions these two sides…
Podcasting over the last few years has grown from a fringe segment of the audio market to a mainstay and multi-million dollar enterprise. What started out as a chat among buddies in their mom’s basement has evolved into professionally produced audio (and video) content available on demand and synced seamlessly to you phone. In the…