Whenever I leave for a road trip, I have to pack everything. Over the years I’ve gotten better at streamlining things to make sure I’m not bringing too much…everything must have a purpose. But at the end of the day I really only need TWO things to go on a road trip and broadcast games.…
Being a sportscaster is a tough tough job. You’ve got to be eloquent, knowledgeable, expressive and trustworthy. You have to manage your emotions, but convey the feeling of a given moment or game. And that’s just on air! The prep work that goes into a broadcast is tedious at best and has been covered multiple…
It’s no surprise that given how ingrained the internet is in our culture and society that more and more radio stations, sports teams and individual broadcasters are moving away from things like tie-lines and phone connections and incorporating internet audio as a primary method of delivery for live sporting events. In the past, I’ve covered…
Production value. Two words that too frequently get over looked in sports broadcasting. At the Network and higher levels of the industry, the tasks of building intros and elements for television and radio broadcasts falls to a team of professionals to choose, edit, adjust and publish all of these things that transform a talking head…
Buying your own gear can be a very smart investment in your sportscasting career. While many teams, schools and programs have gear already, the ability to collect your own equipment allows you to more easily freelance and pick up additional gigs and hopefully a little extra cash. I’ve already covered purchasing gear in the past, with…
For every game that I do, I produce at least one (if not more) video highlights to post on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. I don’t do a highlight pack, rather just produce one goal or one big moment that can accompany a game recap. However the trouble is that when I’m on the road, our…
In 1981, MTV claimed that ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’. Since then, we’ve not only seen radio live, but thrive in the area of live sports coverage. A key part of that success as been radio’s ability to evolve with the times and move online by encompassing all forms of audio including satellite radio, podcasting…
Sportscasters are faced with a number of very important, bordering on critical choices for a broadcast. Are you a blue pen or a black pen caller? Do you go with a striped tie or maybe solid colour? And the topic of this post, do you go a headset or a stick microphone as your primary…
In this quick tip video, I show you how to use conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel to highlight key statistics in several different fashions. It’s a useful technique when looking at large amounts of information.
A Twitter follower, Joey Keeran (@joeykeeran) posted on Twitter last week a photo of his DIY audio dampening setup to file reports for his team/radio station. It’s an ingenious solution as hotel rooms can be very echoey and judging by the background in his picture there seems to be a lot of hardwood and other types…