A weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, insights into the world of sports radio:
- CBS Sports Radio host Doug Gottlieb
– "Treetop" pop-culture knowledge; a little bit about a lot of topics.
- "Dan Patrick Show" Exec Producer Paul Pabst
– Working in sports is a great excuse not to watch the Kardashians.
- ESPN Radio Senior Dir of Daytime Programming Amanda Gifford
– With 1-year-old and 4-year-old kids, no time to keep up with pop culture.
- SiriusXM Senior VP/Sports Programming Steve Cohen
– Believes pop culture in sports talk engages and entertains a wider audience.
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No. 1 rule for good radio |
Most challenging topics to discuss |
Avg. prep time per day |
Dream on-air guest, alive or dead |
People don't know about working in radio
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Gottlieb |
Play the hits, have an opinion, rinse & repeat |
Race, politics, guns, religion |
The rule is one hour per hour on-air |
Larry Bird |
It is a job; radio is for grinders |
Pabst |
Be self-deprecating, and be passionate about topics |
Race, religion, politics |
All day, anything can be show content |
Don Rickles |
You have to paint pictures with your words |
Gifford |
Be interesting |
Anything to do with race |
3-4 hours |
Charles Barkley |
It's hard work |
Cohen |
Sound like you care about the topic |
Politics, religion or race |
No time limit, must be ready when news breaks |
Paul Newman |
Unlike TV or print, your voice is truly unfiltered |
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