Today is another action-packed podcast. Two guests. A CBS theme and lots of stuff.
Keith Thibault of Sports Media Journal and I did a brief news segment. We began by talking about Rob Parker of ESPN apologizing for his incendiary comments on last week’s First Take regarding DC NFL Team quarterback Robert Griffin III.
We then moved to Jay Mohr being named by Fox Sports Radio as the new noon-3 p.m. ET host replacing Jim Rome who is going to CBS Sports Radio.
Keith and I opined on Thursday Night Football’s record-setting year in both length of schedule, ratings and viewership and how it has cut into the numbers for ESPN’s college football and the NBA on TNT.
We completed our segment on giving Richard Deitsch’s sports media awards a plug.
Our first guest is Clark Kellogg of CBS Sports, the main college basketball analyst for the Tiffany Network. We talked about his almost 20 year career with CBS, the beginning of his broadcast career after playing for The Ohio State University and the Indiana Pacers, how the experience of covering the NCAA Tournament has been in both the studio and at the game sites and some of his best memories of the tournament. Plus we discussed having Clark’s son, Nick, participating in the Tournament last season.
We also discussed CBS’ celebration of 75 Years of March Madness and an upcoming special that Clark will be part of, 75 Years: Behind the Mic that will air on Saturday, December 29 at 2 p.m. ET
And Clark also gave us his thoughts on what to look for in this college basketball season.
Our second guest is Damon Amendolara, the 1 a.m. — 5 a.m. ET host for CBS Sports Radio when it launches on January 2. We talked about his leaving 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston and heading for New York where he’ll help to launch CBS Sports Radio. Damon discussed his time working in Boston, how local markets are provincial and how some of the features that were successful on his Boston show will be handled on his CBS Sports Radio show and how he might start some new things for listeners.
I also asked Damon how he has made multiple appearances on the NFL Top 10 series on NFL Network dating back to its inception.
This was a fun podcast to be part of and I hope it comes across as you listen. You can find it on iTunes by doing a search for “Sports Media Journal” or just look for it right here. The podcast is 41:46 of listening pleasure. I hope you’ll agree.
