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  • Episode 47 - Kevin Harlan

    Kevin Harlan is in his ninth season as the full-time voice of Monday Night Football

    on Westwood One and will call his ninth straight Super Bowl for the network.
    Harlan also currently calls play-by-play for CBS Sports’ coverage of both the
    NFL and NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Harlan joined CBS Sports in 1998 as
    an NFL play-by-play announcer, after having served in the same capacity for Fox
    Sports since 1994. This is his 34th consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and
    with his additional role as play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT, this
    also marks his 31st season broadcasting the NBA. Harlan spent nine seasons
    (1985-93) as the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs and was the voice of the
    Minnesota Timberwolves for nine seasons as well. Harlan also called the Final
    Four on Westwood One from 2003-2007.

    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 46 - Josh Lewin

    Josh Lewin has been the Voice of the UCLA Bruins since 2016, in a career that's seen

    him do it all in sports broadcasting. Lewin began his broadcasting career at
    the age of 16 with the Rochester Red Wings, the Baltimore Orioles' AAA
    affiliate in the International League. In 1994, he was the sports director at
    WBAL, the Orioles' flagship station. Lewin graduated from Northwestern in 1990
    and has written three books, “Ballgame,” “Getting in the Game” and “You Never
    Forget Your First.” Lewin, who became the radio play-by-play voice of the San
    Diego Chargers in July 2005 and served in that capacity for 12 years, has an
    extensive broadcast history that includes 21 seasons as a Major League Baseball
    play-by-play announcer. From 2012-2018 he was part of the radio team for the
    New York Mets. Additionally, from 1996-2010, Lewin broadcast MLB regular and
    postseason games, NFL football contests and NHL games for FOX Sports. Also
    during that span, from 2002-10, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the
    Texas Rangers. Lewin also called Baltimore Orioles games on radio from 1995-96,
    Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV in 1997 and Detroit Tigers' games on Fox Sports
    Net Detroit from 1998-2001. In addition to the Chargers, his NFL experience
    also includes play-by-play on SportsUSA Radio. Collegiately, Lewin's broadcast
    experience includes Conference USA Football, CCHA Hockey, Southern Methodist
    and Michigan State basketball and the Big 12 Basketball Tournament.

    59 min
  • Episode 45 - Mark Boyle

    Mark Boyle has completed a franchise record 31 seasons as the “Voice of the Pacers”

    on an extensive statewide network, and has broadcast more than 2,500 games
    during his NBA career. Before coming to Indiana, Boyle spent time in
    Minneapolis, St. Louis - where he worked in one of the most highly regarded
    sports departments in broadcasting at KMOX - and New York, where he was one of
    the original on-air voices at WFAN, the country’s first all-sports radio
    station. In addition to his NBA experience, which includes work on the
    nationally broadcast NBA Game of the Week, he has worked in the NHL, spending
    two seasons with the Minnesota North Stars, and has covered the NFL, Major
    League Baseball and Big Ten football and basketball. Follow the show on Twitter
    and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 44 - Brad Nessler

    Brad

    Nessler is a college football and college basketball play-by-play announcer for
    CBS Sports. In May 2016, Nessler was named the lead play-by-play announcer for
    the SEC ON CBS beginning with the 2017 season. He is teamed with Gary Danielson
    and Jamie Erdahl calling the “SEC Game of the Week.” Nessler previously worked
    for CBS Sports from 1990-92 on college football, NFL, as well as men’s and
    women’s basketball.  Before returning to
    CBS Sports, Nessler had an illustrious 24-year career at ESPN. From 1992-97, he
    called college basketball games and Big Ten football. Beginning in 1997,
    Nessler served as an analyst for ABC for various sports and events including
    college basketball, the Bowl Championship Series title game and most
    prominently with college football. From 2002-04, he served as an announcer for
    ESPN and ABC’s coverage of the National Basketball Association. After ESPN
    began its coverage of Monday Night Football in 2006, Nessler served as a
    contributor calling various games between 2006-11. He most recently called the
    ESPN College Football Primetime game on Saturday nights and the College
    Football Playoff semifinals.

    58 min
  • Episode 43 - Ed Cohen

    Ed

    Cohen calls the radio play-by-play action the New York Knicks. A native of
    Westchester, NY and graduate of Ithaca College’s Park School of Communications,
    Cohen has spent the past 12 years serving as a play-by-play voice and announcer
    for networks that include NBC Sports, CBS Sports Network, Big Ten Network and
    NHL Network. His versatility has allowed him to call everything from college
    basketball to weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics on NBC. Cohen also served
    as the radio play-by-play announcer for Rutgers Scarlet Knights Women’s
    Basketball from 2008-2014. Cohen started his career as the radio voice of the
    Manhattan College men’s basketball team. Follow the show on Twitter and
    Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    2 hr 23 min
  • Episode 42 - Andy Burcham

    Andy

    Burcham is entering into his third season as the "Voice of the Auburn
    Tigers" and Director of Broadcast Operations for Auburn Athletics. Burcham
    serves as the play by play voice for Auburn Football, Men’s Basketball and
    Baseball.  Burcham co-hosts Tiger Talk. Burcham hosts The Auburn Tigers
    Today and the Talking Tigers Podcast. He also hosts a weekly show for Auburn
    Athletic teams during their seasons. Burcham came to Auburn after working for
    12 years at Auburn Network, Inc. He was Station Manager for WANI Radio and
    served as host for Auburn Opelika This Morning. Burcham has also worked for
    Tiger Communications and Fuller Broadcasting in Alabama. Prior he worked for
    WCIL Radio in Carbondale, Illinois and WMLA Radio in Bloomington, Illinois.
    Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover
    and @CrooksPBP.

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 41 - Mike Watts

    Mike

    Watts is a multi-sport voice with experience at the network and local levels.
    Broadcast experience includes championship events for USL, Concacaf, ESPN, SEC,
    ACC, Big East and the A10.  2018 marked a new role as the NFL's youngest
    preseason voice (Bengals TV) at age 25.  A championship broadcasting
    pedigree began at an even earlier age, the 2015 USL Cup Final at 22 years old.
    Simultaneously, Public Address provided opportunities in college and pro
    basketball at Madison Square Garden including select Knicks (NBA), Liberty
    (WNBA) and Westchester Knicks (NBAGL) games, as well as Fordham (Atlantic 10)
    and St. John's (Big East) games in NYC. Follow the show on Twitter and
    Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 40 - Dave Jageler

    Dave

    Jageler enters his 16th season with the Nationals teaming with Charlie Slowes
    since 2006 to form the longest-running radio play-by-play duo in the District.
    Jageler has been at the mic for the Nationals historic run to the 2019 World
    Series Championship plus the Nationals’ four National League East
    championships, three no-hitters and Max Scherzer's MLB record-tying
    20-strikeout performance. Jageler joined the Nationals after spending the 2005
    campaign as the radio and TV voice of the Pawtucket Red Sox of the Triple-A
    International League. Prior to joining Pawtucket, he worked in Boston
    co-hosting an afternoon talk show and serving in various capacities with the
    Boston Celtics radio network, including fill-in play-by-play. Jageler spent six
    years in Charlotte as the voice of UNC-Charlotte basketball and co-hosting a
    morning drive talk show. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram:
    @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 39 - Rich Waltz
    Rich Waltz provides play-by-play for CBS Sports Network, Turner Sports, MLB Network, and FS1. A three time Emmy winner, Waltz is known for calling television broadcasts for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2017. In addition to his various baseball assignments, Waltz covered college football and contributed to numerous sports on ESPN including NCAA Basketball, Arena Football, NCAA College Softball World Series, Little League World Series Regional Finals and Major League Soccer. He has also served as play-by-play announcer for Tennis Channel, Raycom Sports, Pac-12 Networks and FOX Sports 1. Waltz is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, where he played college baseball. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP. 
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 38 - Joe Block
    Joe Block has worked as a TV and radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 2016. Block has called Major League Baseball play-by-play for nine years, and 17 seasons of pro ball, previously working with the Milwaukee Brewers and in the minor leagues in Billings, Mont., Great Falls, Mont., Jacksonville, Fla., St. Paul, Minn., and Charleston, S.C. He also broadcast for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos, the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, and for various regional TV networks calling major college football, basketball and baseball since graduating from Michigan State University in 1999. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.
    1 hr 8 min

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