Episode seven of Season 3 of the BSM Podcast features a conversation with ESPN 97.5 morning host and NFL Network draft analyst Lance Zierlein. During the span of forty five minutes, Lance reflects on the twists and turns of his broadcasting career. He also offers insight into what goes into preparing for the NFL Draft, how he views media beefs between local hosts, why creating characters and delivering impressions is beneficial to a morning show, and much more.

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Lance’s Twitter handle: @LanceZierlein

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The sixth episode of Season 3 of the BSM Podcast features an in-studio discussion with 101 ESPN midday host Anthony Stalter. BSM President Jason Barrett talks to the St. Louis radio host about his broadcasting journey, the transition from behind the scenes to on the air, keeping a show consistent while a friend and teammate (Chris Duncan) battles thru health challenges, and more.

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Anthony’s Twitter handle: @AnthonyStalter

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On the fifth episode of Season 3 of the BSM Podcast, Jason Barrett visits with 93.7 The Fan morning host Colin Dunlap. Colin reflects on his path to the Pittsburgh sports radio airwaves, the challenge of replacing Gregg Giannotti, the pros and cons of working with former athletes, what he learned from three experienced program directors, and shares how he tries to lead a normal life with his family despite his daughter battling cancer.

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Colin’s Twitter handle: @Colin_Dunlap

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On the fourth episode of Season 3 of the BSM Podcast, 1010XL afternoon host and radio voice of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Frank Frangie stops by to discuss his career and the rapidly changing sports radio business. This conversation runs 28 minutes and includes a look at how Frank approaches his show, prepares for play by play assignments, guards against complacency, views the opportunity to work for a locally owned radio group, feels about challenges facing the sports media business, plus much more.

After challenging hosts and producers a few episodes ago to invest in their own development, Jason turns the tables in this week’s BSM 180 by pointing out how programmers and market managers can do a better job of responding to people and establishing relationships with future prospects and shares a personal example of how it can pay off.

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Frank’s Twitter handle: @Frank_Frangie

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The third episode of Season 3 of the BSM Podcast includes a 25-minute discussion with former NFL offensive lineman and WFNZ afternoon drive personality and Charlotte sports radio veteran Frank Garcia. This conversation took place in person inside the WFNZ studios and covers a wide array of topics including how Frank got started in the business, the toughest adjustments going from playing sports to talking about it, what he learned good and bad while working with different partners, how he handled initial complaints from his former teammates and teams, what advice he has for Jason Witten as he transitions into the Monday Night Football booth, and much more.

In the BSM 180, Jason focuses on reacting to a few points Clay Travis raised during an interview with The Big Lead. Key points discussed include audience engagement vs. audience size, charging for podcasts vs. keeping them free, and becoming an authority figure in a space where you have a chance of standing out.

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Frank’s Twitter handle: @FrankGarcia65

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On the second episode of Season 3 of the BSM Podcast, VSiN morning host Mitch Moss sits down with Jason Barrett inside the South Point Casino to discuss a variety of items related to his career. Mitch shares details from his radio travels which have included moving from Eau Claire to Las Vegas to San Francisco and back to sin city where he’s since shifted from traditional sports talk on terrestrial radio to delivering sports betting content on VSiN’s multiple platforms. He weighs in on hosting, programming, producing popular Bay Area sports talk shows, working with Brent Musburger and the likelihood of gambling being legalized. Mitch also explains why he’s bullish on VSiN’s future and believes the network can be to the betting space what ESPN has been to mainstream sports.

In this week’s BSM 180, Jason spends a few minutes candidly expresses his concerns on individuals not taking a strong enough interest in pursuing paths to programming. With management jobs difficult to come by and often filled before being posted, Jason explains why behind the scenes folks with long term goals of programming need to step up their efforts to learn the tricks of the trade from individuals inside and outside their operation to increase their chances of earning consideration.

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Mitch’s Twitter handle: @MitchMossRadio

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Season 3 of the BSM Podcast begins with an appearance by ESPN Radio Senior Vice President Traug Keller. The 20+ minute conversation conversation covers a number of key industry items including Traug’s view on the present state of the ESPN Radio lineup, the network’s focus on digital growth, ESPN’s commitment to diversity, how the company will adjust if sports betting is legalized, the proper length of time a new show deserves in order to prove itself, whether ESPN is interested in purchasing more local stations, and much more.

The new season also features the debut of The BSM 180. The new three minute feature examines the importance of programming and sales working together, PD’s taking a stronger interest in their station’s beyond the ratings, and what companies should be doing to involve and excite the leader’s of their operations.

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Traug’s Twitter handle: @TraugK

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On the 15th and final episode of Season 2, FOX Sports Radio and Television personality Colin Cowherd spends 33 minutes offering his insights on his career, FS1’s progress, the ESPN layoffs, sexual harassment in the workplace, comparisons to Skip Bayless, creating and maintaining chemistry, how to determine whether to continue with or eliminate a popular benchmark and much more.

In this week’s 5 in 5, Jason offers his views on the ESPN layoffs, the reactions from Mike Francesa and Michael Kay on the benching of Eli Manning, sexual harassment in the workplace, the eMarketer.com social media survey and holiday program scheduling.

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Colin’s Twitter handle: @ColinCowherd

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The 14th episode of Season 2 includes a twenty five minute in-studio chat with 670 The Score program director Mitch Rosen. Mitch offers insights into his programming philosophies, explains how he got started, looks ahead to the future of the business and its impact in Chicago, and shares his views on a number of sports radio industry topics.

Jason also dives into this week’s 5 in 5 by offering his perspective on Entercom’s aggressive push for play by play rights, John Skipper’s contract extension, Scott Van Pelt’s issue with ESPN criticisms, the new ESPN Radio lineup and the immediate backlash towards WFAN for installing Chris Carlin, Bart Scott and Maggie Gray as Mike Francesa’s replacements.

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Mitch’s Twitter handle: @MitchRosen670

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Episode 13 of Season 2 includes a fifty minute conversation with San Diego sports talk show host Mark Willard. The discussion focuses on Willard’s experiences in sports radio in Southern California, the difference in strategy between FOX Sports Radio and ESPN brands, the reasons behind Los Angeles not being a higher rated sports radio market, the pros and cons of working with a former athlete, how to handle social media, reaction to the Mike Felger commentary on Roy Halladay, whether WFAN and ESPN are still as desirable as they once were, working for PD Brian Long and much more.

Also, Jason runs thru this week’s 5 in 5 by sharing his thoughts on the end of Mike and Mike, the approval of the CBS-Entercom merger, another round of layoffs at ESPN, Mike Felger’s critical remarks of Roy Halladay following his death and Barstool Sports gaining its own channel on SiriusXM.

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Mark’s Twitter handle: @Mark_T_Willard

EXTRA:

Be sure to check out Mark’s new podcast, Ballers and Babies. You can hear the first episode by clicking here.

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