Chris Yeend is joined by veteran SANFL broadcaster Chris Kendall as the pair discuss CK's journey to being a broadcaster; those who inspired him; how he got his start; memorable moments and most challenging.

CK also discusses the next batch of broadcasters coming through SANFL football who will be ones to watch in the future.

This edition's Hot Topic is - how to prepare for a radio broadcast game as a play-by-play caller in the AFL space.

Daniel Viles (AFLW/VFL/QAFL/QAFLW caller) gives his insights into commentary.

AFLW, VFL, QAFLW and State Representative caller Daniel Viles shares his commentary story.

Daniel and Chris look at Sports Broadcasting in Australia over the past five years with the growing opportunities for more people to call more live sport to match the demand of more local sport being streamed.

They discuss the following key elements -

- what was the capacity like to call pre-covid?

- what happened during covid?

# some states in lockdown, importance of sports that could take to the court/field/pool in more free moving states became crucial for developing a greater demand for streaming of sport across the country and opened doors for more broadcasters.

- what is happening now?

# expectation of more sport to be broadcast online on different platforms

# is there a financial model in place to draw revenue?

- what does the future look like?

Daniel and Chris look back at Bruce McAvaney's call of Cathy Freeman's famous 400 metre Gold Medal win at the Sydney Olympics and discuss what elements of that piece of sports commentary added to the historic occasion.

Check out the video of the call - CATHY Gold Medal

In the first episode of PLAY by POD - Chris Yeend is joined by Daniel Viles as the pair discuss how they came to be sports broadcasters - from humble beginnings as kids through to calling AFL football in 2023.

Chris Yeend is joined by Daniel Viles in the First Episode of PLAY by POD - picking apart the world of Australian Sports Broadcasting.

The pair discuss how each of them got into Sports Broadcasting - going into the details of where that dream began; through to present day.

They take a look at Bruce McAvaney's call of Cathy Freeman's 400 metre Gold Medal run in Sydney and what makes this piece of commentary outstanding.

They take an in-depth look in how the landscape of Australian Sports broadcasting has changed in the past five-years including the growth of streaming; demand for more callers and the ups and downs of online streaming and commentary across that duration and taking a look at how the next five-years will evolve.

This is the only podcast of its kind in Australia as PLAY by POD explores the art of sports broadcasting and discuss key areas on how to evolve into a quality broadcaster.