The Podcast About Sports Radio : Chats With Industry Leaders

From dreams of a career in dermatology to a current career that she doesn't even count as work, Michelle Smallmon has carved out quite the niche.

Her people skills and ear for good sports talk have set her above the rest in her profession as a sports radio producer, now with The Sedano Show on ESPN Radio. But, that's clearly not the only career goal she has set for herself.

Find out the ins and outs of getting from TV intern to local sports radio producer and now to Bristol, and maybe beyond, in this episode of the PASR.

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At an early age, Marc Kestecher was told that sports radio wasn't going to pay the bills. So he went to Syracuse University and majored in chemical engineering.

It didn't take long for "Kesty" to make a course correction and make radio his career of choice. Before too long, he was heard by the right guy at ESPN Radio and has turned the chance given to him into countless play-by-play, studio hosting and update anchoring duties.

Kestecher talks about his career arc, being coached by upper management, getting the "Popovich treatment" and more in this edition of The PASR.

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It took one "great american road trip" for Damon Bruce's life to change.

It was 1997, and the newly minted Indiana University graduate was ready to hit the road with a buddy. He traveled to San Francisco and caught on with sports radio heritage station KNBR.

Bruce left the market to cut his on-air teeth a little more, but it wasn't long before he was back in the city he loved.

Bruce has been a mainstay in San Francisco sports radio for decades now. And in 2014, he was given the opportunity to be a drivetime host for the first time in the market he has grown to love. But, it was for the new competing station.

It's a trek that takes us back to that "great american road trip" back in '97. And Bruce talks about that and more in this edition of the Podcast About Sports Radio.

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Scott Kaplan is one of the successful ones. From sports talk to internet radio to NFL sidelines, Scott is and has done it all.

And it's not just the on-air product, or even the preparation for the on-air product that makes him successful.

He treats sports radio like a business.

Find out more about Scott and his career in this episode of the PASR.

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Kristine Leahy says she is no spring chicken when it comes to sports media.   What she has become is successful, and quickly.  At just 29 years old, Leahy has worked in major media markets in every part of the country.     Her latest venture as Colin Cowherd's intelligent and confident sidekick has her deeper into the sports radio consciousness than ever before.  And with that comes some interesting stories.   Some of those stories along with her path to this part of her career are in this episode of the PASR.     Grab a free audiobook: aboutsportsradio.com/audible

Ray Necci doesn't need sleep. Well, maybe just a little. And that's one of the biggest prerequisites for working with one of the most popular sports talk radio shows in the country.

But that's just the FIRST prerequisite. Necci takes you through an extensive breakdown of what he does each day before, during AND after Mike & Mike In The Morning as the show's head of content and an ESPN Radio Program Director in this edition of the Podcast About Sports Radio.

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Knowledge, passion and "balls" are just part of the package of being able to make it for a long period of time in the sports talk radio industry, but so is being able to succeed in many different situations.

Brandon Tierney has been able to do just that. From sparring with Stephen A. Smith daily to winning in other markets like Detroit and San Francisco, Tierney's rise to a national sports talk show is no accident.

Hear him talk about his path and a whole lot more in this edition of the PASR.

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Kevin Turner doesn't sleep, and that's not his fault.

But, maybe it's just another reason why he's good at his job as producer of one of the most entertaining local sports radio shows in the country.

KT is the latest guest on the Podcast About Sports Radio to talk about his career shift, the challenges of guest-booking, the behind-the-scenes creation of bits and more.

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One of the best things about this podcast is finding out exactly how some people get into the sports radio business.

Erik Kuselias is no different.

Kuselias went from being a lawyer to being a sports talk host almost overnight. Nevermind at ESPN.

From family sayings that fuel him to finding different ways to both educate AND entertain, Kuselias lays out his career plan on this edition of the PASR.

 

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Former NFL quarterback Sean Salisbury has hit rock bottom and bounced back.

Among his continuous means of therapy: hanging with his kids, picking up a homeless man and letting the man live with him...

...and sports radio.

He's an open book and that might be as powerful an asset for him in sports radio as his days in the NFL were.

Check it out in this edition of the PASR.

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