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June 18, 2019
10 Questions with ... Phil MackeyBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Talk show host since 2010 on 1500 ESPN and now SKOR North. Former Minnesota Twins beat writer for 1500ESPN.com. Former poker industry entrepreneur.
1. What got you into radio in the first place? Why radio?
I feel like most people have these romantic stories about how they listened to radio every night in their rooms as a kid, dreaming about being on the microphone someday. My story is a lot lamer than that, lol. I needed a summer job after high school, and I knew I wanted to work in sports – so I went to the local radio station in town (AM 1360 KRWC in Buffalo, MN) and asked for a summer internship. The station manager said KRWC didn’t do internships, but they were looking for someone to call radio play-by-play for amateur baseball games. I said yes, having never done play-by-play before. And that’s how I became the next Vin Scully. Wait, not quite… But that experience showed me I had somewhat of a natural talent on the microphone, and I ran with it.
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June 11, 2019
10 Questions with ... Brian Kilmeade
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: SportsPhone; Channel One News; KHSC-TV 46/Los Angeles; XETRA-A (XTRA Sports 690)/San Diego (The Jim Brown Show); UFC; WVIT-TV (NBC Connecticut)/Hartford-New Haven; Newsport TV; Fox News. Also author of five books, "The Games Do Count: America's ...
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May 21, 2019
10 Questions with ... Jack Armstrong
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May 14, 2019
10 Questions with ... Joe Getty
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April 16, 2019
10 Questions with ... Tony Katz
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April 9, 2019
10 Questions with ... Matty Staudt
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March 19, 2019
10 Questions with ... Skeery Jones
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started my career at WBCR, Brooklyn College Radio in 1992 and interned for 101.1 WCBS-FM in NYC in 1994. Got hired as a phone operator for Elvis Duran while he was doing afternoons on Z100 in 1995. Moved to Elvis, Elliot & the Z Morning Zoo at ...
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February 19, 2019
10 Questions with ... David Brody
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I had real jobs managing restaurants and retail stores. I started writing comedy in 1993 for any magazine, newspaper or TV show that would use my material. I wrote jokes for Conan O’Brien, Bill Maher’s "Politically Incorrect" and "Just A ...
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February 5, 2019
10 Questions with ... Jake Asman
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January 15, 2019
10 Questions with ... Pete Mundo
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: After graduating from Villanova University and interning at ESPN Radio (Philadelphia), I worked at WEER radio on Long Island and at ESPN Radio in the Lehigh Valley. That was followed by a news/sports position in Woodward, Oklahoma, which ended as ...
