Broadcaster Hour

Broadcaster Hour
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Live Fridays at Noon Eastern on YouTube. SEC Broadcasters Roger Hoover & Kyle Crooks take a weekly deep dive into the play-by-play business and visit live with your favorite broadcasters. Follow on Twitter & Instagram: @BroadcasterHour along with @Roger_Hoover & @CrooksPBP.

  1. 02/15/2022

    Episode 57 - Joe Castiglione

    Joe Castiglione is in his 38th season on Red Sox radio, the longest tenure of any Red Sox radio broadcaster and of any Boston broadcaster. Prior to coming to Boston, Castiglione called television games for Cleveland in 1979 and 1982 and for Milwaukee in 1981. The Ham- den, CT native has also announced television games for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and did college basketball on NESN for 6 years. During the offseason, Joe taught classes in broadcast journalism at Northeastern University for 29 years (1985-2013), at Franklin Pierce University for 15 years (1996-2010), and at Emerson College in 1996. Since 1990, he has also served as a Jimmy Fund staff member in fundraising. A graduate of both Colgate (undergraduate) and Syracuse Universities (graduate), Joe is the author of Broadcast Rites and Sites-I Saw It on the Radio with the Boston Red Sox, which was published in 2004, and Can You Believe It, 30 Years Inside Red Sox Baseball, published in 2012. Castiglione was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2014. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    41 min

  2. 02/08/2022

    Episode 56 - Pat Hughes

    Pat Hughes is in his 23rd season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cubs. He joined Cubs radio broadcasts in 1996 after spending the previous 12 years teaming with Bob Uecker on the Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network. Hughes began his baseball play-by-play career in the minor leagues, calling action for the San Jose Missions (1978-1981) and the Columbus Clippers (1982). He worked as a play-by-play voice for Marquette University's basketball team from 1988-2004, including working with Al McGuire during the 1996-2000 seasons. Hughes' collegiate play-by-play career also includes stints with Northwestern University, San Jose State University, the University of Wisconsin and ESPN. He worked in Minnesota in 1983 as the TV voice of the Twins and as the hockey host/interviewer on North Stars telecasts. Hughes was named the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year in 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He earned Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award honors three times (1990-1992). Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP. @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}

    41 min

  3. 01/31/2022

    Episode 55 - Dave Sims

    Dave Sims is in his 16th season with the Seattle Mariners broadcast team. He has won back-to-back Washington Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sports Media Association. Sims, who has play-by-play duties on Mariners television broadcasts, is familiar to sports fans for calling MLB and college basketball games on ESPN, as well as NCAA Basketball and NFL play-by-play on Westwood One. He co-hosts “Basketball & Beyond with Coach K” for Sirius XM with Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski, is a correspondent for MLB Network and calls Big East college basketball on FS1. The two-time Emmy Award winner also won the American Football Foundation's Outstanding Sportscaster Award in 2003 and the Big East Media Award in 2005. Sims began his career as a sportswriter for the New York Daily News prior to becoming a weekend sports anchor at WCBS-TV. In 1991, he joined ESPN as a play-by-play announcer for college basketball. From 1998-2014, he did NFL play-by-play, including Sunday Night and Monday Night Football, as well as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, for Westwood One. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    1h 2m

  4. 10/01/2021

    Episode 54 - Drew Carter

    Drew Carter is in his first year as a full-time play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN. Carter previously worked as a sports reporter/anchor for Birmingham's CBS 42 from August 2019-2021. He has also called Minor League Baseball with the Auburn Doubledays in 2018. Carter was the winner of the 2019 Jim Nantz Award by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America, as the most outstanding college sportscaster in the nation. Carter is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.  Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    56 min

  5. 09/17/2021

    Episode 53 - Pete Pranica

    Pete Pranica has been the television play-by-play voice of the Memphis Grizzlies since 2004. Prior to joining Memphis, he spent time filling in on Detroit Pistons radio broadcasts, and was the full-time radio voice for the Portland Trail Blazers. Pranica was the winner of the 2017 Tennessee State Sportscaster of the Year. Pranica is a 1986 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    49 min

  6. 09/10/2021

    Episode 52 - Brian Boesch

    Brian Boesch has been the play-by-play broadcaster for Michigan Wolverines men's basketball since 2019. Boesch also serves as the studio host for Michigan football and is the producer for the Michigan radio network with Learfield. Boesch also held broadcasting positions in Minor League Baseball with the Winston-Salem Dash, Frisco Roughriders, and Burlington Royals. Boesch is a 2011 graduate of Ohio University. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    1h 2m

  7. 08/27/2021

    Episode 51 - Ian Nicholas

    Ian Nicholas made his ESPN debut as the play-by-play announcer for the ESPN KidsCast for the MLB Little League Classic on Sunday August 22, 2021. Nicholas recently graduated from New Canaan High School in Connecticut, and will be attending Syracuse University as a Broadcast and Digital Journalism major at the Newhouse School of Communications in the Fall of 2021. Former play-by-play commentator for New Canaan HS Football, Baseball, Basketball (Men's and Women's), Lacrosse (Men's and Women's), Soccer (Men's and Women's), Volleyball (Men's and Women's), and more. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    43 min

  8. 08/20/2021

    Episode 50 - Halfway to a Hundred

    50th Episode of Broadcaster Hour! Roger Hoover and Kyle Crooks team up for a free-flowing conversation touching on the first 50 episodes of Broadcaster Hour. They also preview their upcoming athletic years ahead at Florida and Alabama and what's ahead for the show. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

    39 min
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Ratings & Reviews

4.7
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7 Ratings

About

Live Fridays at Noon Eastern on YouTube. SEC Broadcasters Roger Hoover & Kyle Crooks take a weekly deep dive into the play-by-play business and visit live with your favorite broadcasters. Follow on Twitter & Instagram: @BroadcasterHour along with @Roger_Hoover & @CrooksPBP.

Information

  • Creator
    Broadcaster Hour
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Broadcaster Hour