Play-by-Playcast is a podcast for play-by-play broadcasters, about play-by-play broadcasters, by a play-by-play broadcaster. It’s a professional development podcast diving into the tips, tricks, experience, stories, process and preparations of some of the biggest and best play-by-play announcers in the business.
Episodes
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Episode 195 (Connor Onion / ESPN, FOX, B1G Network)
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Connor Onion is seen all over. Literally. The up-and-comer is seen on three major networks and is a staple of the coverage on BTN. This fall was a particularly momentous one for Connor, who called the match with a world-record crowd for Nebraska volleyball.
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Episode 194 (Drew Carter / Boston Celtics & ESPN)
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Drew Carter is one of the biggest rising names in the TV play-by-play business, joining the Boston Celtics broadcast this season and calling road games for legendary Mike Gorman.
Carter talks about his first season in the NBA, working in local television in Alabama, getting his break with ESPN and what it means to put together a show.
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Episode 193 (Biko Skalla / Savannah Bananas)
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Sunday Jan 07, 2024
Biko Skalla isn't a Broadcaster ... he's a Broadcast Entertainer and he's the voice of one of the most unique teams in all of sports, the Savannah Bananas.
Biko talks about everything that's different about his job and everything that's, well, not all that different about what you'll find on a Banana's broadcast vs any other baseball call.
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Episode 192 (Everett Fitzhugh / Seattle Kraken)
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Everett Fitzhugh was announced as the first African-American team broadcaster in the NHL when the Kraken tapped the voice of the Cincinnati Cyclones to join their crew. Fitzhugh talks how he wound up in hockey, interviewing Doc Emrick, finding his was to the NHL, why he listens to everybody throughout the season and more.
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Episode 191 (Jon Anik / UFC)
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Jon Anik wasn't an MMA guy. He was into boxing ... and that opened the door for him to become ESPN's MMA guy ... and that opened the door to broadcasting play-by-play for Bellator ... which eventually led to a job with UFC in 2011. Anik is now the lead voice of the UFC and the guest on episode 191 of PxPCast.
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Episode 190 (Bob Behler / Boise State)
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
The former voice at both Bucknell and UMass, Bob Behler has settled in for more than a decade now as the Voice of the Broncos at Boise State University. Bob takes us on his professional journey and how he approaches his work at Boise State today.
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Episode 189 (Steve Raible / Seattle Seahawks)
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Steve Raible is one of the most recognizable media personalities in the pacific northwest. The former nightly news anchor on KIRO 7, Raible has been on the Seahawks team as a player, analyst or pxp voice since the team's inception. He's called three Super Bowls and interviewed three presidents of the United States and this week he details all of it on PxPCast.
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Episode 188 (Charley Steiner / LA Dodgers)
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Saturday Jul 11, 2020
Charley Steiner may be most well known as a cultural icon to fans of SportsCenter and the "This is SportsCenter" commercials, but his career is one of the more wide-ranging of those we've had on PxPCast. From radio to TV to PxP and literally from coast to coast and at the national level, Steiner has seen broadcasting from every perspective.
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Episode 187 (Cory Provus / Minnesota Twins)
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Cory Provus has worked alongside some of the most iconic names in baseball broadcasting, cracking the MLB at age 28 with Ron Santo and Pat Hughes and then teaming with Mr. Baseball himself in Milwaukee. Provus is now the voice of the Minnesota Twins on radio and takes a detailed approach to his game.
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Episode 186 (Jill Montgomery / Four Leaf Productions)
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Jill Montgomery is my talent coach ... and a sideline reporter and analyst for ESPN. A former track athlete, Jill got into broadcasting in her 30's and climbed the ranks to Super Tuesday basketball. How she did it and how you can improve yourself on this week's pod!