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
Friday Nov 30, 2018
Friday Nov 30, 2018
Four decades in one place! Mike Kennedy is in his 39th year as the voice of Wichita State and currently calls baseball, basketball and volleyball for the Shockers. He's called a Final Four and a College World Series. He also happened to go to college for voice ... so he's got in interesting perspective on this whole broadcasting thing.
Saturday Nov 24, 2018
Saturday Nov 24, 2018
Jordan Bernfield was doing morning sports and play-by-play...until he just couldn't function anymore. So Jordan gave up his full-time gig and pursued pxp as his passion. Live from Charleston, SC, Jordan and his wife join the pod this week to talk about his journey and more!
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Doug Sherman spent two decades in local television ... but never took his toes completely out of the play-by-play waters when he was on television screens across Albany, NY. At one point working two full time jobs (one in local TV and one with the mothership), Doug eventually became a full-time pxp man. Like many we speak to for this podcast, his path is unique, but it's led him to the place he's always wanted to be.
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Friday Nov 09, 2018
A longtime veteran of minor league baseball and the former voice of the AAA, then Dodger affiliated, Albuquerque Isotopes, Robert Portnoy is now the voice of the New Mexico Lobos. He joins to talk his path east, and back west, his golf career, calling games in the Pit and more.
Thursday Nov 01, 2018
Thursday Nov 01, 2018
Tom Gelehrter (aka Tommy G) left his job at the University of Cincinnati to start his own media company, 4th Floor Creative. Now he runs a profitable creative video production house, is the executive producer of a broadcast for a team moving to MLS next season and the team's PxP voice as well. He's got an incredibly unique story in this field and is just one of the good guys in the field.
Thursday Oct 25, 2018
Thursday Oct 25, 2018
Bill Roth made his name in broadcasting as the longtime voice of the Virginia Tech Hokies. Nowadays he can be seen on ESPN's college football coverage and teaching the next generation of broadcasters a VT.
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Andrew Monaco is in his first year as voice of the Texas A+M Aggies. A veteran of nearly three decades in the NBA, Monaco spent time with the Spurs and Magic, breaking into the league when he was in his mid-20's. He talks this week about arriving at Texas A+M, working with different analysts in his career, replacing a legend and much more. Follow him on twitter @AndrewMonaco_SR.
Thursday Oct 11, 2018
Thursday Oct 11, 2018
Pistols Firing! Dave Hunziker joins the podcast this week to talk his style on-air, his catchphrase, how he came to Stillwater, working with Mike Gundy and so much more. Follow Dave on twitter @GoPokesVoice.
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Friday Oct 05, 2018
A Missouri sports (the state, not the school) Hall-of-Famer, Mike Kelly is a legendary presence in Missouri Radio. His first partner for the Tigers was Joe Buck and one of his great influences was Jack. On this episode of the podcast Joel and Mike dive into a deeper conversation about the mechanics of Mike's play-by-play and what sounds good to him. They talk about pacing, voicing, quality and control in this deep-dive the mechanical-minded pxp announcer should really understand, exploring things like the old Buck saying of "Just call the game."
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
hChris Vosters is one of the top up and coming broadcasters under 30 in the industry today. The former voice of the Great Lakes Loons is now working for the likes of ESPN, Big Ten Network and the Olympics on NBC. Vosters talks about climbing up the ranks, how he works to improve, his views on storytelling, creating his sound and more. Follow Chris on twitter @CJVosters.