Episode 11: Live Sports

About this episode

Ricky and guest JP Sweet discuss live sports broadcasting, technical challenges, and share personal anecdotes.

This week Ricky is joined by our guest, play-by-play sports announcer, broadcaster and podcaster, JP Sweet. The guys discuss how the test they did pre show went. Then Ricky shares a story of being caught in the middle of a tornado on his birthday. Sometimes the bad luck really is unbelievably hilarious. Being your own producer and the differences between radio then and now is discussed. Technical problems coming up and dealing with them live and ways to do it is brought up. Throwing to break in the middle of the action is tricky to say the least. How JP works through that is discussed. The guys go inside calling hockey. Ricky discovered a clever delay on a live broadcast of an NHRA US Nationals event. JP talks about an untimely technical glitch. Tape delays and clean feeds letting you peer inside the production unintentionally are discussed. Finally, profanity going out on the air and Ricky's take on it. FCC vs Pacifica is mentioned. What's your thoughts? Check out the youtube and leave a comment: http://youtube.com/@RickyHarrisMedia. Seeya next week.

People in this episode

Host: Ricky

Guest: JP Sweet

Topics covered

• live sports
• broadcasting
• technical problems
• hockey
• NHRA US Nationals
• FCC vs Pacifica

Keywords

• play-by-play
• tornado story
• profanity on air
• tape delays

Mentioned in this episode

Products: broadcasting equipment

Books & works: Live Sports

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