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Radio Talk Show Host
Employer: ESPN Location: Bristol, CT Job Status: Full Time Salary : no information provided Posted/Updated: 3/27/2007 Job Category: Media/PR/Broadcasting

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Personality Sports Talk Show Host to drive content targeted to ESPN Radio fans that is both informative and entertaining.

Job Responsibilities:

Hosting a nationwide sports talk show on ESPN Radio. Must be able to creatively develop topics, have good interviewing techniques and understand basic broadcast formatics. Applicants must be able to recognize, develop and comment openly on the major sports topic or topics of the day. It is the job of the sports talk host to keep the program moving and to create a sense of urgency and anticipation to everything they do on the air. Must be willing to work with affiliate radio stations and other content partners to provide promotional assistance in growing their talk show program. Must be willing to travel periodically for remote broadcasts for major sports events as well as events for the affiliates and clients of ESPN Radio. In addition to a regularly scheduled talk show, this person should be available for other assignments germane to ESPN Audio distribution across all ESPN Platforms.

Required Qualifications:

Must have extensive sports knowledge and a keen interest in current events. Must speak clearly and be able to articulate opinions and commentary in a easily digestible fashion. Must be open to coaching on broadcast techniques and subjective feedback on his/her on-air performance. Must have knowledge of basic FCC Rules and Regulations. Must have good understanding of sports radio and the importance of being a personality in order to generate ratings.

Desired Qualifications:

Previous Major Market Sports Radio experience preferred.
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Hmm let's go over those qualifications again in relation to S-Bag......

• -Applicants must be able to recognize, develop and comment openly on the major sports topic or topics of the day. (Umm.....Me Tube)
• -Keep the program moving and to create a sense of urgency and anticipation to everything they do on the air. (I think about 70 minutes of Dice K talk, and including the joke "Dice K is Nice K, just about killed that)
• -Must have extensive sports knowledge and a keen interest in current events. (I guess it doesn't matter where you get it from.)
• -Must be open to coaching on broadcast techniques and subjective feedback on his/her on-air performance. (Why do I have a feeling that this has never happened?)

Okay.....I told you I wasn't going to give him anymore press, but I couldn't help myself with that post. I PROMISE that's my last one (unless he shuts me down).

P.S.- I'm pretty sure formatics is not a word.

Yes, the date listed was before the "Incident", but as a great leader once said...."We Must Accept Finite Disappointment, But We Must Never Lose Infinite Hope"- Martin Luther King

P.P.S- Forgot to link the source....Yes, it is a real job posting found at Work In Sports. (Password Required) WIS actually found me my first job out of school so I owe them for sending me to Philly to work in Women's Soccer.....for free.