Watch the Media with John Shrader

An inside look at the media business, with interviews and analysis from a college professor and long time radio and TV broadcaster.

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Episodes

KEVIN CONNORS, ESPN

We talk about his career, where he came, what he did before he came to ESPN. We talk extensively about what a SportsCenter anchor does, and how they do it; also, about his career expansion from doing SportsCenter, which he still does, to doing college basketball play-by-play and live boxing shows. We talk about the new delivery models of sports television, and what it means to young people and the audience.

Jan 18, 2019•1 hr

ANDREW BUCHOLTZ, Awful Announcing Media Reporter

ANDREW BUCHOLTZ covers media. We talk about the NFL ratings and the future of sports television; also college sports on television and much more.

Jan 18, 2019•36 min

Chris Heady, Omaha World Herald Sports Reporter

CHRIS HEADY covers Nebraska Huskers football and basketball for the state's largest newspaper. We talk about finding new and interesting ways to tell stories, how to cover the Huskers, how to do newspaper work in the age of multi-platform media presentation. He is a graduate of the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Dec 18, 2018•53 min

Jon Miller, Hall of Fame baseball announcer, SF Giants

Jon Miller has been the voice of the Giants for nearly a quarter-century. He spent more than two decades as the voice of Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. He's a Bay Area native, and quite possibly the best stylist in baseball today.

Dec 11, 2018•1 hr

JEFF KOTERBA, Editorial Cartoonist Omaha World Herald

Jeff Koterba is the editorial cartoonist of the Omaha World Herald and a musician and writer. He has a compelling personal life story, which we talk about at length.

Dec 11, 2018•1 hr

Arron Oberholser, The Golf Channel

ARRON OBERHOLSER is an analyst on The Golf Channel. He does in-studio, on the course, and in-tower analysis. He's a former PGA winner who spent about a decade as a professional before injuries ended his career. He was an All-American at San Jose State who competed against a young man at Stanford named Tiger Woods. We talk about what he does, the best announcers in the business, the road to becoming a pro and much more.

Dec 08, 2018•1 hr

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