Many play-by-play announcers broadcast their games on video Webstreams. If there’s only a single camera, some broadcasters will lean towards doing a radio call. Because there’s a picture, others will use more of a TV style.
Do you then use that game on your radio demo or your TV demo?
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Many play-by-play broadcasters who are doing Webcasts get frustrated when they go to the online archive of their broadcast only to find they can’t download the video. They wonder, “How can I put this broadcast on my demo?”
The answer is easy. Not necessarily inexpensive, but worth it.
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Many TV play-by-play broadcasters will eventually apply for work at ESPN. Hundreds, maybe thousands, do every year.
What are you going to do to set yourself apart from so many competitors? Here are some suggestions from the people who work there.
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Wal-Mart, Apple and Amazon are big brands with great reputations.
You, too, are a brand.
What’s your reputation?
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Did you know that embracing failure can help you grow your broadcasting career?
Here’s a story to illustrate what I mean.
Recently, I recorded a Facebook Live video. I was super-excited. I had some great content to share. The camera was set up nicely. The lighting was good. Everything was perfect.
So I thought.
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Longtime followers of STAA may have heard the story of how I applied for the University of Kentucky play-by-play job. I was 24 and working in Kansas as the voice of McPherson High School. The Bullpups had won the state basketball title in each of my first two years at the mike.
With those credentials, UK wouldn’t be able to tell me no.
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A play-by-play broadcaster is wondering if he is doing all he can to prepare for his play-by-play broadcasts.
“What I would be really interested in knowing is different routines that guys use to prep for a game,” he says. “I’m always looking for ways to be better prepared but it’s hard to know what I’m not doing until I know I’m not doing it.”
Ahhh. If all of us only knew what we don’t know about all of life’s mysteries.
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When is it acceptable in your play-by-play broadcast to criticize the refs?
Never.
There are many reasons:
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Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a big advocate of always doing your best, even when you think no one is listening.
Joe DiMaggio always played hard because he never knew when someone might be watching him for the first time. Orlando TV sports anchor Christian Bruey got his job when the station’s news director saw Bruey hosting a show on a community access cable TV station.
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If someone gave you a lottery ticket, would you scratch it or throw it away?
You likely would scratch it. There’s nothing to lose and it might turn out to be a winner.
Here’s a funny thing, though. The same people who would play a free lottery ticket sometimes turn down sportscasting career lotto tickets. Here’s an example.
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