While working in television absolutely helped take his career to the next level, Dan Patrick believes hosting a radio show is more enjoyable because it’s a truer reflection of his personality and what he wants to cover and discuss.
Patrick appeared on the SI Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina this week where he was asked about his preference for radio. Dan said he’s always had a passion for the medium and when it comes to his program, he loves the studio audience aspect with the Dan-ettes.
Traina said that given the quickly changing landscape in sports media, TV viewing habits are constantly changing with streaming, social media has become a news source, radio just exists. Jimmy wondered about the state of radio in the sports media bubble in Dan’s view, and Patrick said it feels like fewer and fewer people want to be in sports radio.
“I don’t know how many people still want to do radio,” he said. “A lot of people want to do podcasts. Everybody wants to be on TV. I didn’t enjoy TV. It’s a lot of work, it wasn’t fun from the standpoint of everything is mapped out to the second. And you might have 32 seconds to talk about this. Or you got a highlight over here and you got to do an on-camera read, there could be a variety of things.”
“It’s just it’s not as freelance fun as what radio is,” Dan added. “And I Just love where I can say something on radio, and if I give you the visualization, it’s up to you. You put that in your head. The power of that to connect with somebody in their car, in their home, and it’s just your voice. There’s nothing there to dress it up. It’s just your voice, your thoughts. And I just think that’s really powerful. It’s always been that way with me.”
Dan Patrick said he wasn’t trying to put down podcasting. He respects podcast hosts but still believes radio is far superior.
“I respect podcasts, but I still think that radio is the purest form of what we do because you can call in, you can email the show, you can tweet the show, so you have a relationship with your audience in real-time,” Dan Patrick said. “And I cherish that. I never, ever dismiss that. It’s important that they know that you’re kind of talking to them one one-on-one.”
