Garrett Searight

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Garrett Searight is Barrett Media's News Editor, which includes writing daily news stories, features, and opinion columns. He joined Barrett Media in 2022 after a decade leading several radio brands in several formats, as well as a 5-year stint working in local television. In addition to his work with Barrett Media, he is a radio and TV play-by-play broadcaster. Reach out to him at Garrett@BarrettMedia.com.

Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football Debut Was a Smashing Success

New things are scary. But if you're watching literally all your television through a streaming platform, the amount of consternation I saw last week was embarrassing.

Manningcast Copycats Destined For Failure

"Would you rather be Coke or RC Cola? If you had your pick, would you rather be Oreo or Hydrox?"

Why Hasn’t Big Ten Network Created Their Paul Finebaum?

Having nothing of note on your television channel for five months out of the year, in a landscape where your largest competition is programming relevant hours daily, seems like malpractice.

ESPN Little League World Series Coverage Should Be Reminder

The focus of the broadcast should be centered on the game, like when ESPN covers the Little League World Series and is some of the network's best work.

Does NBC Have A College Football Announcer Problem?

ESPN unveiled their 26 (!) college football announcing crews late last week, and I got to their 8th best crew before I started to wonder if NBC would put together something better than that.

Breaking

KS95 Taps Gabe & Angie For Afternoon Drive Beginning December 28

"We’re thrilled to welcome Gabe & Angie to KS95. Their energy, humor and heart on the air and off will help take afternoon drive to the next level."

The Daily Wire Barred From James Talarico Watch Party

"We are on the ground in Texas to cover James Talarico, but his campaign really doesn't want us to be."

Fox News Tops MS NOW in October YouTube Views

The network's latest performance adds to its growing digital audience, with more than 3.9 billion total video views during October.

ESPN Reportedly Taps Sergio Gonzalez From The Athletic To Lead Editorial Operations

"Gonzalez joined The Athletic in 2018 as senior managing editor of its NBA content."