"The Super Bowl is more than a football game, it's America culture. ESPN doesn’t have to convince viewers why they should watch, as it has worked to do with the College Football Playoff National Championship."
"Luckily, I've been able to assemble a stellar group of people, which allows us to earn your attention each day, and I'm happy to reveal that we're adding to our roster yet again."
"I think radio is still the great medium that it's always been. You know, there's a lot more challenges now as there are a lot more competitors, not just from the radio side of things, but we're dealing with really any medium."
"It doesn't matter if it's this industry or it's a medical device industry. It's always is always evolving and always changing. There's always going to be a competitor that's going to come in and it's going to shake things up, and you always have to be on your toes."
"Staffing your station or network with a few former players and coaches does add some credibility. That credibility diminishes though if they have nothing valuable to say."
"We've had these great radio stations for a long time and we've kept our top talent on the air. So we've been very consistent with what our presentation sounds like, looks like, etc. I think people see it as destination employment."
"I love this company and the people in it. JB has been not just a mentor, but a valued friend and ally. Building something like this together under the BSM umbrella means the world to me."
"If the booth on Saturdays this fall really will be Jac Collinsworth and Jason Garrett, it continues a long tradition for NBC of treating the Notre Dame broadcast like it doesn't really matter to them."
"Our pitch is that these brands have a connection to the market. That works for us, and that works because it's emotional. It works because it's local. It works because of the creative messaging behind it."
This shouldn’t take much time and, in fact, might add to the on-air conversation. The host can give real reasons why some of the polls about your market’s midterms are good or bogus, beyond “How can Candidate X be ahead?” or “You can’t believe any of the polls.”