The addition is believed to mark the first time in the station’s more than 100-year history that a dedicated sports talk show has been part of its weekday lineup.
"I knew I had three choices: death, depression, or perseverance. I don't want to die. I love life as much as I have ever loved life. I really love life ... Gratitude is the mother of happiness.
"We’re excited and honored. It’s a culmination of 99 years of serving Portland, and to be honored this year, we’re beyond excited and grateful and can’t wait to see what happens on Tuesday.”
Putting out a consistent product on a daily, or at least weekly, basis is hard. It’s not digging ditches, but it’s also not what many celebrities expected when they cracked a mic for the first time to record their inaugural podcast episode.
“The trust of your audience is crucial not only to long-term success but to being a long-term part of the community and a long-term part of their habits, so that when things happen, they go to the place they trust. And we want to be the place they trust the most.”
"NBC Sports’ return to the WNBA is paying off. The network averaged 1.8 million viewers across seven regular-season games, up 35% from comparable coverage last season."