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  • Getting Paid in Honor & Experience

    Getting Paid in Honor & Experience0

    Recently, we’ve fielded phone calls and seen messages online from P. A. announcers who are getting offers of “get paid in valuable experience” and “the honor of working in professional baseball”. These two sentences should be looked at closely when you’re put in the situation of being hired for an announcing job. There are many

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  • Myths: You Can’t Run the Music and Announce at the Same Time

    Myths: You Can’t Run the Music and Announce at the Same Time0

    For some reason there is a myth that goes around in professional sports that announcing and being the DJ just isn’t possible.  While it could be true, there is the thought process that it MUST be two separate people, however high school and lower college announcers do it on a regular basis, and sometimes with

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  • Myths: You Can’t Run the Scoreboard And Announce At The Same Time

    Myths: You Can’t Run the Scoreboard And Announce At The Same Time0

    From the first day behind the microphone, there’s always been a scoreboard–when it worked.  There was also the expectation that if the scoreboard worked, then the only person in the pressbox would run it.  So started a 25-year career of operating scoreboards in addition to announcing.  It started with baseball, but it’s extended into other

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  • Myths: No Way You Started When You Were 13

    Myths: No Way You Started When You Were 130

    Why is it so hard to believe that someone can start out announcing in high school?  Sometimes I’d like to ask someone what they think is the right age for someone to start?  Is it 18, while in college?  Is it 21 when you can start to drink alcohol?  Maybe 25, that’s a quart of

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  • Sports Announcing Myths, An Introduction

    Sports Announcing Myths, An Introduction2

    This past March, I began my 25th year behind the mic and with the music.  In that time, I’ve announced and/or DJed well over 4,000 games from all levels in front of crowds of 1 to 45,369.  The vast majority of those games in front of smaller crowds and multitasking, however during that time I’ve

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  • Five Myths and a Fact About …0

    Earlier this week, post appeared on my feed from the Sportscaster Life blog and as I was reading it, realized that a lot of it can apply to P. A. announcers along with sports casters.  Alex Rawnsley grabbed some excellent ideas that we’re able to tag along with. Sportscaster Life: Five Myths (and One Fact)

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