Monthly Archives: July 2008

Olympics to air on New York radio

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 31, 2008 | Comments closed
Hey Olympic fans: can’t find a TV set or an available computer for updates from Beijing? You can turn to the radio to get updates 24 hours a day.Westwood One will air live updates three times an hour (at 16 minutes past, 31 and 46) from its radio studios in China and New York. Westwood [...]
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WKEN author finds his TV remote

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 31, 2008 | Comments closed
I apologize to the loyal fans of WKEN for my recent absence of postings. As the “Blog King” of the Times Herald-Record, I regularly update five different blogs (WKEN, On Campus-college news, HS Insider-high school news, At the Track-auto racing news and ESG-Empire State Games). I have spent much of the past four weeks prepping [...]
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SNY is the new home of Big East sports

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 23, 2008 | Comments closed
SportsNet New York announced a multi-year agreement with the Big East Conference to be the exclusive home to the league’s football and basketball action in the New York market.SNY will feature 800 hours worth of Big East programming, and air a minimum of 16 football games per season, including the Saturday afternoon game of the [...]
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The Olympics … in New York

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 22, 2008 | Comments closed
Brent Musburger developed a catchy phrase that he used at the start of every “NFL Today” pre-game show when he worked at CBS Sports. “You are looking live …,” Musburger pronounced as producers punched up live shots from the likes of Lambeau Field, Soldier Stadium, RFK Stadium and Giants Stadium. With reports from the analysts on [...]
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Empire State Games ceremony on local TV

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 22, 2008 | Comments closed
The Empire State Games get underway on Wednesday night in upstate Vestal. The opening ceremony will be carried live on Time Warner Cable, starting at 7:30 p.m. The telecast can be found on channel 58 for customers with converter boxes, and channel 96 for those with cable-ready TV sets.Cablevision will not be picking up the live [...]
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Olympic TV has New York flavor

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 16, 2008 | Comments closed
There is certainly a heavy influence of talented New York announcers within the NBC Sports commentator corps at the Beijing Olympics.1) Al Trautwig (gymnastics) has long worked for MSG Network on Knicks, Rangers and Yankees telecasts.2) Mike Breen (basketball) has served as a voice of the Knicks since 1992.3) Ted Robinson (diving) called Mets games [...]
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That’s a lot of microphones at the Olympics

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 16, 2008 | Comments closed
NBC Sports will utilize 106 announcers for its coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games next month.There’s no surprise with most of the selections and hosting duties. Bob Costas is NBC’s prime-time host, working his eighth Olympics, and seventh in the big chair. Afternoon host Jim Lampley will work his record-14th Olympics, and seventh with NBC. Mary [...]
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Kellogg fills Packer’s courtside seat at CBS

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 14, 2008 | Comments closed
CBS Sports has named Clark Kellogg as its new lead college basketball analyst, replacing the retired Billy Packer. Kellogg has worked the past 16 years with CBS as a game analyst and has been a studio host during the NCAA tournament since 1997. As the No. 1 analyst, Kellogg will work mostly alongside lead play-by-play [...]
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SportsCenter cuts back morning plan

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 12, 2008 | Comments closed
ESPN has decided to scale back its live, nine-hour production of morning “SportsCenter,” which is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 11. Instead, ESPN will roll out two live, three-hour editions starting at 9 a.m. ET (instead of three editions). That means the 6-9 a.m. show, which was to be anchored by Linda Cohn and Steve [...]
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Yogi Berra to visit Fox booth at All-Star Classic

By Ken McMillan | Published: July 9, 2008 | Comments closed
Oooops, Tim McCarver spilled the beans.During a Wednesday teleconference call with reporters, the Fox Sports baseball analyst said he’s looking forward to Hall of Fame Yankee catcher Yogi Berra visiting the broadcast booth during next Tuesday’s All-Star Game and sharing his thoughts of Yankee Stadium.“Yogi will be the most important person, the most lovable character [...]
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