EP 068 James Westling Salina KS
In this episode I chat with James Westling, an up and coming broadcaster from Salina, KS. Topics of discussion include:
- How creating his own fake magazine helped him fall in love with play-by-play.
- Immediately changing his major after getting his first taste of sportscasting.
- The challenges of starting his career in management.
- Balancing his time between developing as a sportscaster and developing as a manager.
- Why he’s passed up opportunities to stay in Salina.
- Balancing long term opportunity vs short term security.
- Keys to excellent time management.
- Building a small college network.
- Going back and forth between calling games as the voice of a team and a neutral network voice.
- Getting his first fill in work for a NCAA DI team.
- Keeping up with the speed of an NCAA DI game.
- Building relationships to earn the fill in opportunity.
- Tips to vary your vocabulary.
- Finding out that his name was written wrong on his NAIA National Tournament credential.
- Tips on broadcasting wrestling and volleyball on the radio.
- Winning the Kansas Association of Broadcasters play-by-play award twice!
- He shares his broadcast horror stories.
- Be unique and authentic.
- What he does to improve as a broadcaster.
- How he finds people to provide feedback.
- Who his favorite broadcasters to listen to are.
- His broadcasting pet peeves.
And much more!
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