New podcast conversation with Kevin Belbey, Director of Sports Broadcasting for The Montag Group. He’s a sports broadcasting agent who provides great insight into the broadcaster/agent dynamic. Topics of discussion include:
- Going to the Newhouse School at Syracuse and realizing that sportscasting wasn’t going to be his future.
- Why getting an agent isn’t a path to get out of a career rut.
- Are there outliers to the above rule?
- How sportscasting agents discover talent.
- What attributes do they look for in up and coming talent?
- What type of tape do you need to get TV work?
- Can a radio demo tape land a TV job?
- How much does production value matter in evaluating demos?
- When is it time to get an agent?
- Different tiers of agents.
- How to avoid predatory agents.
- Do you need an agent to succeed at the network level.
- What is the cost of having an agent?
- Building relationships with decision makers.
- Negotiating with decision makers.
- Unlikely places they have found talent.
- Things up and coming talent should be doing to build their profiles.
- What he looks for in on camera stand ups.
- What’s more important, nailing big moments or being interesting during slow stretches?
- The importance of physical appearance for network level jobs.
- Is there a double standard judging appearance between male and female broadcasters?
- Market value for different levels of broadcasting.
- Being the General Manager for Boeheim’s Army.
- How he rose through the agency ranks.
- How they pursue free agent broadcasters.
- The influence that the movie Jerry Maguire had on him.
- His biggest agent horror story.
And much more!
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