In this episode I visit with Travis Justice the long time TV, radio, and podcast personality in Omaha, NE & Des Moines, IA. Topics of discussion include:
- Filling the broadcast void as a freelancer despite retiring from the business full time.
- Working remotely before it was popular.
- Why he chose to go to Grand View College in Des Moines instead of enlisting in the military.
- Realizing that my high school history teacher was his best friend in high school.
- Discovering that we both got our start in radio in neighboring towns.
- The importance of getting pre-college reps for his career.
- Reminiscing about a time when an FCC license was required to go on the radio.
- How getting fired for fighting his boss led to get a sports director job in Omaha.
- Developing the chops to be a sports director on the job.
- How not signing a contract led to a significant raise.
- The importance of owning your own intellectual property.
- The future of over the air terrestrial radio.
- The importance of local talent for local radio.
- The time his radio station changed formats and fired everyone, only to change back and rehire everyone two days later.
- Prepping for a talk show without living in the market.
- Why he rarely has coaches or beat writers on his show.
- Being harsh on Husker football in a market where few others are.
- Starting a call in show on TV the year a popular head coach got fired.
- Some of the weirdest calls and interviews he’s experienced.
- Getting chased out of an arena by the wife of former Wichita State Basketball Coach Gregg Marshall.
- How being denied the opportunity to cover the Heisman Trophy when he was already on the East Coast led to the decision to leave TV full time.
- Starting a podcast where people send them beer to drink on air.
- His advice to build a podcast audience.
- The importance of quality audio for podcasts.
- Creating a podcast that helped him get his Italian vacations comped.
- His broadcast horror story.
- What about sportscasting brings him joy.
- His favorite broadcasters to watch or listen to.
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