292: How to Be a Great Sports Play-by-Play Announcer w/ Michael Kay, YES Network [K-Cup DoubleShot]

Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the YES network’s CenterStage series. The 2019 season was his 28th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 18 on YES.  Michael won the 2015 New York Emmy Award as the best play-by-play announcer for his work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and won a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In addition, The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays on ESPN Radio 98.7 FM in New York which Kay co-hosts with Don LeGreca, has been simulcast live weekday afternoons on YES since February 2014.  In November 2016, Michael was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.  Michael received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater.   Press play on this T4C episode to learn how Michael turned his dream of becoming the Yankees play-by-play announcer when he was 9 years old, into a reality! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: If you want to listen to Michael’s entire Time4Coffee interview check out T4C episode #290