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Watch the Media with John Shrader
by John Shrader
An inside look at the media business, with interviews and analysis from a college professor and long time radio and TV broadcaster.
Episodes
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Gary Sharp, Director of Digital Sports Content for the Omaha World Herald
GARY SHARP is a former talk show host at 1620 The Zone in Omaha. He’s the voice of Omaha men’s basketball and has anumber of other play-by-play gigs as well. In this conversation we talk about this new phase of his professionallife, the sports talk business and covering Huskers sports. Recorded...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Austin Oerman, 93.7 The Ticket Radio
AUSTIN OERMAN is in his fourth year at 93.7 The Ticket in Lincoln, the city's only all-sports radio outlet. Austin co-hosts “Old School” with Jay Foreman 9-Noon weekdays. He’s a Lincoln native and UNL graduate who does a number of other things at the radio station as well. We talk about what he...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guests NICK HANDLEY and GRANT HANSEN, WOW 590 a.m. Omaha
NICK HANDLEY and GRANT HANSEN are the hosts of the Handley and Hansen show (2-6 p.m. weekdays) on Walnut Media radio station 590 WOW. The home of Huskers sports inOmaha paired the veteran Handley and the relative newcomer Hansen together in late July 2026. Handley is one of the voices of Nebraska...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest CONNOR HAPPER, 1620 the Zone Omaha. Co-host of the morning show Happer and Schaefer
CONNOR HAPPER is the morning host of the sports radioshow “Happer and Schaefer” on 1620 The Zone in Omaha. Happer has been at the station since 2022, and took over the morning show in early 2026. He and Schaefer had done someradio together at 93.7 The Ticket in Omaha. Happer is an Omaha native…
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest GEOFF EXSTROM, Omaha Supernovas Dir of Comms, Media and Broadcasting
GEOFF EXSTROM is the Director of Communications, Media and Broadcasting for the Major League Volleyball (MLV)team Omaha Supernovas. The team, which plays in the CHI Health Center, is a former MLV champion and has been in the finals twice in its three-year existence. In this conversation we talk...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest NATE ROHR, voice of Nebraska Softball
NATE ROHR is the voice of the Nebraska softball team, which opens the NCAA tournament as the fourth seed and, according to the coaches poll, the Number One ranked team in the country. Nate has called the games for more than two decades; he is also the stadium Public Address announcer for Nebraska...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Matt McMaster, 1620 The Zone sports radio Omaha
MATT McMASTER is the midday host at sports radio station 1620 The Zone in Omaha, Nebraska. He’s a Chicago native who earned a sports media and broadcasting degree fromthe University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Matt says he has wanted to be a sports radio host since he was about ten years old. He got his...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Jake Bartecki, Huskers Reporter & PxP, News Channel Nebraska & KWBE Radio
JAKE BARTECKI, a Chicago native and graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Journalism and Mass Communications, has been calling games and covering newsand sports in Nebraska for five years. He’s the Sports Director of KWBE Radio in Beatrice, where he calls games for Beatrice High…
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Joseph Reina MAJOR ARENA SOCCER LEAGUE
JOSEPH REINA is the host and producer of Soccer Signal on MASL TV, a program produced by the Major Arena Soccer League. Joseph is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He is a writer and analyst for the league, based in his hometown of...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Lauren Michelson KETV Channel 7
LAUREN MICHELSON is starting her third year as a sports reporter/anchor for KETV Channel 7 in Omaha. She covers almost everything Huskers as well as Creighton and Omaha and high school sports in the area. The University of Missouri grad worked in Lincoln for two years out of college. In this...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with Robin Washut, Senior Team Reporter Husker Online
ROBIN WASHUT has been with Husker Online, whichis now the On3 affiliate in Nebraska, since 2008. Robin is the 2025 NSMA Sport Writer of the Year. He’s a UNL grad who covers mostly Huskers football and men’s basketball and some recruiting. He has some clearly articulated and direct thoughts about...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Adam Krueger KMTV Channel 3 Omaha
ADAM KRUEGER has been the sports director of KMTV Channel 3 in Omaha since August of 2016. He covers the Huskers, Creighton, Omaha and high schools in the Omaha and greater Nebraska market. The graduate of the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications worked at Channel 10/11 in Lincoln...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Luke Mullin, Huskers Football Writer Lincoln Journal Star
LUKE MULLIN is the Huskers football writer for the Lincoln Journal Star, where he started working while still a student at the University of Nebraska. He’s now through four seasons covering the Huskers. In this conversation we talk about reporting on a football team that lost its last three games...
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WATCH THE MEDIA Special: The Sports Attention Industry
As part of a year-long study into the state of sports journalism and sports media, John Shrader takes a closer look at what he has dubbed the “Sports Attention Industry.” Others have called it the ‘hot take’ industry. It is often the business of who yells the loudest; it’s about how you get the...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Sean Callahan , Husker Online
SEAN CALLAHAN is the owner and publisher of HuskerOnline, part of the On3 Network; a web site dedicated to covering University of Nebraska sports and recruiting. He has covered the Huskers for more than 20 years, also doing work for KFAB Radio, KETV Channel 7 and the Big Red Wrap-Up on Nebraska...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Michael Bruntz, Husker 247
MICHAEL BRUNTZ has been with the CBS Sports outlet Husker 247 for 15 years. He’s now in his 19th season covering the Huskers, primarily football and baseball but the other programs as well. In this conversation we talk about the football program, at a time when the coach Matt Rhule has fired…
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Jerry Brewer
JERRY BREWER has been a sports columnist for the Washington Post since 2015. Before that, he spent eight years as a columnist with the Seattle Times. The Western Kentucky graduate has worked for newspapers in Louisville, Orlando and Philadelphia. While he is watching the business change, Jerry is...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Andy Kendeigh
ANDY KENDEIGH has been the sports director at KETV Channel 7 in Omaha for 15 years. He leads a team of three people covering the Huskers, Creighton, high schools and more. The news show at KETV is overwhelmingly the highest rated in the state of Nebraska. He talks about covering the Huskers and...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Geoff Exstrom
THIS EPISODE GEOFF EXSTROM is the Director of Communications, Media and Broadcast for the professional volleyball team Omaha Supernovas. He is starting his third year with the team that is now in Major League Volleyball (MLV). He is a graduate of theUniversity of Nebraska’s College of Journalism...
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Mike'l Severe
Episode: MIKE’L SEVERE has been in the Omaha media market fornearly a quarter century. He worked as a local TV news reporter (KETV) and a sports talk host (1620 the Zone.) He is now the Executive Director of the Jet Award Foundation, which raised money for students in community colleges who want…
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WATCH THE MEDIA with guest Doug Duda
EPISODE NOTES: DOUG DUDA has been doing radio in Kearney, Nebraskasince 1997. He’s the program director for ESPN Tri-Cities (Kearny, Hastings, Grand Island), hosts a talk and interview show “Doug and Daddy” 11-12 daily and does play-by-play of college and high school sports in Central Nebraska.…
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Watch the Media with guest Kent Pavelka
KENT PAVELKA first started broadcasting Huskerssports in 1974, three years out of Journalism school at Nebraska. He worked with legends Lyell Bremser and Jack Payne. He was the third voice in the football booth and the play-by-play voice of men’s basketball and then ascendedto the football...
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JOHN BISHOP 1620 The Zone and Creighton PxP
JOHN BISHOP has been the co-host of the radio show Unsportsmanlike Conduct at 1620 The Zone in Omaha since 2012. The show is heard 2-6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. He and Josh Peterson have been co-hosts since 2014. John is also the long-time radio voice of Creighton Universitymen’s basketball...
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VICTOR ROJAS Hastings College baseball coach and former Angels announcer and ESPN college baseball
VICTOR ROJAS spent nearly two decades as thetelevision voice of the Los Angeles Angels. He’s been in baseball for much of his adult life; he also worked at the MLB Network and spent two years as the General Manager of the Double-A team the Frisco Roughriders in Frisco, Texas. He is now the new...
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JEFF SHELDON & LINCOLN ARNEAL, "Volleyball State' Podcast Hosts
JEFF SHELDON and LINCOLN ARNEAL are the hosts and producers of the podcast Volleyball State, focused on Nebraska volleyball. It’s part of the I-80 Club team of podcasts. They are veterans of covering volleyball for the Omaha World Herald, and now write as well for Husker Max, an online site…
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JOHN BAYLOR, Voice of Huskers Volleyball and owner, On to College
JOHN BAYLOR first called Huskers volleyball on theradio in 1994. He is now is in his 32nd year calling those games. He was on the mic for five national championships and is now working with his third coach. He talks about the first coach Terry Pettit and his contributions to the program; also, he...
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CHRIS AUMUELLER FanWord
Chris Aumueller is the Founder and CEO of FanWord, a sports technology company based in Lincoln, Nebraska that helps athletic communication departments create content. The company provides AI tools to help make this work better and more productive. Aumueller is a former college tennis player at...
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PHIL BERGMAN University of Illinois-Chicago Assoc. AD Creative and Broadcasting
PHIL BERGMAN is a former television sportscaster whois now the Associate Athletic Director at UIC, Creative Content and Broadcasting. He has added a couple of other things to his portfolio as well. Phil talks about the media content produced on college campuses, for the department and by young...
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SARAH SPAIN Good Game with Sarah Spain, ESPN W, Author
SARAH SPAIN is the host and manager of the daily podcast Good Game with Sarah Spain, from IHeart and, and heard on Apple podcasts. It is the only daily podcast dedicated to the coverage of women's sports. Spain is also the author of the new book Runs in the Family. She is a former radio host and...
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COLIN COWHERD, Fox Sports Radio, FS1, The Volume
The Herd with COLIN COWHERD Is heard weekdays on FoxSports Radio and seen on FS1; it’s also on a number of other places including Premiere Radio. Cowherd’s podcast company is The Volume. Among his high-profile hosts are Draymond Green, Richard Sherman, and Colin Cowherd. He’s from a small town in...
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JOSH PETERSON 1620 The Zone Radio and I-80 podcast and Patreon
JOSH PETERSON is the co-host of the “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” radio program on 1620 The Zone in Omaha, weekday afternoons. He’s a graduate of the University of Nebraska’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He and John Bishop have done the show for more than 11 years now – entering…
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MITCH SHERMAN The Athletic and Locked on Nebraska podcast
MITCH SHERMAN enters his seventh season coveringNebraska athletics for The Athletic. Mitch is a Nebraska native who before his time with the New York Times owned publication worked at the Omaha World Herald and ESPN. He is a native Nebraskan, a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln…
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MARTY LENZ, KOA Radio Denver
MARTY LENZ has for eight years been the co-anchor of Colorado’s Morning News on KOA Radio in Denver. The 100-year-old, 50,000 watt radio station puts it programming on AM, FM, the IHeart app, as well as Alexas and Siri. Such is the business in 2025.He talks about what they do, how they work to...
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CHRIS MYERS Fox Sports Play by Play and Host
CHRIS MYERS has been a play-by-play announcer andstudio host at Fox Sports for about 25 years, after spending a decade at ESPN. He does the NFL, NASCAR, Major League Baseball and hosts the Westminster Dog Show. Among his jobs at ESPN was four years as host of the interview show Up Close. His book...
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MICHAEL BRUNTZ, Senior Writer, Husker247
MICHAEL BRUNTZ has been with Husker247 for 14 years now. As Senior Writer he covers baseball, football, recruiting and whatever else comes up. He started a Husker baseball podcast in 2025. He talks here about what the Men’s College World Series means to Nebraskans and particularly the people of...
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DAVID BERRI Economics Professor, Southern Utah University
DAVID BERRI is professor of economics at Southern UtahUniversity. He researches and writes about sports economics. His latest book is Slaying the Trolls, co-authored with Nefertiti Walker, focused on women and sports. About 75 percent will go to football, 15 percent to men’s basketball and the...
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STEVE SIPPLE Husker Online & Morning radio host at 93.7 The Ticket
STEVE SIPPLE has now been with Husker Online for nearly three years after more than three decades with the Lincoln Journal Star. We catch up on a few things here: Matt Rhule’s tenure at Nebraska, covering the Huskers 24/7 and 12 months a year, three hours of radio every day, the grind of doing...
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SEAN CALLAHAN Owner and Publisher Husker Online
SEAN CALLAHAN is the owner and publisher of HuskerOnline, which is a media company covering Nebraska football, affiliated with the On3 Network. We talk here aboutcovering Huskers football, which is the biggest and most popular game in the state; about the access issues all journalists are dealing...
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TYLER CAVALLI, KRVN Radio and Rural Radio Association
TYLER CAVALLI has worked for the Nebraska Rural RadioAssociation [NRRA] for more than a decade. He has anchored news, done sports broadcasting and is now operations and programming manager in Lexington. KRVN and 14 other stations are owned by the NRRA, which is owned by farmers and ranchers in...
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KEITH O'BRIEN Journalist and Author
KEITH O’BRIEN is a journalist and author. In April2024 he wrote a piece in The Atlantic, “You’re Going to Miss Sports Journalism When it is Gone.” In this conversation, recorded in April 2025, he says not much has changed in that year to make him optimistic about where the business is going. We...
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TAYLOR TWELLMAN & JAKE ZIVIN MLS Sunday Night Soccer announcers
This episode is mostly about TAYLOR TWELLMAN. We chatted on the phone about his life and career. How that career ended and why he is so committed to making people aware of TBI (traumatic brain injury.) He talks about his broadcast career, its process and so much more. You can read more about...
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PAULA LAVIGNE Investigative Reporter, ESPN
PAULA LAVIGNE is in her 18th year at ESPN, doing investigative reporting, working with the Enterprise andInvestigative unit. Paula, a Nebraska native, has worked at daily newspapers all over the country and has settled in nicely at ESPN. In this conversation we talk about what she does, how she...
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MICHAEL COHEN & DOUG WREN, Soccer Producer and Director PART 2
MICHAEL COHEN & DOUG WREN Put together the first broadcast in the history of Major League Soccer. It was April 6, 1996, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, the home standing Clash (now Earthquakes) and DC United. Early in the 30th MLS season I talked with both of them about that first broadcast.…
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MICHAEL COHEN & DOUG WREN Soccer Producer and Director PART 1
MICHAEL COHEN & DOUG WREN Put together the first broadcast in the history of Major League Soccer. It was April 6, 1996, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, the homestanding Clash (now Earthquakes) and DC United. Early in the 30th MLS season I talked with both of them about that first broadcast. Cohen...
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JIMMY TRAINA, Sports Illustrated & SI Media podcast
JIMMY TRAINA is a columnist and podcaster for SportsIllustrated. He covers the sports media business, including the business part and the celebrity/personality part of the business. In this conversation he talks about his process, about the need for more people covering sports media,and the…
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ADRIAN HEALEY, ESPN Soccer Announcer
ADRIAN HEALEY has been for most of the last three decades a soccer announcer in the U.S. The Marlborough, England native first did radio in the Boston area and then started announcing games for the Major League Soccer side New England Revolution. He then announced games for ESPNInternational…
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DAVE RAYMOND Television voice of the Texas Rangers
DAVE RAYMOND has been the television play-by-play voice of the Texas Rangers for more than a decade. The Gering, Nebraska native is a graduate of Stanford University. He was once ‘traded’ to another minor league baseball team, he was an award-winning business journalist, did temp work in the Bay...
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UNION OMAHA, USL League One Standard Bearer
Union Omaha, the defending champions of USL League One, are the league's defending champions. The only two-time champion in the league's six-year history. They are also three-time winners of the Player's Shield, which honors the team with the best regular season record. This team sets the…
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HOWARD MEGDAL, Founder and Editor, The IX and The Next
HOWARD MEGDAL founded The IX and The Next to focus on women’s sports. He is the author of eight books, writes for Baseball Prospectus and does some journalism for Forbes.Covering women’s sports and publishing the newsletter and the web site are his primary focus. We talk about women’s sports and...
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PAUL ALLEN Voice of the Vikings, KFAN Radio, Canterbury Park
PAUL ALLEN is the voice of the Minnesota Vikings, radio host at KFAN and the horse track announcer at Canterbury Park. From the days he talked his way into the horse racing business to his popular radio show and his more than two decades with the Vikings, Allen has been one-of-a-kind.In this...
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An inside look at the media business, with interviews and analysis from a college professor and long time radio and TV broadcaster.
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