9.19.2013

Mark Carman: Doing sports again in Chicago

Mark Carman did his first podcast 100 episodes ago, and now he's back in Chicago at WGN with the David Kaplan Show. This is also the first podcast that includes play-by-play: we recorded it while he was watching the Cubs-Brewers game because he was prepping for the post-game that night on WGN. He talks about his on-air gig at KCSP/610 Sports Radio in Kansas City, where he also worked with Nick Wright; why he went to Yahoo! Sports radio in Houston, where he did a show with Doug Russell; the three upscale hostels he owns in Chicago: Oak 112, Urban Holiday Lofts, and Holiday Jones; why he got into the travel business; why he left Yahoo!; how he joined the David Kaplan Show; his resume that includes WCBR with The Naked Truth About Sports, producing at WSCR 670 The Score, being the news and sports director at WLBK, doing St. Edwards University play-by-play; what it's like to work with David Kaplan; Napgate; and more (he also did a podcast before he went to Kansas City, so he kept his promise to do another one if he'd come back to Chicago!).

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG111.mp3

9.03.2013

JC Corcoran: St. Louis and beyond

JC Corcoran talks about his autobiographical books and if he has anger issues; his harsh experiences at St. Lawrence high school in Oak Lawn; his reputation in St. Louis; how the Riverfront Times and St. Louis Post-Dispatch lied about him for several years; why the St. Louis media has been harsh on him; why he was critical of radio legend Jack Carney; what he thinks of corporate radio; his experience at KSHE in St. Louis; management problems; why he was fired from 97Rock in Buffalo, New York; what Howard Stern was like at DC101 in Washington DC; his job at WOW in Omaha; Paul Harvey's shower; doing Top 40 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and at WILS in Lansing, Michigan; his bad experience at The Loop/WLUP; his current gigs at 93.7 KKRW/The Arrow in Houston and KFNS 590/The Man in St. Louis; lawsuits; how he deals with haters; his Twitter rants; his TV career; advice he has, and more.

Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).

http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG110.mp3