| The Herd with Colin Cowherd | |
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| Genre | Sports talk |
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| Running time | 3 hours 4 hours on West Coast |
| Country | USA |
| Home station | ESPN Radio (2004-) |
| Starring | Colin Cowherd |
| Air dates | March 29, 2004 to present |
| Website The Herd with Colin Cowherd | |
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Cowherd is joined on-air by producers Amanda Gifford and Vince Kates and board operator David Fisch. ESPN Radio SportsCenter updates during the show are performed by Dan Davis. ESPN Radio SportsCenter has sports updates three times an hour during key time slots by separate anchors Dan "The Duke" Davis (born September 20, 1942) is an American radio personality
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History
The Herd got its start as an afternoon show, later moved to morning drive time, on KFXX-AM "The Fan", a sports radio station in Portland, Oregon. KFXX (1080 AM, "1080 The FAN" is a class B Clear channel AM Radio station broadcasting from Portland Oregon Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers
Future
"The Herd" is one of the most listened to programs on ESPN Radio. ESPN Radio is an American sports Radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN executives have been watching Colin Cowherd do his radio show. Colin Cowherd has mentioned several times on air that ESPN is considering putting his radio show on one of the ESPN television channels. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to
Segments
- The Mysterious First Hour (also known as the "West Coast Hour"). This segment can be heard on select West Coast stations from 6am-7am. For non-West Coast listeners, it can be accessed through the show's archive on ESPN Insider.
- Spanning The Globe - Cowherd does short interviews with sports reporters, broadcasters and sports personalities from around the world. The segment airs daily at approximately 10:20am ET. In April 2006, Cowherd started performing a weekly version of this segment on SportsCenter. SportsCenter is a daily Sports news Television show and the flagship program of American Cable network ESPN since the network (Usually the second segment of the show, originally done twice a show)
- Football Fix - a year-round daily feature dedicated to football: college football, the NFL Draft and the NFL. The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league.
- Wheel of Genius - a weekly segment on Fridays where Cowherd will give his picks for that weekend's up-coming college football games. Formerly known as The Players' Club
- Finding Football - a daily segment, usually near the end of the show, where Colin gives his opinion on what is the best football-oriented programming on TV that upcoming evening. Formerly known as Me Tube
Podcasts
- The Thundering Herd The ninth most popular ESPN podcast on Itunes.
Regular Guests
- Mel Kiper- Especially during the lead up to the NFL Draft. Mel Kiper Jr (born July 25, 1960 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American football analyst for the ESPN television channel
- Trey Wingo and Mark Schlereth
- Eric Allen
- Peter King
Guest Hosts
The regular fill-ins for Cowherd are Doug Gottlieb from The Pulse, Erik Kuselias, and John Kincade, an Atlanta-area sports television and radio personality who hosts his own Sunday morning show on ESPN Radio. Hal Chapman Wingo III or Trey Wingo (born September 19, 1963 in Greenwich Connecticut) is the co-host of ESPN 's SportsCenter Mark Frederick Schlereth (born January 25, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a former professional football player and current television This article is about Eric Allen the NFL analyst For the bassist of The Apples in Stereo see Eric Allen (musician. Well-known people called Peter King include Peter King 1st Baron King (c Doug Gottlieb (born January 15 1976 in Tustin California) is a former NCAA collegiate The Pulse is a weekday sports talk and debate radio show on ESPN Radio, that airs Monday-Friday from 7pm ET for three hours till 10pm ET Erik Kuselias is the former host of NASCAR Now on ESPN2. Erik was formerly the host of The SportsBash on ESPN Radio. John Kincade is a sports talk show host based in Atlanta Georgia for WCNN 680 "The Fan".
Controversies
- Eddie Guerrero's Death - In November 2005, Cowherd was criticized by former ESPN ombudsman, George Solomon for his treatment of the death of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Eddie Guerrero. An ombudsman ( English plural conventionally ombudsmen) is an official usually (but not always appointed by the government or by parliament who is charged with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Eduardo "Eddie" Gory Guerrero Llanes Along with Barr Konnan, Chicano Power and Madonna’s Boyfriend, Guerrero formed Los Gringos Locos Colin was quoted as saying "he passed away doing steroids", implying that Guerrero's death had been caused by steroid use. A steroid is a Terpenoid Lipid characterized by a Carbon skeleton with four fused rings generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion According to Dr. Kathryn Berg, the assistant chief medical examiner for Hennepin County in Minnesota, the autopsy showed that Guerrero died from a hardening and narrowing of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. He had an enlarged heart and other enlarged organs related to a history of anabolic steroid use. [1]
- Using Un-attributed Material - In March 2006, Cowherd was criticized for using a joke on his show that was posted on the "M Zone", a University of Michigan fan blog without crediting it. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of [2] Cowherd later apologized on-air and gave the M Zone full credit for the material. The M Zone response: "He was very cool about everything. This incident is now resolved and over. "
- The Herd Knocks Blog Offline - On April 5, 2007, listeners of The Herd knocked The Big Lead blog site offline. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Cowherd directed his listeners to access the web site home page simultaneously which resulted in a massive increase in traffic. The blog site's servers were not capable of handling so many users at one time so the site was knocked off-line for approximately 96 hours. ESPN's new Ombudsman, Le Anne Schreiber wrote an article sharing her (negative) opinion of Cowherd's actions. An ombudsman ( English plural conventionally ombudsmen) is an official usually (but not always appointed by the government or by parliament who is charged with Schreiber contacted Traug Keller, a Senior Vice President at ESPN Radio, and Keller indicated that Cowherd would face no disciplinary action for the stunt, because there had been no policy against such a tactic at the time. __FORCETOC__ For the Vice President of the United States, their roles and other information see Vice President of the United States. To prevent this from happening again, Keller instituted a zero tolerance policy of such activities in the future. [3]
- Sean Taylor's Murder - Cowherd was criticized for comments made regarding the circumstances surrounding Sean Taylor's death. Sean Michael Maurice Taylor ( April 1 1983 &ndash November 27 2007) was an American football free safety who On November 28, 2007, one day after Taylor's home invasion murder, Cowherd claimed that Taylor's past had brought this upon himself, and that Redskins fans who mourned him were not "grown ups. " Cowherd stated about Taylor's turnaround;"Well, yeah, just because you clean the rug doesn't mean you got everything out. Sometimes you've got stains, stuff so deep it never ever leaves. " Taylor's death was later found to be the result of a botched robbery, and the robbers hadn't known Taylor was home when they entered. [4]
New Contract
In early 2008, Cowherd signed a new 4-year contract to remain with ESPN radio. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common On air, Cowherd attributed his longevity at ESPN to the fans of his show, claiming he did the show for his fans, and not his critics or those in ESPN management.
Awards
On December 19, 2005, Sports Illustrated named Cowherd "Radio Personality of the Year". Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Cowherd was lauded by columnist Richard Deitch for providing "an engaging mix of entertainment, information, and reportage. [5]
External links
References
- ^ Solomon, George (December 27, 2005). Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Radio aims to be provocative, fair. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-07-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to
- ^ Solomon, George (April 6, 2006). Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Vitale still signature face, voice of ESPN hoops. ESPN. com.
- ^ Schreiber, Le Anne (April 8, 2007). Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Cowherd's 'attack' on blog: 'Zero tolerance'. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-07-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to
- ^ Schreiber, Le Anne (December 11, 2007). Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Proportion, perspective missing ingredients in news coverage. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-12-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life
- ^ Deitch, Richard (December 19, 2007). Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2005 Media Awards. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-07-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to
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