#217 50 Years of Sports Broadcasting: From NBC Sports to the Olympics | Joe Michaels
Description
Welcome to episode 217 of Sports Management Podcast.
Today's guest is Joe Michaels – the former Director of NBC's Today Show and a veteran television production leader.
In this episode we get to look behind the scenes of sports media productions together with an 8x Emmy winner. We spoke about:
- Why sports media is a young man's business
- Giving back through teaching and mentorship
- The future of the media industry
- If AI will take jobs from the media industry
- But also how it was like broadcasting the 9/11 tragedy in New York
This and much more, in this episode with Joe Michaels.
Time stamps:
00:01 Intro
00:44 How Joe started at NBC
03:38 What a sports director actually does behind the scenes
05:16 Turning nerves into energy during live broadcasts
08:23 Inside a live sports truck
11:07 Lessons from the man who invented baseball on TV
16:10 From gaff-taped cameras to 200-camera Super Bowls
20:22 Directing "Brain Surgery Live" for National Geographic
26:34 Why sports broadcasters must understand history
38:46 The future of sports media and technology
41:29 Can AI replace directors?
46:30 What Emmy Awards really mean
52:30 Career advice
53:00 Outro
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