Broadcasting 101 with Joel Meyers (Ep 73)

In today’s episode of the Sports Business Audio Experience, we sat down with the voice of the New Orleans Pelicans, Joel Meyers. With over 25 years of broadcast experience, Meyers joined the New Orleans Pelicans after spending six seasons with Los Angeles Lakers as their TV play-by-play announcer (2005-11) and two seasons as the team’s radio play-by-play announcer (2003-2005). Joel earned two Emmy awards during his time as the Lakers’ TV play-by-play announcer and served four years working as the voice of the San Antonio Spurs’ television broadcast before heading to Los Angeles. In this episode we discuss:

- Key factors to working in Sports Broadcasting
- The importance of learning more by listening more
- Highlights in Joel’s career that he will never forget
- Things Joel enjoys outside of basketball

This episode with Joel Meyers is the start of our brand new “SBC Alumni Takeover” series. Each week one of our SBC Alumni will be interviewing guests who have are succeeding and making their mark in the sports industry. Kicking off this series is alumna Marlena Rodriguez. Marlena attended our 2021 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience in Las Vegas, where she majored in the Media and Broadcast department and was voted top 5 of her class. Marlena and Joel dive into the life of a Sports Broadcaster while giving listeners advice on how to break into the business of basketball.

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