WhereTheyWereThen

A select few ever make it to the top. These 15 sportscasters did. This book chronicles their journey from “the middle of nowhere” to “the national spotlight".

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Coming soon to @audible_com @amazon @AppleBooks

"Where They Were Then: Sportscasters" - 15 top TV sports anchors share their small-market stories... in their own words & now in their own VOICES.

Here's a preview:

https://t.co/DyW9czLdpX

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NO gift cards for sports fans this year!

Get them this: Hours of laughs from "Where They Were Then: Sportscasters" written by @ScottKCTV5.

15 stories of how your favorite sportscasters started their careers, including @HeidiWatney & @notthefakeSVP

https://t.co/qL7J53f9v2

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*Heidi Watney jumps out of an airplane
*Bucci drinks a beer in the control room
*SVP impersonates Arnold Palmer
*Kenny Mayne gets chased out of a casino

How your favorite sportscasters started their careers in "Where They Were Then".

https://t.co/xC071Z9WvR

@ScottKCTV5

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"Where They Were Then" - 1st TV jobs of your favorite sportscasters:

@jaymee - Great Falls, MT
@ScottKCTV5 - Panama City, FL
@Kenny_Mayne - Las Vegas, NV

Check out the #1 broadcasting book on @Amazon

Paperback: https://t.co/xC071Zrxnp
Audiobook: https://t.co/WT3mHwWtbA

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1st TV Markets:

@HeidiWatney - Fresno, CA
@ESPNDari - Kalispell, MT
@wingoz - Binghamton, NY

"Where They Were Then". 15 stories of climbing one of the TV sports career ladder. #1 TV Sports book on @Amazon.

Paperback: https://t.co/xC071Z9WvR
Audiobook: https://t.co/WT3mHxe4Aa

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Heidi Watney is a big reason why "Where They Were Then" is the #1 sports media book on @amazon.

Her 1st-person account of small-market TV struggles & her determination to make it to the top... are 1 of 15 success stories in the book.

https://t.co/FwIlyPZF43

@HeidiWatney

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SVP.

He's the best. Top of his game. But where was @notthefakeSVP THEN? You might be surprised.

Pre-TGC & #ESPN, SVP sold beepers & mortgages, and admits he was quite bad at both.

SVP writes & voices his "Where They Were Then" chapter in a new book.

https://t.co/Tz2olSQFqK

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1 moment. 1 chance. That's it.

In the TV business, you better be ready when it arrives. For @kevincorke it happened while sleeping in his car in Colorado Springs. He was ready & his career took off.

Kevin's rise to @ESPN & then @FoxNews is 1 of 15 stories in a new audiobook...

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Before the internet. Before YouTube. Before TikTok.

Before all of that, there were minimum wage TV jobs in small towns across America. That's where you had to start if you dreamed of making it big.

@wingoz did. His story & 14 others are in a new book.

https://t.co/7RQBbJscNy

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Congrats to @StanfordVoice for the next chapter in his amazing career. Kansas City is lucky to have you.

And, speaking for all Bay Area sports fans, you will be dearly missed...

[Scott Reiss @ScottReissTV]

Leaving Stanford (and the Bay) is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. But great opportunities like this don't come along very often, and I am excited to move onto the next challenge! I am forever indebted to @GoStanford for a decade's worth of incredible memories.

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One moment. One chance.

In the TV business, you better be ready when it arrives. For @kevincorke it happened while sleeping in his car in Colorado Springs. He was ready... & his career took off.

Kevin's rise to @ESPN & @FoxNews is 1 of 15 inspirational stories in a new book...

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Any broadcaster who has been fortunate enough to call a game in ANY sport... at ANY level... should thank Vin Scully for paving the road. He is the best and his excellence will never be repeated.

Thank you, Vin Scully. May you Rest In Peace.

#Dodgers #VinScully

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Making it big is fun. Working hard to make it big is... work. Lots of work.

@Jaymee started her career in Montana. Small-market TV sports is nothing like @ESPN or @FoodNetwork.

Jaymee's path to the top is 1 of 15 stories in a new book/audiobook, "Where They Were Then".

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Interview of your lifetime.

Your plane lands. You go to get your suit. It's not there. Gone.

What do you do? @TheAndyKatz did some of his best reporting that night & it became a defining moment in his career.

Andy's career story & path to @ESPN is 1 of 15 in a new book.

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Ostrich racing. That's where @ESPNDari got his start.

Dari is the face of the SEC Conference today. But the road to the 'big time' started in small-market TV: Kalispell, Montana.

Dari's rise to the top is 1 of 15 stories in a new book & audiobook that @ESPN fans will love...

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It should be no surprise that the amazing & unique career of @Kenny_Mayne started on the Vegas strip... getting chased out of a casino by a prostitute. For a news story, of course.

Kenny's path to @ESPN is 1 of 15 in a new audiobook. Click below to start listening today.

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You'd want to leave a gig that pays $6/hour, right? @StanfordVoice did. His 1st paid job in TV was in Utica, NY. Good experience. Horrible pay.

But one guy named Rick never wanted Scott, or anyone else, to leave Utica.

Scott's early career story is 1 of 15 in a new audiobook.

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And who happens to be excellent at it!

Thrilled that you're part of this book/audiobook. Thanks for writing and voicing your chapter, which fits perfectly before @ESPN alum @Kenny_Mayne & right after @wingoz.

Watch Heidi at the @Padres game tonight in SD on @AppleTVPlus

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Just a girl who loves sports!

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Fresno. 2005.

Traffic reporter @HeidiWatney approached her boss when a sports anchor left the station. His response wasn't what she expected.

She didn't take "no" for an answer.

Heidi's shares & VOICES her early career story in a new audiobook.

Link: https://t.co/vW8w8ydkWd

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Audiobook release: mid-July.

Get the paperback here: https://t.co/B6UehfORrq

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Coming soon to @audible_com @amazon @AppleBooks

"Where They Were Then: Sportscasters" - 15 top TV sports anchors share their small-market stories... in their own words & now in their own VOICES.

Here's a preview:

https://t.co/DyW9czLdpX