Overview
How would you like the chance to call a Kings/Lakers game? Or provide play-by-play during a River Cats baseball game live from Raley Field? Or maybe your dream is to sit behind a television anchor desk and deliver a sportscast. All of this can be realized during a one-of-a-kind, hands-on introductory experience into the world of sports broadcasting for both television and radio. This program introduces and enhances skills for employment and advancement in sports broadcasting. The program covers the three major areas of sports broadcasting: radio play-by-play, television anchoring, and reporting. Courses are taught by industry veterans using a combination of classroom lecture, hands-on activities, and local amateur and professional sporting events. Participants will exit the program with material presentable to prospective employers.The program is offered as individual courses ("Play-by-Play" and "Anchoring and Reporting") and as an all-inclusive course ("Sports Broadcasting Training Camp"). Audience
The target audience falls into three groups: 1) local college, junior college and select high school students interested in entering the field of broadcasting; 2) area professionals interested in promote-ability and/or a career move and; 3) sports enthusiasts (particularly retirees) interested in personal enrichment. Read about program participants who have landed jobs in the broadcasting industry. Program Structure
Class meetings include lecture/open forum led by the instructor or guest speakers and class labs and projects. Guest speakers have included: - Jim Kozimor, Sacramento Kings broadcast team, Sports 1140 KHTK "Kings Talk", Comcast SportsNet West
- Grant Napear, Sacramento Kings broadcast team, Sports 1140 KHTK
- Gary Gerould, "The Voice of the Kings"
Eric Hasseltine, Memphis Grizzlies, WNBA- Jason Ross, Sacramento Kings broadcast team, Sacramento State Hornet's Football play-by-play
- Steve Buzzard - UC Davis Aggies Football play-by-play
- Mark Wolfson - Producer/Director A's Television, Comcast Sports Network
- Gil Dominguez - President, Touchdown Productions
Each course also includes one or more field trips. (Transportation and access to all field trip venues are included in the course fee.) Past trips have included: - Raley Field to call a live River Cats game
- Fox40 studio to see the inner-workings of a news broadcast and participate in a mock broadcast behind the anchor desk.
Contact Information
For course content information, please contact a program representative at (916)278-4433 or www.ccebusiness@csus.edu. To register, please call (916)278-4433.
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