ESPNU: College Football
Xwing328 — Thu, 10/02/2008 - 10:15
MP3: http://podloc.andohs.net/dloadTrack.mp3?prm=1638xhttp://query-origin.and...
You can also find it online through the ESPN Pod Center: http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/index
The EPSNU College Football podcast is aimed at college students who follow college football. It's purpose is to inform college football fans about the recent happenings in football, including injury reports, bowl expectations, and even college football trivia. The podcast uses an online medium to deliver its content in an mp3 format. It is intended for online listening or playing on a portable mp3 player such as an iPod. The context consists of the games just prior to and immediately after the publication date of the podcast. Without those games, the hosts, Ivan and Beano, would have very little to talk about. For strategies, they stay focused on their topics without going off on random tangents such as other sports radio shows like PTI that require a timer/bell just to keep them on topic. It is a much slower-paced show than both Mike & Mike and PTI, but they do arrange the ESPNU show with faster content at the beginning to grab a listener's attention, before proceeding to the slower talk show content. One other strategy is that approximately half-way through the show, Ivan reintroduces himself and the other announcer, in case listeners have forgotten their names over the length of the show.
The hosts sound older than the average college student. Because of this, do you think the audience is college-aged football fans or more of an older, adult audience that still follows college football?
PS: You should listen - they talk about Purdue at one point!
After listening to the
noles32 — Fri, 10/03/2008 - 00:14After listening to the podcast program, I found myself losing interested in the material after listening to the hosts. I believe having senior reporters do a college football show potentially hinders their program. The monotone voice is very unexpressive and doesn’t make college football exciting. The audience should be for college aged audience to make it more effective, but having these older hosts do the programs doesn’t bring the college atmosphere to the audience.