Fox NASCAR announcers Mike Joy and Larry McReynolds

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Episode 278 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Fox Sports NASCAR play by play announcer Mike Joy and race analyst Larry McReynolds. In this podcast, Joy and McReynolds discuss calling the Daytona 500, which will air on Fox on Feb. 19; how they determine success with their broadcast; balancing a broadcast that caters to old school fans while also not being over the heads of new or casual fans; how much a new lead producer will change the Fox broadcast; working alongside Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart versus a booth with one race analyst; how they look at viewership as a broadcasters and does it impact them; how McReynolds feels about the challenge of no longer being at the track on a weekly basis; Joy on how long he wants to call races; the addition of Kevin Harvick to the broadcast booth full-time in 2024; the value of three pit reporters; making a NASCAR race feel like an event and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:08.3	This is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:10.6	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:12.5	Two guests this week, though one conversation.
0:16.3	It is Fox longtime NASCAR play-by-play announcer Mike Joy and long-time race analyst Larry McReynolds.
0:26.3	Both Mike and Larry will be calling the Daytona 500, which airs on Fox on February 19th.
0:33.4	Obviously a massively watched event on the sports landscape.
0:40.2	And we had a great conversation just on how they approach their job, how they
0:44.8	determine success with their broadcast, balancing a broadcast that caters to sort of old
0:49.3	school NASCAR fans with trying to get new people in. There's been a lot of changes in
0:53.7	the booth and a lot of
0:54.5	changes coming, including Kevin Harvick full time next year. Larry's role has changed and he
1:00.4	discussed that. Mike Joy discussed how long he wants to do this. And so I haven't done a lot
1:08.2	of NASCAR on this podcast, but this is something I wanted to do with two people, obviously, I've been watching for a long, long time.
1:15.9	So Fox NASCAR Play-by-Play announcer Mike Joy.
1:19.4	In fact, NASCAR analyst Larry McReynolds coming up on the sports media podcast.
1:26.4	All right, as I said at the top, very pleased to be joined by these two gentlemen.
1:31.9	I don't, I think people who listen to this podcast know, I don't do a ton of NASCAR, but I certainly have great respect for the sport and the longevity of the product just as a significant television product in the United States.
1:44.0	The Daytona 500 will air on Sunday, February 19th.
1:47.0	That's 2.30 p.m. on Fox.
1:49.1	Mike Joy will call the race.
1:51.1	This is his, he can correct me if I'm wrong.
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