Fox's Kevin Burkhardt on Calling Games, Selling Cars, and Learning Via 'Tecmo Bowl'

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Bryan is joined by Fox sportscaster Kevin Burkhardt to talk through his career, from announcing high school games to working at daytime stations, to eventually working for WCBS and WFAN. They discuss Burkhardt’s hiatus from broadcasting and the transition back into announcing, covering a variety of sports, and later weigh in on his new role as lead NFL play-by-play announcer at Fox. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Kevin Burkhardt Associate Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mac Jones is ripped. Matt Patricia is calling plays.
0:04.0	The Celtics are title favorites. And the ringer has a new Boston show.
0:08.0	I'm Brian Barrett, host of Off the Pike, the show covering all things Boston sports.
0:12.0	I'll have shows multiple times a week covering your favorite teams and with your favorite
0:16.0	ringer and local guests. Plus, maybe Bill will stop by to rant about the socks.
0:20.0	Follow Off the Pike with me, Brian Barrett, now on Spotify.
0:26.0	Hello media consumers, welcome to the press box. Brian Curtis of the ringer here along with
0:32.0	producer Erica Servantes. Today's guest is Fox announcer Kevin Burkhart.
0:38.0	This offseason Burkhart had went on Twitter we call some personal news.
0:42.0	After nearly a decade of calling games as Fox's number two announcer,
0:46.0	Burkhart is now Fox's number one announcer, replacing Joe Buck who went to ESPN.
0:52.0	That means Burkhart gets to call this year Super Bowl with his partner Greg Olson.
0:56.0	And call games with Tom Brady at some undefined point in the future.
1:00.0	Here are a couple of interesting things to consider about Burkhart.
1:04.0	Number one, every announcer who gets to a certain level in this business has at least one super power.
1:10.0	Former Fox executive John Enst told me recently,
1:14.0	Burkhart has the power to appear comfortable on television.
1:18.0	Partly it's that Jim Halpert presence he has on camera at the beginning of games.
1:22.0	Partly it's his lack of a sing songy announcer voice.
1:26.0	But there is something about Burkhart that puts viewers at ease.
1:32.0	Point number two comes from a different Fox executive who reminds me that the people who watch NFL games
1:38.0	don't really get to no announcers until they make a big call
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