Ron MacLean and Jason Benetti

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Episode 48 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two guests: First up is Ron MacLean the host of Hockey Night in Canada and Rogers Hometown Hockey and one of the most well-known sports broadcasters in Canada. He’s followed by Chicago White Sox and ESPN broadcaster Jason Benetti. In this podcast, MacLean discusses the relevance of the Hockey Night In Canada host role in 2019; the most important trait a sports television host can have and why; his relationship with Coaches Corner co-host Don Cherry and why it was worked for as long as it has; why Cherry continues to provoke a reaction from an audience; navigating politics in on-air commentary; his turbulent relationship with Gary Bettman; his return to the Hockey Night in Canada host role two years ago after he was removed from the lead chair; traveling Canada for Hometown Hockey broadcasts; where the hockey stands in terms of inclusiveness and specifically for people of color, women and the LGBTQ community; whether there are truisms of about a Canadian sports audience and more. Obvious disclosure: Ron MacLean and I both work for Rogers in Canada. Benetti discusses how he navigates the many sports he calls including baseball, college football and college basketball and the NFL; his role as the play by play TV voice of the White Sox; how one makes a jump from local to national sports broadcaster; whether his law degree manifest itself in his day to day life; homerism vs. objectivity in local baseball broadcasting; his thoughts on using analytics on a broadcast; how his cerebral palsy defines and does not define him; what he does to eradicate stereotypes about disability awareness; where the White Sox are in terms of the rebuild, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Radio.com 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	Ladies and gentlemen.
0:05.6	Hey everybody, this is Richard Ditch and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:09.0	My producer, as always, is Terrence Malagon.
0:11.6	This week we have two interesting conversations from two very interesting broadcasters.
0:16.7	First up is Ron McLean, the host of Hockey Night in Canada and Rogers' hometown hockey.
0:22.1	He is one of the most well-known sports broadcasters in Canada.
0:25.9	I think many of you know him who live in the United States.
0:28.8	If you don't, you'll find the interview really, really interesting.
0:31.3	He is really one of the iconic voices in Canadian sports television.
0:35.9	And obviously, for full disclosure, we both work for the same company up in Canada, and that is Rogers.
0:42.2	Following Ron McLean is Jason Benetti, the voice of the Chicago White Sox, as well as a rising ESPN broadcaster.
0:52.0	You've heard Jason on the statcast broadcast. And we get into a really
0:56.5	interesting discussion about how he's navigating all the different sports that he calls. He made the
1:02.3	jump from local to national broadcaster, which is always a very interesting jump. And he also has
1:08.6	cerebral palsy. And he has done a lot to sort of eradicate stereotypes when
1:14.1	it comes to disability awareness so a really interesting guy in sports broadcasting so ron
1:19.9	mclean first up then jason benetti both coming up on the sports media podcast.
1:32.7	All right, as I said at the top, Ron McLean is the host of Hockey Night in Canada and Rogers' hometown hockey.
1:34.0	He is one of the most well-known sports broadcasters in Canada.
1:38.6	The 2019 NHL playoffs are about to begin, so you will see Ron McLean everywhere, and I will
1:44.0	do the disclosure once again here.
1:45.9	Ron McLean and I both work for the same place in Canada, and that is Rogers.
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