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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

The producer and director of Super Bowl LIX: Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3721 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Episode 472 of the Sports Media Podcast features Fox NFL producer Richie Zyontz and Fox NFL director Rich Russo. They are the lead production staffers on Fox’s top NFL team. This will be Zyontz’s eighth Super Bowl as a lead producer and Russo’s sixth as a lead director. In this podcast we discuss how pace dictates a broadcast; the Chiefs attempting a three-peat and what that means for the broadcast; Tom Brady’s first year; how and why they believe Brady has improved; why they believe Brady will fulfill his broadcasting contract; how Brady takes criticism; the role of Kevin Burkhardt in the broadcast; how they will approach Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl and more.  You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, 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

Welcome to the Sports Media podcast.

0:13.1

My producer is Patrick Antonetti.

0:15.9

Two guests on this podcast.

0:17.8

I will let the audience in.

0:19.7

I have been asking for these two gentlemen since August.

0:23.5

And finally, it's if you're a wrestling fan, I expect the rock to be like, finally, the rock has come home to San Francisco.

0:32.5

Richie Zions is the lead producer on Fox's coverage of the NFL. He will serve for the eighth time as the lead producer on the television coverage of the Super Bowl. He has, of course, been on this podcast a number of times. Rich Rousseau, who sits next to him in the truck, is the lead director of Fox's Sunday broadcast for the NFL. This will be his sixth Super Bowl as lead director.

0:58.0

The Super Bowl, of course, Eagles Chiefs coming up on Sunday.

1:01.9

Fox has all-day pre-game show.

1:04.5

Then that leads you up to the 630 and change kickoff.

1:09.4

In terms of Super Bowls, Richie Zions and Rich Rousseau, in terms of all

1:13.9

the people who do this stuff, have as good a resume as anyone in the business. Rich Rousseau has

1:18.4

worked 17 Super Bowls overall during his professional career for Fox CBS, dating back to the Giants

1:26.1

Broncos in 1987.

1:33.3

Richie Zions is either done 14 or 15 Super Bowls, depending on what press release you want to read, between Fox and CBS.

1:40.0

His first one in Tampa, 1984, between the Raiders and Redskins. And with that long intro, welcome back, Rich Rousseau, and Richie Zions to the Sports Media podcast.

1:46.8

Well, thanks. Thanks, Frank.

1:48.6

Yep, thanks for having us, Richard.

1:50.8

All right, I will, since you're both, you know, your given names are both the same.

1:54.4

I will direct here.

1:55.5

And we'll start with, I get to produce this podcast, exciting.

1:59.5

I start with Richie Z. How does the pace of each of these teams, and if you could take the Chiefs first and then the Eagles, impact your production plans? Because having talked to many people who are your equivalents, the speed of the game, oftentimes dictates how you do the game, maybe how you prepare the game, how you

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