Podcast
Charlotte Media Podcast
Hosted by Adam Butler · EN
Deep dives with local reporters, photographers, producers and writers to find out what brought them to Charlotte, what brought them to media, a normal day in their professional life and more.
Cover art photo provided by Daniel Weiss on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@dweiss002
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Gerry Vaillancourt
Jan 23, 202000:44:23Tap to summarizeGerry was one of Charlotte’s earliest sports talk radio voices and worked for the Hornets in both Charlotte and New Orleans. He returned to Charlotte in 2017 for another talk radio stint. We talk about both tours in Charlotte, 15 years in New Orleans, his New York City roots and more. Thanks to Will at Red Rocks Strawberry Hill for hosting us and as always to our title sponsor The Thirsty Beaver. SHOW NOTE - Gerry and I discussed former Hornets/UNC player JR Reid getting pranked by his teammates. You can find that video at the following link. https://youtu.be/Bi0creNYnvo
Transcribe →Joe Bruno
Jan 10, 202000:33:09Tap to summarizeNewly minted Forbes 30 under 30 honoree Joe Bruno from WSOC-TV sits down to discuss his still young Charlotte media career. This episode is sponsored by The Rat's Nest, The Tipsy Burro and The Thirsty Beaver.
Transcribe →Delano Little
Jan 16, 201900:46:34Tap to summarizeDelano retired from WBTV last month after 29 years, most of which were running the sports department. He reflects upon the ups and downs of a long television career, talks about some legendary Charlotte sports memories, and also details what's next.
Transcribe →Alan Cavanna from Fox Sports
Jan 3, 201900:43:18Tap to summarizeFollow your dreams, folks. Alan Cavanna did and now he’s been thrice named Broadcaster of the Year by the National Motorsports Press Association. Alan takes us through the isolation of growing up a Rusty Wallace fan in CT(lol) to covering the biggest names in American Motorsports for Fox Sports. Special thanks to Crown Station Coffee House and Pub.
Transcribe →Shameika Rhymes
Oct 11, 201800:40:43Tap to summarizeFreelance writer Shameika Rhymes joins the podcast and tells us about her journey from TV News to reality TV back to TV news all while trying to make her side hustle a regular thing. This episode is sponsored by The Thirsty Beaver, The Tipsy Burro and The Rat's Nest. Special thanks to Barista Craft in the Highland Shoppes.
Transcribe →Chuck Howard
Aug 29, 201811:32:21Tap to summarizeLongtime Charlotte sportscaster Chuck Howard joins us for a deep discussion about his 30+ year television career, unceremonious departures, his thoughts on the current state of local television news and some hints about what might be next for him.
Transcribe →Stewart Pittman from Viewfinder Blues
Aug 2, 201800:00:02Tap to summarizeThe legendary OG photog blogger Lenslinger joins us to "wax poetic" on all things shooting news. Lots of inside baseball talk here and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Hope you do, too.
Transcribe →Darin Gantt from Pro Football Talk
Jul 9, 201800:00:09Tap to summarizeDarin joins us for our inaugural episode. We talk about his North Carolina roots, newspaper roots, family and what he’s doing outside of covering the NFL to make Charlotte a better place.
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