I have to admit that I have made a few trips around the sun, and when I was growing up, to catch up on the latest sports, the morning newspaperƵs sports section or the evening local newscast was where I got my information fix.
Now it is a 24/7 situation, with sports news coming to you from all angles Ƶ print, television, local, satellite radio, and most recently podcasts.
Recently I came across one that caught my ear, with the diversity of sports coverage and what it provides the sports fan Ƶ and thatƵs ƵSusman On Sports.Ƶ
I found the informative podcast in my Apple store, but it can also be found on , a podcast platform and heard live on radio stations serving the Mid-Ohio Valley and Clarksburg areas.
I reached out to the showƵs host, Michael Susman, to find out why a 24-year-old graduate of George Washington High School and West Virginia Wesleyan College wanted to do the 30-minute show.
ƵWhat I like about the show and what made me want to do it is, itƵs a very versatile show, itƵs not confined to just one sport or any one level,Ƶ says Susman. ƵItƵs not just a high school show, not just a college show. I try to provide coverage and opinion on whatever is going on around the state, I try to cover that.Ƶ
Susman added, ƵI didnƵt want something that confined myself to one or two topics. I wanted something where anything going on around West Virginia we can cover.Ƶ
When Susman isnƵt producing his podcast, the young sports reporter can be heard doing daily sportscasts on WMOV AM/FM in Ravenswood, West Virginia; WJEH FM in Racine, Ohio; and WGIE FM in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
All of SusmanƵs broadcasts and podcasts originate out of the WMOV studios.
The inception of the program came at the beginning of this past football season.
In the four months the program has been out there for sports fans to take in, Susman thinks there is one show that really stood out for the listeners.
ƵI would say the show that took in the end of the Neil Brown era as football coach at West Virginia University and the beginning of Rich RodriguezƵs second tenure as the football coach at ƵU. Any listener of the show during the football season knew I wasnƵt a big Coach Brown fan, and we had some fun with his departure. Then transitioning into where the university would go, I chatted with ƵU Athletic Director Wren Baker on the situation. Then finally welcoming back Rodriguez. This provided some great content for what I think has been the best 30 minutes so far.Ƶ
If you are a fan of high school football in West Virginia, you are quite familiar with the ins and outs of this yearƵs state championships, which ultimately started a week past the scheduled beginning.
ƵThat was a situation that was changing by the day, and keeping up with exactly what was happening also provided some excellent content for the show, and since we broadcast high school football, the local fans wanted to know what to expect,Ƶ says Susman.
Ƶ we started this column, providing sports news Ƶ or for that matter, any news Ƶ has changed in many forms throughout the years. When news is breaking, it is only a matter of minutes or even seconds before everyoneƵs phones are blowing up with the information.
The idea of being able to provide 30 minutes of in-depth coverage on one or a couple of topics is providing sports reporters like Susman a chance to go into more detail on a topic Ƶ which, for sports fans like yours truly, is greatly appreciated.
Joe Stevens lives in Scott Depot with his wife, Angie, their son, Christian, and their two cats, Oriole and Mustache.
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