Andrew Scaglione, Class of 2016, knew about WJPZ long before he was a student. That's because his father is a longtime friend of Hall of Famer Danno Wolkoff. In fact, Andrew's parents actually met at the Wolkoff wedding!
Today's guest dove headfirst into student media when he got to campus, working at WJPZ, WAER, and Citrus TV. He did exclusively sports at Z89, slowly rising through the ranks to Orangewomen play by play. In fact, he missed the 2016 Banquet because he was on the road calling the women's Final Four, the year that both the men and women made it. He tells how the station came together, all hands on deck, to create a ton of bonus content for a team that would wind up playing in the National Championship game. (You'll hear the audio of Andrew's final call of Syracuse's victory in the Final Four).
You'll also hear audio of a Z89 Sports Update, where Andrew covered another historical event, near and dear to our 2010's alumni: Z89's victory over Citrus TV in the first ever Watson Cup kickball game. Yes, it was the full 89 (ish) second sports update, and we have the whole thing - no regrets.
Following Syracuse, Andrew went on to cover the Arkansas Razorbacks and high school sports in Fayetteville, before following his wife to Cleveland. There he reconnected with Danno and began working in affiliate relations for Envision Radio Networks.
Today, he works for a cloud-based radio automation company called Radio Cloud. He explains what they do, and his current perspective on the industry.
(Note: Thanks to Newhouse Professor Tina Perkins, WJPZ Class of 1993, for guest editing today's episode.)
The WJPZ at 50 Podcast Series is produced by Jon Gay, Class of 2002, and his podcast production agency, JAG in Detroit Podcasts.
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