Rich Take On Sports

Episode 45: Bob Rathbun | Fox Sports Southeast Atlanta Hawks Play-by-Play Announcer Subscribe on http://apple.co/2qdc4AB (Apple Podcast) | http://bit.ly/2r8lKvs (Google Play) | http://bit.ly/2qnGiRP (Stitcher) Rich Take On Sports Show Notes: Rich Spotlight: Bob Rathbun Grew up in Salisbury, NC and his first entry into sports broadcasting was at 12-years old when he called the local radio station First job was as a sports director at WSTP in Salisbury, NC in 1973 after graduating from Catawba College Marty Brennaman was very influential early in his career and would visit him during the summers and Marty helped Bob get his job in Virginia and was there for 14 years Left Virgina for baseball play-by-play with Detroit Tigers replacing the legend Ernie Harwell and it was the worst 3-years of his career Moved to Atlanta in 1996 after his time in Detroit Watches a lot of film to prepare but the biggest part of his prep is talking to people Feels that the art of storytelling is being lost in broadcasting