What prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games got his start at station WAER in New York?
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WAER WAER (88.3 FM) is a radio station in Syracuse, New York. It is located on the campus of Syracuse University, and is an auxiliary service of the school. The station features a jazz music and National Public Radio format, with a news and music staff providing programming around the clock. It is best known, however, for its sports staff, which has produced the likes of Bob Costas, Marv Albert, Dick Stockton, Mike Tirico, Sean McDonough, Bill Roth, Ian Eagle, Brian Higgins, Adam Schein, Hank Greenwald, Dave O'Brien (sportscaster), Andy Musser, Beth Mowins, Andrew Catalon, Carter Blackburn, Dave Pasch, Cory Provus, Jason Benetti, Todd Kalas and many others. Lou Reed also hosted a free-format show on WAER during his time at Syracuse University; this free-format radio tradition at Syracuse is carried on by WERW. Other alums include Ted Koppel, Jerry Stiller and Dick Clark.
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Bob Costas Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s. He was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games, from 1992 until 2016. Costas currently does play-by-play for MLB Network and hosts an interview show called "Studio 42 with Bob Costas".
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Joe Scarborough Charles Joseph Scarborough ( ; born April 9, 1963) is an American cable news and talk radio host. He is currently the co-host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, and previously hosted "Scarborough Country" on the same channel. Scarborough was previously a lawyer and a politician, and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 as a Republican from the 1st district of Florida.
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David Israel David Israel (b. March 17, 1951 in New York City, New York) is an American television producer, writer, former sportswriter and general columnist. A 1973 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Israel wrote for the "Chicago Daily News", "Washington Star", the "Chicago Tribune" (for which he wrote a nationally syndicated column) and the "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner". He is known for violating the "old bylaw" of neutrality in journalism when he announced at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics hockey game at which the American team eventually beat the Soviets, "Gentlemen, there will be cheering in the press box." He was right.
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Ronn Owens Ronn Owens (born Ronald Lowenstein on October 17, 1945, in New York City), is an American talk radio host. Owens was the sole remaining weekday talk radio host on KGO in San Francisco after KGO was reorganized as an all-news station in December 2011.
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2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games was held on August 13, 2004 at the Olympic Stadium in Maroussi, Greece, a suburb of Athens. 72,000 spectators attended the event, with approximately 15,000 athletes from 202 countries participating in the ceremony as well. It marked the first-ever international broadcast of high definition television, undertaken by the U.S. broadcaster NBC and the Japanese broadcaster NHK.
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The Ed Sullivan Show (radio program) The Ed Sullivan Show is an American old-time radio program. More precisely, it is a name that can be applied to any of four programs that were broadcast in 1932, 1941, 1943-1944, and 1946. The first three were on CBS, and the last was on the Blue Network. As the title implies, the host of the program was Ed Sullivan, who was then known for his work as a columnist for the "New York Daily News".
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Bruce Jacobs (radio host) Bruce Jacobs (born 1964), is an American sports talk radio show host. Jacobs most recently hosted "Game On with Bruce Jacobs", from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on WTMM-FM ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team, in New York's Capital Region.
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Tim Weigel John Timothy Weigel (March 4, 1945 – June 17, 2001), known professionally as Tim Weigel, was a Chicago broadcaster who spent most of his career as a television sports anchor and reporter.
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Tony Paige (boxing) Anthony C. "Tony" Paige (born September 11, 1953) is an American radio talk show host and boxing commentator. Based in New York, Paige is an overnight host for WFAN. Save for a three-year stint where he was not working for the station, Paige has hosted programming on WFAN since 1995.
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The Fran Drescher Show The Fran Drescher Show (also called The Fran Drescher Tawk Show) was an American talk show hosted by actress Fran Drescher. The series premiered on November 26, 2010, in six cities on Fox owned stations: New York on WNYW, Los Angeles on KTTV, Philadelphia on WTXF, Phoenix on KSAZ, Minneapolis on KMSP and Orlando on WOFL. "The Fran Drescher Show" was given a three-week trial run with the option of being nationally syndicated. In its debut, the program placing a 0.8 rating/2 share in six metered markets. With declining ratings throughout its run, the show did not return.
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Amy Van Dyken Amy Deloris Van Dyken (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host. She has won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and 4×100-meter medley relay.
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Pete Tauriello Pete Tauriello is a veteran traffic anchor on 1010 WINS, WKXW and several other radio stations in the New York City area including a few years on the Z-100 "Morning Zoo." He has also served as a traffic reporter on WWOR-TV and more recently on WNBC-TV's "Today In New York."
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Hannah Storm Hannah Storm (born Hannah Lynn Storen; June 13, 1962) is an American television sports journalist, serving as the anchor of ESPN's "SportsCenter" Face to Face. She was also host of the "NBA Countdown" pregame show on ABC as part of the network's NBA Sunday game coverage.
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Craig Hummer Craig B. Hummer, born on May 20, 1965, is an American sportscaster. He is best known for his coverage of the Tour de France, Olympic Games, and Professional Bull Riders (PBR) events. Hummer is a former competitive ocean swimmer and lifeguard. Hummer won 39 national championship titles, including 7 years as International Ironman.
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Howie Carr Howard Louis Carr Jr. (born January 17, 1952) is an American journalist, author and conservative radio talk-show host based in Boston with a listening audience rooted in New England. He hosts "The Howie Carr Show", which broadcasts on weekdays, in addition to writing three columns a week for the "Boston Herald".
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Tim Minton Tim Minton (born April 15, 1957) is an American television journalist and media executive. He began a career in journalism writing for The New York Times in college. He served as a news correspondent for over ten years with ABC-7 Eyewitness News in New York City, and later served as the lead investigative reporter at WNBC, the New York City flagship station of the NBC Television Network. He is the co-founder, and current CEO, of Zazoom Media Group. He is an 18-time Emmy Award Winner.
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Harry Wismer Harry Wismer (June 30, 1913 – December 4, 1967) was an American sports broadcaster and the charter owner of the New York Titans franchise in the American Football League (AFL).
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WENE WENE (1430 AM; "Fox Sports 1430") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Endicott, New York, United States, the station serves the Binghamton market. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and features programming from Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One and Fox Sports Radio. During its top 40/rock heyday, from the early 1960s through 1975, WENE, under the ownership of Merv Griffin's January Enterprises, was home to many nationally famous talent such as Johnny Donovan, Greaseman, Bob Savage, Dave "Roe" Mason, Ray Ross, Michael J. Raymond, Charlie Burger and Fred "Bumper Morgan" Merrin.
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Scott Eder Scott Eder (born October 7, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is a sports executive, marathoner, triathlete, personal trainer and gym designer.
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Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( ; born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and conservative political commentator. He currently resides in Palm Beach, Florida, where he broadcasts "The Rush Limbaugh Show". According to December 2015 estimates by "Talkers Magazine", Rush Limbaugh has a cume (cumulative weekly audience) of around 13.25 million unique listeners (listening for at least five minutes), making his show the most listened-to talk-radio program in the US.
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Robb Weller Robb Weller (born September 27, 1949) is an American game show host and television personality and producer (Weller/Grossman Productions).