Quotes About Broadcasting

For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.

It's very frustrating not being on the air.

I don't see myself as a full-time broadcaster. I've done some of it, and I enjoy it, but I don't think I should try to make a career out of it.

I was lucky to make a lot of money in football, and broadcasting is succeeding beyond my wildest dreams, so I'm in the position to say no to a lot of things.

When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it.

Cricket had John Arlott, Wimbledon had Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe. He was great.

The right wing has monopolized the AM radio airwaves.

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.

I never dreamed when I was competing at The Championships that I would one day be interviewing the winners on Centre Court for the BBC.

Nothing will ever feel like winning a Daytona 500. I'm never going to do anything in broadcasting, probably anything in any other professional job that will feel like winning the Daytona 500.

I started a newspaper business in North Texas and I started a quinceanera media company... so when I wanted to get into broadcasting I started my own television pilot. That led to years of free work but I was never afraid to just do it and go to people with the power to say yes to breakthrough.

Folks, I've had the best seat in the house. Thanks for sharing it, I'll see you down the road.

Radio was always a fun, geeky thing to be a fan of - the history of radio, where it is, and where it's going - but it was really also a pretty easy job.

The one thing you can't ever forget - the playing field is the property of the players and the coaches. It is not to be used by some fat-butted announcer trying to make a name for himself.

The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it.

The one thing that's changed for 'That Metal Show' is that it's now global; it's now on in places outside of America.

The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio.

Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is 'The Simpsons'.

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

I respect the game that goes on of putting this against that, but I don't respect, nor do I enjoy, an awful lot of the actual programs that go on the air.

Throughout his career, he was a champion of old songs: often he claimed that, in all his years on the air, he never introduced a new tune. He didn't croon, he said: he just sang 'em. His favorites were such as Dark-town Strutters' Ball and Every Cloud Must Have a Silver Lining. Frankel died June 13, 1948, but shows he had already transcribed were continued.

Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.

Good night, and good luck.

Edward R. Murrow