Quotes About Broadcasting

All of my old videos and the things I did on MTV, my old public access show - it was sort of all made for the Web, even though they were made before the Internet was broadcasting video.

I want to be in the booth any day - Sunday, Monday, Wednesday - it doesn't matter to me. I'm hooked. I love it.

In 1967, London Weekend Television asked me to head up their sports coverage. I got to work with guys like Brian Moore and Dickie Davies. We were the first ones to come up with the idea of the pundits' panel. Although, since I was one of the pundits, it's debatable how good an idea that was.

Poker would have never gotten on TV when we only had three networks.

Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.

Journalists can get very pompous, especially in the formalized days of 'Meet the Press,' when they took themselves so damned seriously.

I watched the Portuguese TV anchors talking about what was happening all over the world and I just thought they were so knowledgeable and the most interesting and incredible people in the world.

Great broadcasting requires all of us, those who are in positions of power and especially those who are in positions to employ people, to remember you need to look towards the greatest conceivable palate to create greatness.

The I&B Ministry, at their own convenience, can't pick and choose content in serials. We have weird commercials with a lot of objectionable content running on TV post 11 P.M., but nothing has been done to stop them?

Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch.

I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.

The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC.

Most announcers play pattycake, pattycake with the players they're covering.

Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond.

Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.

When we launched the SEC Network, I think I cried.

Look, I'm not trying to be critical when I'm on the air.

TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.

The Twenty20 is itself a banal game, a crude game, but it works, so I hope Twenty20 commentary works.

Anchormen shouldn't cry.

Let me be crystal clear: I love doing television.

I've worked with Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and lots of different local news anchors.

Before I even started to school, I sometimes would hide behind the radio, which would be sitting on a table, and pretend that I was on the air and try to fool people who came by to listen.

All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds.