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Metro Sports is a regional sports network serving the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
[edit] Live Sporting Event Production
- Kansas City Wizards Major League Soccer
- Kansas City Brigade Arena League Football
- Big 12 Conference basketball
- Mountain West Conference football, basketball, baseball, softball, and volleyball
- Missouri Valley Conference basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, baseball, and volleyball
- The Summit League soccer, volleyball, basketball and track and field
- Gateway Football Conference football
- NAIA Division I and II National Basketball Tournaments and Division 1 Football Championship
- High School Game of the Week
- Kansas State High School football and basketball championships
[edit] Metro Sports History
- Metro Sports first aired on December 12th, 1996.
- On February 9th 2004, Metro Sports and KCTV5 made television history, as KCTV5 outsourced its local nightly news sports segment to Metro Sports. Instead of originating from the KCTV studios in Fairway, KS, the sports segment is fed to the station via a fiber-optic cable from Time Warner’s Metro Sports studio, near Swope Park. Metro Sports produces all of KCTV’s sports programming, including Kansas City Chiefs pre-game and post-game shows, sports specials and live coverage of breaking sports news. The Metro Sports Report airs as KCTV's sports segment at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Sunday.
- On September 11th, 2001, Metro Sports halted operations and closed the station for the day. The company contacted other Kansas City TV stations to offer their equipment, employees, and services in helping cover the events of the day.
- Metro Sports has won 20 Mid-American Emmy awards in a 6-year period from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. (2006).
- In the fall of 2006, Metro Sports published its first book, "More Than The Score: Kansas City Sports Memories", written by Matt Fulks, that chronicles the sports history of Kansas City.
- In January 2007, Metro Sports started Metro Sports Youth, which promotes youth sports in Kansas City.
- In fall of 2007 droves of viewers were let down as Metro Sports hyped the KU vs. MU basketball was gonna be replayed on Metro Sports. Game was hyped extensively, but Metro Sports, in what might be the biggest blunder in televison programming, forgot to get clearance from ESPNU for broadcast rights.
[edit] Regular shows
[edit] Special Events
- Kansas City Sports Commission Banquet
- Simone Awards
- Win for KC Banquet
[edit] Coverage Area
- Metro Sports is available throughout the greater Kansas City area on Time Warner Cable and Comcast. It's also available in Lawrence, KS on Sunflower Broadband. Metro Sports reaches over 400,000 subscribers — 305,000 through Time Warner, 80,000 from Comcast Corp, and 26,000 from Sunflower. (11/30/2007)
[edit] Executive Staff
- John Denison, General Manager/Executive Director
- Steve Kurtenbach, Executive Producer
- John Sprugel, Assistant General Manager
- Cheryl Graham, Business Manager
- Kathy Nelson, Promotions/Marketing Director
[edit] On-Air Staff
- Dave Stewart, Metro Sports Zone Anchor
- Leif Lisec, KCTV 5 Anchor/Metro Sports Talk Anchor
- Mick Shaffer, Sports Anchor/Reporter
- Brad Porter, Sports Anchor/Reporter, Host of Wizards Weekly
- Erin Bajackson, Anchor/Reporter
- Chris Gough, Reporter/Photographer, Host of Braggin' Rights, Host of Fantasy Huddle
- Erik Ashel, Anchor/Reporter
- Fred White, Sports Host/Reporter, Host of Royals Insider
- Kennetra Pulliams, Anchor/Reporter
[edit] Production Staff
- Gariet Hood, Remote Truck Engineer
- Corey Smith, Producer/Photographer
- Shawn Beldin, High School Roundup Producer
- Stephen Spiegel, Special Projects Producer
- Tamiko Bullock, Metro Sports Zone Producer
- Joe Novacek, Producer/Photographer
- Curtis Lorenz, Remote Production Producer
- Mike Neilson, Chief Master Control Operator
- Paul Bushur, Master Control Operator
- Dave Neilson, Master Control Operator, Co-Host of Fantasy Huddle
- Derek Kilgore, Graphics Designer
- Eva Smith, Staff Accountant
- Herbie Teope, Operations Supervisor, NFL Sports Reporter, Co-Host of Fantasy Huddle
- John Claybrook, Lead Director
- Kayla Manning, Producer/Director
- Randy Hampton, Chief Engineer
- Russ Gardner, Remote Truck Engineer
- Peter Buxton, Remote Truck Engineer
- Kevin Anez, Remote Truck Engineer
- Craig Bryant, Remote Truck Engineer
- Tony Jordan, Remote Production
- Marcia Williams, Producer
- Matt Schmidt, Director
- Dan McCaffrey, Director
- Natalie Moultrie, Metro Sports Youth Coordinator, Host of Metro Sports Youth Weekly
- Jin Kim, Special Projects Producer
- Charlie Parker, Production Assistant
- Abby Vowels, Travel Coordinator
- Jonathan Pope, Operations Assistant
- Tom McGannon, Production Assistant
[edit] Play by Play
[edit] Analyst
- Stan Weber, Football/Basketball Analyst
- Brian McRae, Baseball Analyst
- Richard Baldinger, Football Analyst
- J.C. Pearson, Football Analyst
- Matt Wheeler, High School Analyst
- Danan Hughes, Football Analyst
- Theotis Brown, Football Analyst
- Doug Elstun, Basketball Analyst
- Patti Phillips, Basketball Analyst
- Greg Gurley, Basketball Analyst
[edit] Metro Sports Alumni
- Neil Harwell, Former Metro Sports GM
- Duke Frye, Anchor (1996-2000)
- Danyelle Sargent, Anchor/Reporter (2002-2004)
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