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Cowherd grew up in Grayland,
Washington, attended Eastern Washington
University and began his career as the
play-by-play voice for the Pacific Coast
League's Las Vegas Stars. He eventually
became a sports director at KVBC-TV in
Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was named
Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five
times. He also served as sports anchor
at WTVT-TV in Tampa, Florida. He moved
to Portland, Oregon, in 1996, where he
spent nearly two years at KGW Northwest
News Channel 8, working as a sports
anchor and hosting the 30-minute 'A
guy's take on baseball' program. In 2001
The Herd moved from an afternoon
time slot on all-sports radio KFXX to
the morning drive time.
ESPN
Radio
In 2003, Cowherd was selected to
replace Tony Kornheiser for the late
morning time slot (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
(EST) on ESPN Radio.
His show, The Herd with Colin
Cowherd is a syndicated talk radio
show broadcast on ESPN Radio affiliates
throughout the U.S. and online at
ESPNRadio.com. The show features
commentary on the day's sports news,
perspective on other news stories, and
interviews with popular analysts and
sports figures. Demographics and
regional preferences are frequent topics
of his program. The majority of his
conversations center around primarily
NFL and college football with mentions
of recent topics from MLB and NBA. He
also has a featured segment, Spanning
the Globe, during Sunday morning's
Sports Center special edition. Colin was
also mentioned as a possible candidate
to replace the departing Dan Patrick at
ESPN Radio before it was announced that
Mike Tirico and Scott Van Pelt would
take over the 1-4 PM EST time slot.
Awards
Sports
Illustrated's 2005
Radio Personality of the year.
Nevada's Sportscaster of the
Year five times, as voted by the
National Sportscasters and
Sportswriters Association.
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