On-Air

Certain things you expect to always see at high school sporting event in the Elmira Corning area. You know the teams will show up. There will be fans and officials, and perhaps most reliably of all, there will be Bob Michaels. Andrew Legare, Sports Editor for the Elmira Star Gazette wrote that of Bob Michaels during an in-depth article detailing a week in the life of "The Voice of the Twin Tiers".

Bob joined the Pembrook Pines Media Group in 1995, recruited to help establish a local sports identity for WELM-AM. Calling upon his experience with news and sports in West Palm Beach and Jacksonville, Florida, where he was also an independent reporter for Mutual Radio, NBC and ABC Sports, it didn't take long for Bob to establish WELM-AM 1410 as the number 1 sports radio station in the Twin Tiers. Sports fans in the Twin Tiers get their first serving of local and regional sports with Bob Michaels during the "Mike and Mike in the Morning" show with two updates each hour 6A-10A.

Bob has taken "The Games People Play" well beyond the box scores in Elmira-Corning. Beginning with the opening kick-off of high school football to the final horn at the state lacrosse championship, chances are you have heard this play by play. WELM has provided the type of radio that diehard fans have requested. It includes ESPN, New York Yankees, NFL, LPGA, and Motorsports, but, it is local coverage that serves as the main course, defining WELM'S status in the region.

High school football in the fall, basketball in the winter, lacrosse, baseball, and softball in the spring is the bread and butter ingredients for WELM'S success. Behind all that, Bob's passion, which includes Elmira College, men's and women's hockey, basketball and men's lacrosse. Add to the menu Mansfield University baseball. Bob has been the voice of Mountaineer baseball since 1999.

Bob Michael's dedication to his craft has not gone unnoticed by his peers, as the New York State Broadcasters Association recently accorded him its "Excellence in Broadcasting Award" (his third in the past five years).

Keeping up with his fast-paced approach to Twin Tiers sports coverage has become even easier for a world-wide audience of "Local Fans" now that WELM-AM is streaming games on the internet, Bob's motto... " as long as there is a game, you know we will be there".

The fastest-moving sports show anywhere, "Mike & Mike in the Morning" is taking America by storm!

Hosted by nine-year NFL veteran and former Notre Dame captain Mike Golic, and SportsCenter anchor Mike Greenberg, "Mike & Mike in the Morning" is a high-energy mix of sports news, analysis, fun, and interviews with the newsy, big-name athletes, coaches, analysts, and beyond (names like Elway, Gretzky, Sosa, Ripken, Staubach, Piazza... you get the idea!)

Mike Golic is the veteran among the two Mikes, having hosted the show since its premiere. Since then, the show has added over 210 affiliates coast-to-coast. Golic joined ESPN in 1995 as an NFL reporter/analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown, and in 1998 became an original analyst for NFL2Night, a position he still holds weekday evenings on ESPN2.

This football season, Mike is also found on the college gridiron, joining Dave Barnett and Bill Curry in the broadcast booth Saturdays on ESPN2.

Golic welcomed his partner, Mike Greenberg on December 30, 1999, as "Greeny" added radio duties to his schedule of anchoring ESPNEWS, ESPN's 24-hour sports news network, a job he has held since September 1996. Now, you can also catch him quite often on the 5:00 SportsCenter on weekday evenings. Prior to joining ESPN, Greenberg was a sports anchor/reporter for Chicago-area cable news network CLTV since April of 1995.

"Mike & Mike in the Morning" really hits its stride during football season, welcoming analysts like Chris Mortensen, John Clayton, Sean Salisbury, Mel Kiper, Jr., and Mark Schlereth to their regular stable of experts, along with contributions from ESPN Radio 1000's Harry Teinowitz of "McNeil, Jurko, and Harry" on Fridays at 7:48.

Listeners play a major part on the program, whether commenting on the news of the day or participating in features like the interactive "Bob Picozzi Did You Knowsie" featuring Update anchor Bob Picozzi, Tuesday's "Just Shut Up" Award, calling out the knuckleheads in the world of sports, or Mike & Mike's "Stone Cold Lead Pipe Locks" picking winners in the NFL every Friday. You can email the show at mikeandmike@espnradio.com, or call the show at 1-888-SAY-ESPN.

Start your day with "Mike & Mike in the Morning" weekdays from 5-9 a.m.... You'll be caught up and revved up for the rest of the day!

Colin Cowherd joined ESPN Radio March 29 as host of The Herd, which is on the air 9 a.m.- noon weekdays. The Herd features topical commentary on the day's most important sports news, perspective on the top stories, interviews with the biggest newsmakers, and entertaining daily segments including "Spanning the Globe" and "Rants of the Day."

Cowherd joins ESPN Radio from "The Fan" in Portland, Ore. where he hosted the popular three-hour morning-drive program The Herd. He also anchored weeknight sports and "Sports Sunday" for Northwest NewsChannel 8.

"Colin's rapidly paced unique style, candidly observant rants, overall sports knowledge and interview skills conjoin to provide a program that's both informative and entertaining," says ESPN Radio general Manager Bruce Gilbert. "Colin is a proven and successful radio talent with a terrific ratings track record, and we're excited about adding The Herd to the incomparable lineup on ESPN Radio."

Cowherd's experience includes serving as sports anchor at Tampa's WTVT-TV, where he received a local Sports Emmy for Buc Sunday, and as sports director at KVBC-TV in Las Vegas, where he was named Nevada's Sportscaster-of-the-Year five times. He began his career as play-by-play voice for the Pacific Coast League's Las Vegas Stars.

Erik Kuselias was the managing partner of Goldblatt, Kuselias & Rashba, P.C., prior to his work in radio. He has been inducted into the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame for his outstanding scholastic and athletic achievements.

Doug Gottlieb is co-host of ESPN Radio's GameNight. Before joining ESPN, Doug co-hosted a midday sports-talk show at ESPN Radio affiliate WWLS in Oklahoma City. Additionally he serves as analyst on ESPN and ESPN2 college basketball games.

Jason Smith is host of ESPN Radio’s AllNight program and represents Generation Next on ESPN Radio. Jason began his career with ESPN as a tv production assistant. After doing fill-ins for sports radio in LA, he returned to the radio world of ESPN and began filling in for various shows leading to his permanent placement on AllNight.