Scott Ferrall
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| Scott Ferrall | |
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| Born | July 29, 1965 Pittsburgh |
| Occupation | Radio Talk Show Host |
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| www.scottbeatstheman.com | |
Scott Ferrall (born July 29, 1965)[1] is an American sports talk radio personality who currently broadcasts for Sirius XM Radio on Howard 101. His voice is easily recognizable by his crackling.[2]
Ferrall's career began as a standard sports news reader on all-news KQV radio in his home town of Pittsburgh. When he left KQV, he drifted to Florida and found part-time radio work in the Tampa area. After a short stint with the Sports Entertainment Network (now Sporting News Radio), he became a sports host on Infinity Broadcasting sports talker WFAN-AM in New York City, and numerous other stations, including KLSX-FM in Los Angeles, KNBR-AM in San Francisco and WCNN-AM 680 The Fan in Atlanta, where his show centered on Atlanta and southeast sports.
Ferrall got a break on WNEW by befriending Opie and Anthony and ended up taking over The Sports Guys talk show on WNEW-FM mornings where it became Sports in the Morning with Ferrall. He was then fired from WNEW for supporting Opie and Anthony when they were pulled from the airwaves for their "Sex for Sam 3" bit. Following WNEW, Ferrall went to Miami and did mornings on Beasley Broadcasting sports station WQAM-AM (home of Neil Rogers), where his show got the station fined $55,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Scott currently hosts the evening show on HOWARD 101 on SiriusXM Radio. He has been on that channel since Howard Stern started at SiriusXM in 2005. source: www.siriusxm.com Ferrall was also the original radio play-by-play voice of the Atlanta Thrashers, but lasted only one season in that role.
Ferrall, along with Steve Albert, co-hosted the short-lived American Gladiators knock-off Battle Dome in 1999.
Ferrall voiced the in-game announcer for the Acclaim Sports video game Blast Lacrosse.
Ferrall also voiced a video game called "Vending Machine Champ" - a game by "Adult Swim Games" along with the iPhone commercials for the game.
Ferrall was a cohost on Mancow's Morning Madhouse for a period.
Ferrall, for a time before moving to Sirius, also did shows on weekends for Fox Sports Radio.
On March 27, 2006, Howard Stern announced that Ferrall had joined Howard 101 on Sirius. Ferrall is heard M-F evenings from 8pm-12am Eastern.
Ferrall appeared in the movies Redbelt and Big Fan.
Ferrall was the voice in the commercials for ABC's gameshow Downfall.
Ferrall was featured on the January 16, 2011 episode of CSI: Miami titled "Wheels Up". On the episode, he played the live trackside play-by-play announcer of a roller derby match.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2009-7-29&e=192&c=1
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (19 September 1995). "RADIO SPORTS; Rest Easy, Edward R. Murrow". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/19/sports/radio-sports-rest-easy-edward-r-murrow.html. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
[edit] External links
- Scott Beats The Man
- Scott Ferrall on SIRIUS web page
- "Church Of Ferrall" Ferrall Show/Fan Massage Bored
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- American sports radio personalities
- Radio personalities from Atlanta, Georgia
- Atlanta Thrashers broadcasters
- Radio personalities from Los Angeles, California
- Radio personalities from Miami, Florida
- National Hockey League broadcasters
- Radio personalities from New York City
- Radio personalities from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Radio personalities from San Francisco, California
- 1965 births
- Living people
