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The Doug Gottlieb Show is a weekday sports talk and debate radio show on ESPN Radio
, that airs Monday-Friday from 4pm ET
for three hours till 7pm ET. It replaced SportsNation on ESPN Radio and Gottlieb's former show, The Pulse. Since debuting on November 13, 2006, the host of the program has been hosted by former Oklahoma State Cowboys
guard and current ESPN
college basketball
analyst Doug Gottlieb
along with ESPN Radio SportsCenter
update anchor, Jon Stashower. Stashower was the SportsCenter anchor for the show in the 8pm-11pm slot until 2008, when he was moved to the afternoon spot allowing anchors Marc Kestecher and Neil Jackson to split the time between 8pm–11pm. He rejoined the show on February 2, 2009 when it was moved to its earlier slot.
The debuting of The Doug Gottlieb Show, caused a major shake up in the ESPN Radio lineup, as SportsNation on ESPN Radio was dropped completely from the airwaves and The Brian Kenny Show was created to take up the later slot, from 8pm-10pm.
Since joining ESPN Radio in September 2003, Gottlieb had co-hosted GameNight along with personalities such as Chuck Wilson, Jeff Rickard
, John Seibel
and Freddie Coleman. Due to Gottlieb's extensive work for ESPN's college basketball coverage, the primary fill-in host for the program during the evening was Andy Gresh
but since Gresh's departure from ESPN Radio, Jason Smith is the regular substitute for Gottlieb.
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio is an American sports radio network. It was launched on January 1, 1992 under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN." ESPN Radio is located at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut...
, that airs Monday-Friday from 4pm ET
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
for three hours till 7pm ET. It replaced SportsNation on ESPN Radio and Gottlieb's former show, The Pulse. Since debuting on November 13, 2006, the host of the program has been hosted by former Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Oklahoma State Cowboys are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. Their mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big 12 Conference's South Division. The university's current athletic director is Mike Holder...
guard and current ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
college basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
analyst Doug Gottlieb
Doug Gottlieb
Douglas Michael Gottlieb is a former NCAA collegiate basketball player for the University of Notre Dame and Oklahoma State University, and the Russian Basketball Super League...
along with ESPN Radio SportsCenter
ESPN Radio SportsCenter
ESPN Radio SportsCenter has sports updates two or three times an hour during key time slots, usually by separate anchors. Weekdays from 6am to 4pm Eastern, there are two updates an hour, at the top of the hour and 30 minutes past...
update anchor, Jon Stashower. Stashower was the SportsCenter anchor for the show in the 8pm-11pm slot until 2008, when he was moved to the afternoon spot allowing anchors Marc Kestecher and Neil Jackson to split the time between 8pm–11pm. He rejoined the show on February 2, 2009 when it was moved to its earlier slot.
The debuting of The Doug Gottlieb Show, caused a major shake up in the ESPN Radio lineup, as SportsNation on ESPN Radio was dropped completely from the airwaves and The Brian Kenny Show was created to take up the later slot, from 8pm-10pm.
Since joining ESPN Radio in September 2003, Gottlieb had co-hosted GameNight along with personalities such as Chuck Wilson, Jeff Rickard
Jeff Rickard
Jeff Rickard was the television host of Out of Bounds for the CN8 cable channel. Both the show and Rickard were nominated for Emmy Awards in 2008. He previously worked as sports talk radio host on ESPN Radio's GameNight. He joined ESPN Radio in February, 2006 after working at Sporting News Radio...
, John Seibel
John Seibel
John Seibel is an American broadcaster. He is currently the host of KDKA's afternoon drive show Seibel, Starkey and Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 93.7 The Fan from 2-6 PM.-Before Seibel and Starkey :...
and Freddie Coleman. Due to Gottlieb's extensive work for ESPN's college basketball coverage, the primary fill-in host for the program during the evening was Andy Gresh
Andy Gresh
Andy Gresh is an American sports broadcaster. He is a national and New England media personality and college football color analyst. He is host of The Gresh Show heard on Sirius XM satellite radio Monday-Friday 8 p.m.–1 a.m. He has also been seen doing work for SportsNet New York in New York City....
but since Gresh's departure from ESPN Radio, Jason Smith is the regular substitute for Gottlieb.
Design
The design of The Doug Gottlieb Show has been very caller friendly with many segments and features containing calls and e-mails from listeners. Gottlieb, with his unique opinions, often includes pop culture and personal commentaries in the show. The move to the earlier slot replaced the GameNight and The Pulse segment called the Scoreboard Update every ten minutes, where the SportsCenter anchor would deliver the most up-to-date scores from games across the country. So far, weekly guests on the program have appeared as well as special guests daily.Segments
- Friend of Doug: Also known as "FOD", this segment appears almost every show, when Doug is joined by one of his "friends" on ESPN. Some of them include:
- Josh ElliottJosh ElliottJosh Elliott is a television journalist who is the news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America. Previously, he was co-anchor for the live telecast of ESPN's SportsCenter from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET with Hannah Storm or Sage Steele...
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- Colin CowherdColin CowherdColin Murray Cowherd is an American sports radio personality. He is currently the host of The Herd with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio and ESPNews. He is also the co-host of the television show SportsNation on ESPN2.-Career:...
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- Stark Raving Doug: This is when Gottlieb performs his rant of the day.
- The Three: This segment appears at the end of each program, when Doug runs down the three things that the listeners need to remember from the days show.
- What Does America Think?: Gottlieb poses questions to the listeners to give them a chance to participate on the program.