- The Pulse (radio)
Infobox Radio Show
show_name=The Pulse
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format =Sports talk
runtime = 3 hours
starring =Doug Gottlieb
country = flagicon|United States USA
home_station =ESPN Radio (2006-)
first_aired =November 13 ,2006
last_aired = Present
website = [http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=thepulse The Pulse]"The Pulse" is a weekday sports talk and debate radio show on
ESPN Radio , that airs Monday-Friday from 7pm ET for three hours till 10pm ET. Since debuting onNovember 13 ,2006 , the host of the program has been hosted by formerOklahoma State Cowboys guard and currentESPN college basketball analystDoug Gottlieb along with "ESPN Radio SportsCenter " update anchor,Jon Stashower .The debuting of "The Pulse", caused a major shake up in the ESPN Radio lineup, which included moving "
GameNight " later in the night (From the 7pm-1am timeslot to 10pm to 2am slot) and cutting an hour of "AllNight with Jason Smith ."Since joining ESPN Radio in
September 2003 , Gottlieb had co-hosted "GameNight" along with personalities such asChuck Wilson ,Jeff Rickard ,John Seibel andFreddie Coleman . Due to Gottlieb's extensive work for ESPN's college basketball coverage, the primary fill-in host for the program isAndy Gresh .Design
The design of "The Pulse" 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. Like "GameNight", "The Pulse" features a segment called the "Scoreboard Update" every ten minutes with Jon Stashower, who delivers 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.
egments
*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 Elliott ofESPNEWS and "SportsCenter " :*Dan LeBatard of "The Miami Herald " :*Colin Cowherd of "The Herd"
*The Pulse of America: In this segment, Gottlieb is joined by sports writers and broadcasters to report on the news from their respective cities.
*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.References
* [http://media.espn.com/ESPNToday/index.jsp?content=thisweek-midweek.htm#11 ESPN This Week: "“THE PULSE” WITH DOUG GOTTLIEB JOINS ESPN RADIO LINEUP"]
External links
* [http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=thepulse "The Pulse" show page]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/index ESPN Radio official website]
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