Oscar Sanchez is Director of Broadcast Operations for CONCACAF and helps people navigate the broadcast industry with his posts on LinkedIn. Topics of discussion are how people who work in sports broadcasting should understand every position to help them be better, how artificial intelligence will affect broadcasting and the characteristics he looks for when hiring personnel. He is also the creator of "The Ministry of Broadcasting," a weekly newsletter talking about sports broadcasting.
LOG:
00:00 - Heirloom Travel & Adventure Promo
00:41 - Episode Introduction
02:35 - How Oscar Sanchez describes the sports broadcasting industry.
04:25 - How Oscar got into sports television.
07:24 - How he worked in all aspects of television but had more control working behind the scenes.
09:09 - Making the jump to sports from news and entertainment.
11:50 - What his role is at CONCACAF.
14:12 - How people working in sports television should understand all positions.
16:50 - Where the idea of sharing broadcast advice on LinkedIn came from.
18:52 - What feedback Oscar gets on his LinkedIn posts.
22:45 - How Oscar views people who take initiative to create their own content.
26:30 - Where he gets ideas for his posts and what value he’s providing.
28:54 - Oscar’s thoughts on artificial intelligence and how it will affect broadcasting in the future.
31:05 - What some of the marquee events Oscar has worked on.
35:12 - The difference of producing sports broadcasting internationally versus the United States.
38:15 - What broadcast sports position Oscar feels deserves more recognition.
41:00 - What characteristics Oscar looks for when hiring personnel.
44:12 - What “The Ministry of Broadcasting” is about and what Oscar is trying to build from it.
47:15 - Where people can find out more about The Ministry of Broadcastong (oscarsanchez.us)
47:50 - What the most memorable event Oscar has worked on.
48:52 - What the best professional advice Oscar has received in his career.
50:25 - If Oscar has exprienced people who are good networkers or struggle with networking.
52:20 - What Oscar’s favorite sports movie is.
53:48 - What his most cherished or memorable credential or event he’s worked on.
57:30 - Episode wrap.
oscarsanchez.us
The Ministry of Broadcasting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscarsanchezrivera/