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The Daily OrangeSU students channel passion for NY Rangers into podcast
By Kevin Baumer
Posted: 9/23/08, 12:43 AM EST Section: Feature
Broadcast journalism majors Steve Gelbs and Eric Rothman have taken their career paths into their own hands.
Gelbs, a senior, and Rothman, a junior, co-host a New York Rangers blog site - nyrangerscast.com - and a biweekly podcast of the same name.
The site began in the summer of 2006, when Gelbs got a call from one of his friends who had been hired by the New York Sportscast Network. Gelbs' friend was covering the New York Mets for the New York area network, but told Gelbs the company hadn't yet found anyone to cover the Rangers beat.
Gelbs, whose father was the Rangers' team physical therapist for nine years, is a lifelong Rangers fan and quickly jumped at the opportunity. He called his good friend Rothman, who was a relatively new fan. The two then set to work to record a sample tape, and soon after they were sent contracts.
The original contracts required them to produce eight podcasts and four blogs a month, but due to the growing demand for current content, they now blog almost every day.
Gelbs is the self-proclaimed "hockey guy" on the show. Of the two, he knows the game inside and out best.
"It's kind of sad but this team is my life," he said.
While Gelbs knows the history of the game and can provide more actual hockey knowledge, Rothman adds comic relief and generally lightens the mood of the show.
Rothman took a very different path on his way to becoming one of the show's hosts. In fact, he didn't even follow the team until Thanksgiving break in 2006, when Gelbs took him to a game.
"I'd be the first to admit I'm not the most knowledgeable hockey fan, but I'd say I'm better than your casual fan," he said.
Rothman and Gelbs do not use scripts, but they have no problem keeping the conversation moving.
"We have no problem with chemistry," Gelbs said.
Gelbs used any means he could to spread the show's name, posting repeated links on hockey message boards, sending emails to other Rangers bloggers and trying to contact anyone who might be able to help provide links to the site.
Gelbs, a senior, and Rothman, a junior, co-host a New York Rangers blog site - nyrangerscast.com - and a biweekly podcast of the same name.
The site began in the summer of 2006, when Gelbs got a call from one of his friends who had been hired by the New York Sportscast Network. Gelbs' friend was covering the New York Mets for the New York area network, but told Gelbs the company hadn't yet found anyone to cover the Rangers beat.
Gelbs, whose father was the Rangers' team physical therapist for nine years, is a lifelong Rangers fan and quickly jumped at the opportunity. He called his good friend Rothman, who was a relatively new fan. The two then set to work to record a sample tape, and soon after they were sent contracts.
The original contracts required them to produce eight podcasts and four blogs a month, but due to the growing demand for current content, they now blog almost every day.
Gelbs is the self-proclaimed "hockey guy" on the show. Of the two, he knows the game inside and out best.
"It's kind of sad but this team is my life," he said.
While Gelbs knows the history of the game and can provide more actual hockey knowledge, Rothman adds comic relief and generally lightens the mood of the show.
Rothman took a very different path on his way to becoming one of the show's hosts. In fact, he didn't even follow the team until Thanksgiving break in 2006, when Gelbs took him to a game.
"I'd be the first to admit I'm not the most knowledgeable hockey fan, but I'd say I'm better than your casual fan," he said.
Rothman and Gelbs do not use scripts, but they have no problem keeping the conversation moving.
"We have no problem with chemistry," Gelbs said.
Gelbs used any means he could to spread the show's name, posting repeated links on hockey message boards, sending emails to other Rangers bloggers and trying to contact anyone who might be able to help provide links to the site.
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Vicki
posted 9/24/08 @ 11:36 AM EST
have any girls seen steve around campus? i think he is a total cutie
Vicki
posted 9/24/08 @ 11:37 AM EST
have any girls seen steve around campus? i think he is a total hottie
Jen
posted 9/24/08 @ 6:15 PM EST
yeah he's in newhouse, maybe one of the most underrated good looking guys on campus
Rachel
posted 9/24/08 @ 6:20 PM EST
ya
Mike T.
posted 9/24/08 @ 6:21 PM EST
yeah gelbs!!! lets go rangers
Emily
posted 9/24/08 @ 7:30 PM EST
Whats all this talk about steve, we all know eric is the hottie of the two. GO ERIC!!
Meredith
posted 9/24/08 @ 8:39 PM EST
wow this is hysterical. Steve, you know I love ya, but I gotta side with Eric on this one.
Richard
posted 9/24/08 @ 10:52 PM EST
Wow, who knew you guys were such ladies men? Haha, now can we get a new podcast up already? Jeez. And from that one picture on the site, I guess I gotta go with Eric
Kim
posted 9/25/08 @ 3:21 PM EST
Eric all the way baby. I think he's turning 21 this weekend!!!
Lauren
posted 9/25/08 @ 5:00 PM EST
I think they're both really cute. I'll give Steve the slight edge though.
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