Doug Brooker, Ken Kraft, Doug Wren, Tim Johnson on Saturdays Takedown Radio

Posted on | December 8, 2011 | No Comments

Fight Now TV Presents Takedown Wrestling from the Brute studios in Des Moines, Iowa at 1460 KXNO. Takedown Wrestling is brought to you by Kemin Agrifoods!

Join Scott Casber, Jeff Murphy, Steve Foster, Chad Kriz, Ryan Freeman and Brad Johnson with the Takedown Wrestling Headline News this Saturday from 9 to 11 AM CST/ 10 AM to 12 Noon Eastern.

This week we take a behind the scenes look at wrestling and sports on television with Doug Brooker. One of the most prolific wrestling and sports producers of our time,  Brookers resume includes our sports biggest events and some of its most intimate moments. Doug is slated as the World Feed producer for the 2012 Olympics. We’ll look for answers on what the networks look for from sport, how best to showcase wrestling to an audience and what it’ll take to get more wrestling on TV.

Brooker’s hand selected expert guests are broken down in to 2 Groups, they include:

9:01                    The Brooker Group 1- 

                            Doug Wren: Television Director – Tulsa, Oklahoma

President,Wren Productions Winnercomm the largest

packager of programming for ESPN, Executive Producer and Executive Vice President

discuss producing and directing roles, differences between covering sports,

Olympics (network vs. world feed)

Janice Devine: TV Graphics Designer & Graphics Operator – Chicago, Illinois

6 Seasons – NFL on CBS, Super Bowl – 1992, 2004, 2005, 2006,  1999

SporTVision (originator of the “1^st and 10 yellow line” )

1996 Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA

1988 Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea (Closing Ceremonies and “Late Night with

Bob Costas Show”)

   Vic Thomas: Television Audio – San Jose, California

                            Atlanta: Atlanta Olympic Broadcasting  Sidney: Sidney Olympic

Broadcasting  Athens: NBC

9:26                     Takedown Wrestling Headline News with Brad Johnson  (5 Mins)

Continue  with Group 1 Panel of Guests

9:40                    Jeff Murphy- Kemin’s Top 20 Report

9:50                    Ty Barkley  Max Muscle Sports Nutrition Update

10:01                  The Brooker Group 2-

                            Doug Wren: Television Director – Tulsa, Oklahoma

President,Wren Productions Winnercomm the largest

packager of programming for ESPN, Executive Producer and 

Executive Vice President

                           Carol Peterson: Television Camera Operator – Lake Tahoe, Nevada

                           ESPN: 15 years -college football and  basketball, WNBA: 7 years

    American La Mans car series and Nascar Truck series –

Tim Johnson: Television Play by Play Announcer – Champaign, Illinois   wrestling play by play announcer for over 250 events, including: Big Ten Network for 5 years,  ESPN for 5 years, Iowa Public Television for 26 years, BTN/IPTV/ESPN Coverage, BTN’s upcoming coverage of Midlands 

                          Vic Thomas: Television Audio – San Jose, California

                          Atlanta: Atlanta Olympic Broadcasting  Sidney: Sidney Olympic

Broadcasting  Athens: NBC

                          Olaf Bahr- OLYMPIC BROADCASTING
                          VIDEO EDITOR – EVS (Sydney 2000, Utah 2002, Greece 2004, Beijing 2008,

Vancouver 2010) TRAIL BLAZERS INC, PORTLAND, OR (Oct 1994 to current)
VIDEO EDITOR – EVS Real-time editing, slow-motion replay, generating and

delivering sponsored content. ESPN, Bristol, CT (Mar 2000 to current)

10:26                  Continue  with Group 1 Panel of Guests

10:40                  Ken Kraft on the 49th Edition of the Ken Kraft Midlands Tournament at Northwestern  

10:50                  Amy Ruble   Wildrose Casino and Resort Report

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