KENT PAVELKA first started broadcasting Huskerssports in 1974, three years out of Journalism school at Nebraska. He worked with legends Lyell Bremser and Jack Payne. He was the third voice in the football booth and the play-by-play voice of men’s basketball and then ascendedto the football play-by-play role in 1984. He’s had ups and downs, highs and lows, but along the way he has broadcast well over a thousand men’s basketball games, and still waiting for an NCAA tournament win. He has a special familyconnection to one of the great Willa Cather books. We talk about these things and more. Recorded October 8, 2025
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JOHN BISHOP 1620 The Zone and Creighton PxP
JOHN BISHOP has been the co-host of the radio show Unsportsmanlike Conduct at 1620 The Zone in Omaha since 2012. The show is heard 2-6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. He and Josh Peterson have been co-hosts since 2014. John is also the long-time radio voice of Creighton Universitymen’s basketball and baseball. He’s a graduate of the journalism and broadcast program at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln. Bishop was a play-by-play announcer and radio host at KLIN in Lincoln for nearly 20 years. We talkhere about the value of radio today, preparing for the show, the role of podcasting, the approaches to doing the show, the audience, and much more.Recorded September 24, 2025
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VICTOR ROJAS Hastings College baseball coach and former Angels announcer and ESPN college baseball
VICTOR ROJAS spent nearly two decades as thetelevision voice of the Los Angeles Angels. He’s been in baseball for much of his adult life; he also worked at the MLB Network and spent two years as the General Manager of the Double-A team the Frisco Roughriders in Frisco, Texas. He is now the new baseball coach at Hastings College, in Hasting, Nebraska. We talk about the transition to college coaching; also, his life in baseball as the son of former big leaguer Cookie Rojas; coaching his son, his Cuban heritage, his work at ESPN (which will continue) and much more. Recorded September 19, 2025
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JEFF SHELDON & LINCOLN ARNEAL, "Volleyball State' Podcast Hosts
JEFF SHELDON and LINCOLN ARNEAL are the hosts and producers of the podcast Volleyball State, focused on Nebraska volleyball. It’s part of the I-80 Club team of podcasts. They are veterans of covering volleyball for the Omaha World Herald, and now write as well for Husker Max, an online site focused on Nebraska sports. They talk here about putting the podcast together; about the importance of volleyball in the state; about their history as reporters; and much more. Recorded September 3, 2025
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JOHN BAYLOR, Voice of Huskers Volleyball and owner, On to College
JOHN BAYLOR first called Huskers volleyball on theradio in 1994. He is now is in his 32nd year calling those games. He was on the mic for five national championships and is now working with his third coach. He talks about the first coach Terry Pettit and his contributions to the program; also, he talks about calling games in his unique style; about working with former coach John Cook's daughter Lauren and her unique style; and about his ‘real job’ as owner of On to College, and much more. Recorded August 28, 2025
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