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Chris King
FromTalkin' Isles
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Greg and Cory are joined by Islanders radio play-by-play voice - and Greg's partner - Chris King on episode six. Kinger talks about becoming a fan in 1972 (2:30), sneaking into a game at Nassau Coliseum (14:30), getting into broadcasting (20:50), transitioning from software engineering to Isles radio (23:10), Kinger's radio influences (29:25), calling the bubble games remotely (32:55), looking forward to UBS Arena (40:15), calling games in empty buildings (41:50), the series clinchers at the Coliseum (44:30) and more.
Released:
Jun 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (62)
Shawn Bates: Talkin’ Isles catches up with Shawn Bates in episode two. Greg and Cory talk to Bates about the Lucky 7’s line with Mark Parrish and Michael Peca (4:00), winning a national championship at BU (6:20) and the Islanders emotional first home game after 9/11 (9:20). The guys take a deep dive on the 2002 playoff series against the Maple Leafs, from the physicality (14:30), to Bates’ penalty shot in Game 4 (16:35) and wrap up with Bates’ return to the Coliseum in the 2019 playoffs (25:55) and more. by Talkin' Isles