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Scott Ferrall | |
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| Born | (1965-07-29)July 29, 1965 (age 60) Mt. Lebanon,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupations | Radio personality, sports commentator |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Parent | Father: Thomas C. FerrallMother: Elsie Ferrall |
| Career | |
| Show | Scott Ferrall: Coast to Coast |
| Station | SportsGrid |
| Show | In-Game Live |
| Station | SportsGrid |
| Previous show(s) | The Sports Guys,Sports in the Morning with Ferrall,Howard 101 “Ferrall on the BenchCBS Sports Radio |
Scott Ferrall (born July 29, 1965)[1] is an Americansports talk radio personality who hosts two shows on theSportsGrid video streaming service, Scott Ferrall: Coast to Coast and In-Game Live.[2]
Scott's father Thomas C. Ferrall was a former radio personality at KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri and was the youngest ever television anchorman at ABC affiliate KMBC in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ferrall's voice has been described as extremely raspy or gravelly. He describes himself as "gnarly, irritating, annoying, old leather".[3][4]
Ferrall attendedMount Lebanon High School[5] and went toIndiana University.[6]
His career began as a standard sports news reader on all-newsKQV radio in his home town ofPittsburgh. When he left KQV, he drifted to Florida and found part-time radio work in the Tampa area. After a short stint with the Sports Entertainment Network (nowSB Nation Radio), he became a sports host onInfinity Broadcasting sports talkerWFAN inNew York City, and numerous other stations, includingKLSX inLos Angeles,KNBR inSan Francisco andWCNN in Atlanta.
Ferrall got a break onWNEW-FM by befriendingOpie and Anthony and ended up taking overThe Sports Guys talk show on WNEW-FM mornings where it becameSports in the Morning with Ferrall. He was then fired from WNEW for supportingOpie andAnthony when they were pulled from the airwaves for their "Sex for Sam 3" bit. Following WNEW, Ferrall went toMiami and did mornings on Beasley Broadcasting sports stationWQAM (home ofNeil Rogers), where his show got the station fined$55,000 by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC).
Following his exit at WQAM, Ferrall took the midday slot at the newly created Real Radio WMAX-FM (nowWRDG) 105.3 Atlanta in January 2004. His stint at "Atlanta's only FM talk station" only lasted until September 2004 when the station flipped to a Latin format.
For a time before moving to Sirius, Ferrall did radio shows on weekends forFox Sports Radio. On February 9, 2006,Howard Stern announced that Ferrall had joinedHoward 101 on Sirius. Stern said that he originally hired Ferrall because he felt he was a great radio talent that had been treated poorly by the industry.[citation needed] Scott's joining Howard 101 led to a feud with former friendsOpie and Anthony, after Ferrall badmouthed them on his website. This bad blood resulted in Opie and Anthony's fans, 'The Pests' successfully hijacking Scott's radio show with prank calls for nearly two weeks. Ferrall's show aired weekdays from 8:00 pm to midnightEastern. On October 1, 2012, Ferrall announced that he would be starting on the CBS Sports Radio Network[7] on January 2, 2013. The next day, Stern played some "best-of" clips of Ferrall and said he "would be missed" and was a "great guy".[citation needed]
Ferrall was featured in the 10p.m.-2a.m. weekday slot atCBS Sports Radio since the network went to full 24/7 broadcasting in 2013. His radio programFerrall on the Bench, featured his entertaining style combining the sports news of the day with his outspoken opinions. His last broadcast at CBS was January 7, 2020.
A few days after leaving CBS Sports Radio, Ferrall announced he was joining SportsGrid, a sports betting video streaming service, to do two weekday shows, beginning January 29, 2020.Scott Ferrall: Coast to Coast (4-6pm ET) features live pre-game wagering odds, moneylines and statistics - along with Ferrall's betting strategies.In-Game Live (7-9pm) features in-game betting action.[8] Ferrall's programs are also simulcast onSportsMap Radio Network.
