Stan Savran
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Stan Savran (born Stanley G. Savransky in Cleveland, OH [1] is a Pittsburgh-based sports media personality. His fans coined the catchphrase "Stan, Guy, love the show". He has earned praise for his kindness to callers and his knowledge of Pittsburgh sports.
[edit] Current work
He is most well known for his time on Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh, where he co-hosted a talk show with Guy Junker, "Stan Savran and Guy Junker on Sportsbeat"[2] which spawned the phrase "Stan and Guy, love the show" with their favorite guest...Anthony of the Northside. He is now the host of "Savran on Sportsbeat", shown weeknights from 6:30-7:30 pm on Fox Sports Pittsburgh. Savran has been working for Fox Sports Pittsburgh since 1991, when it was known as KBL.
Savran on Sportsbeat has a regular run of guests, including Mr. Monday Night, Former Steelers tackle Tunch Ilkin, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Mike White on high school sports, Steelers tackle Max Starks, fantasy football expert Duane "the Brain" Cahill and football handicapper Baywood Bernie.
From 2001 to 2006, Savran was heard 3-6pm weekdays on Fox Sports Radio 970, WBGG (AM). His radio show was cancelled on July 7, 2006; due to changing styles in radio.
Stan can now be heard on ESPN Radio 1250AM WEAE, formerly WTAE Radio, as a fill in talk show host and will be on the Pittsburgh Steelers post game show with Mark Madden, a former rival, this season.
[edit] Career history
Savran worked at a number of radio jobs after graduating from Miami University (Ohio).[citation needed] His stops included Columbus, Lawton, OK and Orlando, FL, where he called play-by-play in the World Football League in 1974-75.[citation needed] Savran came to Pittsburgh in January of 1976 by responding to a "blind" ad for a radio sportscaster in the classified section of Broadcasting magazine.[citation needed]
His first on-air job in Pittsburgh was at for WWSW. When WWSW changed formats in 1979, he moved to KQV.
From 1981-1991, he was an everyday sports reporter, both from the news desk and on location, for WTAE-TV. He also hosted an 8-9 pm talk show on WTAE Radio, now WEAE. Savran earned such praise for his patience, knowledge, and style that a local newspaper columnist retrospectively referred to the pairing of that show and Myron Cope's show in the 6-8 pm timeslot as "the Golden Era of Pittsburgh sports talk." Savran left for KBL/Fox Sports Net after a dispute with management.
From 2000-2004, he wrote weekly sports columns for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the largest newspaper in Pittsburgh.
Savran was a sports anchor for WTAE-TV and WPGH-TV, both in Pittsburgh. He also hosted intermission segments on Pittsburgh Penguins broadcasts when the games were on WPGH.
