Ted Sarandis
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Ted Sarandis is a sports radio personality in Boston. Sarandis, who lives in Winthrop, is best remembered for being the host of the Ted Nation show that was broadcast from 7 PM to midnight weekdays on Boston sports radio station WEEI from 1995 until September 2005.[1]
During his tenure on WEEI, Sarandis was the leading advocate for college sports in the Boston area. Ted's program, heard weeknights from 7 to midnight was consistently rated number 1 in that time slot for men ages 25-54 according to the Arbitron ratings book Boston edition. Sarandis still acts as the play-by-play announcer for Boston College men's basketball on WEEI, a position he has held since 1995.[2] His former time slot at WEEI has been taken over by Mike Adams with the Planet Mikey show.
Sarandis currently hosts the Al Skinner Show. The half hour program about Boston College basketball is taped before a live audience at the Metropolitan Club in Chestnut Hill and aired each Thursday on WEEI during the college basketball season.[3]
Sarandis has also done college basketball play-by-play for Boston University, Harvard University, Northeastern University and Holy Cross College. Additionally he has done play-by-play for the Boston Celtics, Harvard University hockey and the Beanpot Hockey Tournament on radio, and the ECAC Basketball Game of the Week, Boston University basketball and Lowell Lock Monsters hockey on television.
[edit] Trivia
I have a question, why did Ted get let go from WEEI, he seemed cool, thanks?!!
- Ted is a graduate of Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.
- Ted is a member of the Civil Air Patrol and Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
- The 'Ted Nation' show name was allegedly coined by Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, a takeoff on Red Sox Nation.
- Sarandis is a member of the Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), and has spoken at many departure and welcome home ceremonies for Guard and Reserve units from Massachusetts that have deployed to the Southwest Asia.
- In May 2003, Sarandis was suspended by WEEI for two weeks after he left the studio 20 minutes early and broadcast a taped version of a previous show.[4]
- In April 2006, Sarandis was among a group of 50 business, civic, organizational and academic leaders that participated in a Joint Civilian Orientation Conference in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Along with briefings by military leaders, they took part in training on how to conduct road maneuvers and confront improvised explosive devices. This is the same training give to soldiers prior to deploying to Iraq. They also flew aboard and observed operations on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.[1]
- In May 2006 Sarandis announced that he planned to run as an independent for a position on the Massachusetts Governor's Council against incumbent Democrat Michael Callahan. The Governors Council is an elected board that oversees and approves gubernatorial appointments such as judges. His platform calls for term limits for judges and stopping the practice of potential judicial candidates donating money to political campaigns.[5] In the four person race, Sarandis came in last with approximately 8% of the vote; far behind Callahan who received 64% of the votes cast.[6]
- Ted's typical reaction to any positive happening on court for the Boston College basketball team is a very emphatic "WOW" and Ted ends a BC victory with "The Horn Sounds this one is over, and Boston College has won WOW!"[7][8]
- In October 2006, Serandis co-hosted the New Sports Huddle show on WTKK with Sean McDonough, filling in for a vacationing Eddie Andelman.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Griffith, Bill (2005-10-01). Sarandis out as host of 'Nation'. Boston Globe. Retrieved on October 6, 2006.
- ^ Molori, John (2005-10-04). [http:http://www.theremyreport.com/remy/featuredArticleActions.do?method=getFeaturedArticleByID&aid=696 MEDIA BLITZ]. The Remy Report. Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
- ^ "Al Skinner Show Invites Live Audience", Boston College, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (2003-05-19). Sarandis suspended. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved on September 5, 2006.
- ^ "Ted Sarandis Runs For Governor's Council", CBS4, 2006-05-31. Retrieved on September 5, 2006.
- ^ "Mass. Governor's Council races", Boston Globe, 2006-11-08. Retrieved on November 8, 2006.
- ^ "Like Ted Sarandis, all I can say is WOW!", Boston Sports Media Watch, 2003-05-11. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
- ^ "Twilight star", Boston Globe, 2005-05-13. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
- ^ "Fox believes the numbers add up", Boston Globe, 2006-10-20. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.