The Pulse (radio)
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| The Pulse | |
| Genre | Sports talk |
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| Running time | 3 hours |
| Country |  USA |
| Home station | ESPN Radio (2006-) |
| Starring | Doug Gottlieb |
| Air dates | November 13, 2006 to Present |
| Website The Pulse |
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The Pulse is a weekday sports talk and debate radio show on ESPN Radio, that airs Monday-Friday from 7pm ET for three hours till 10pm ET. Since debuting on November 13, 2006, the host of the program has been hosted by former Oklahoma State Cowboys guard and current ESPN college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb along with ESPN Radio SportsCenter update anchor, Jon Stashower.
The debuting of The Pulse, caused a major shake up in the ESPN Radio lineup, which included moving "GameNight" later in the night (From the 7pm-1am timeslot to 10pm to 2am slot) and cutting an hour of "AllNight with Jason Smith."
Since joining ESPN Radio in September 2003, Gottlieb had co-hosted GameNight along with personalities such as Chuck Wilson, Jeff Rickard, John Seibel and Freddie Coleman. Due to Gottlieb's extensive work for ESPN's college basketball coverage, the primary fill-in host for the program is Andy Gresh.
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[edit] Design
The design of The Pulse has been very caller friendly with many segments and features containing calls and e-mails from listeners. Gottlieb, with his unique opinions, often includes pop culture and personal commentaries in the show. Like GameNight, The Pulse features a segment called the Scoreboard Update every ten minutes with Jon Stashower, who delivers the most up-to-date scores from games across the country. So far, weekly guests on the program have appeared as well as special guests daily.
[edit] Segments
- Friend of Doug: Also known as "FOD", this segment appears almost every show, when Doug is joined by one of his "friends" on ESPN. Some of them include:
- The Pulse of America: In this segment, Gottlieb is joined by sports writers and broadcasters to report on the news from their respective cities.
- Stark Raving Doug: This is when Gottlieb performs his rant of the day.
- The Three: This segment appears at the end of each program, when Doug runs down the three things that the listeners need to remember from the days show.
- What Does America Think?: Gottlieb poses questions to the listeners to give them a chance to participate on the program.
