Sports Queue is a sports podcast that highlights the latest news across all sports and provides breakdowns of upcoming sporting events around the world. Hosted by Jonathan Pupo, the podcast delivers helpful analysis and real time sports updates while engaging with the audience through a dedicated call-in segment where he takes calls from listeners about their sports opinions. This intro combines music, narration, and sound effects to give the audience an authentic and engaging sports broadcast atmosphere.
Audio Credits:
- “Sports News Music” by humanoide9000 (Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))
- “Crowd Cheer” by FoolBoyMedia (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0))
- “WALLA Ballpark Let’s Go Organ” by AshFox (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0))
- “Referee whistle blow, gymnasium.wav” by SpliceSound (CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0))
- Sports Queue Narration by Jonathan Pupo (Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))
Hi Jonathan! Firstly, I wanted to say that your image felt like one of Tim Green’s middle-grade sports books and pulled me in, even though I’m not a big sports fan. I also felt the high intensity of a sports broadcast in your intro music and narration. After your introduction, the “Let’s Go Organ” immediately made me feel like I was at a baseball game.
I think many sports fans would be interested in a recap show highlighting the biggest events in the sports world, running for an hour or so. Based on this short introduction, the main audience for this podcast would be die-hard sports fans, with a likely strong appeal to adult males. I’m not sure if your intent is to focus regionally or not, but that might be a way to break into the market, while expanding to the biggest sports news would widen the appeal for your audience.
I would recommend, rather than cutting the intro music completely during your voiceover, lowering it to a barely audible level to help drive the intensity of your narration. Additionally, I’m not sure if the whistle just before it cuts off is necessary. It was a bit jarring and felt almost like a sound effect gag.
Hi Jonathan!
I loved your choice of sounds! Similar to Kristi’s suggestion, I would recommend you fade the music so the transition into your narration is a bit smoother. The crowd cheering and clapping sounds were fantastic additions and it really makes it feel like the podcast was recorded live during a game. For these sounds I would recommended you make them a little louder so it sounds like a full room. Overall great choices