Cliff Saunders
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Cliff Saunders is an American
sports radio
personality based in St. Louis, Missouri
. Cliff is the co-host of the St. Louis Rams Post Game Show on 101 ESPN (the flagship station for the team). He also handles morning and mid-day updates on the ESPN Radio affiliated station.
and attended Buffalo State College
. After school he began working in sports talk radio as a producer and then host for WGR-AM in Buffalo, New York. He moved back to his hometown, where he was a stringer for the now defunct Sports Phone News Service.
While working at Sports Phone, he was hired as a weekend producer/board-operator/ production assistant at ESPN Radio. He moved up the ranks quickly, getting a job as producer for The Fabulous Sports Babe
show on ESPN
and then ABC
Radio. Following that stint, he moved on to Sporting News Radio
in Chicago
.
After being released by SNR, he obtained a job with WSSP
in Milwaukee, as a mid-day/ weekend host and the producer for former SNR colleague Peter Brown (who was doing 2-6p at the time). When Brown was released by the station in late 2006, Saunders' mid-day show was moved to afternoons.
In July 2007, Saunders was named host of Brewers
On-Deck, an expanded pre-game show that is airing on WSSP.
In September, 2008, Saunders reclaimed his old mid-morning spot on WSSP, but this time, as a solo host. The following month, Saunders was let go in a budgetary move and replaced by the nationally syndicated Dan Patrick Show.
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sports radio
Sports radio
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personality based in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. Cliff is the co-host of the St. Louis Rams Post Game Show on 101 ESPN (the flagship station for the team). He also handles morning and mid-day updates on the ESPN Radio affiliated station.
Biography
Saunders was born in New York CityNew York City
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and attended Buffalo State College
Buffalo State College
The State University of New York College at Buffalo, referred to as Buffalo State College, often referred to colloquially as Buff State, is a public, liberal arts college in Buffalo, New York, United States and is part of the State University of New York. Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the...
. After school he began working in sports talk radio as a producer and then host for WGR-AM in Buffalo, New York. He moved back to his hometown, where he was a stringer for the now defunct Sports Phone News Service.
While working at Sports Phone, he was hired as a weekend producer/board-operator/ production assistant at ESPN Radio. He moved up the ranks quickly, getting a job as producer for The Fabulous Sports Babe
The Fabulous Sports Babe
Nanci Donnellan, best known by her title of "The Fabulous Sports Babe," is an American sports radio broadcaster, currently broadcasting on WHBO in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. She is best known nationally for being syndicated across the United States on both ESPN Radio and ESPN2, from 1994 until 2001...
show on ESPN
ESPN
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and then ABC
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Radio. Following that stint, he moved on to Sporting News Radio
Sporting News Radio
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in Chicago
Chicago
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.
After being released by SNR, he obtained a job with WSSP
WSSP
WSSP is a Milwaukee-based sports talk station owned by Entercom.The station is the secondary home station for any play-by-play sports coverage on WTMJ-AM which conflicts with another event; for instance the Milwaukee Bucks air on WSSP if a Milwaukee Brewers game airs. If a Green Bay Packers game...
in Milwaukee, as a mid-day/ weekend host and the producer for former SNR colleague Peter Brown (who was doing 2-6p at the time). When Brown was released by the station in late 2006, Saunders' mid-day show was moved to afternoons.
In July 2007, Saunders was named host of Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
On-Deck, an expanded pre-game show that is airing on WSSP.
In September, 2008, Saunders reclaimed his old mid-morning spot on WSSP, but this time, as a solo host. The following month, Saunders was let go in a budgetary move and replaced by the nationally syndicated Dan Patrick Show.