Episode #438
Ep. 438 (8/12/26): Special Guest - Jon Meterparel, Renowned Sports Broadcaster for ESPN and WEEI
In this episode, Joey has the honor and privilege of being joined by a former professor of his at Boston College and a sports broadcasting icon, Jon Meterparel! Meterparel has had an illustrious career in sports, from his time as an on-air host at WEEI and a broadcaster for ESPN, all the way to serving as the play-by-play voice on WEEI for BC football since 2005. At the start of the episode, Meterparel details where his love for sports began (1:18) and how he has balanced broadcasting many different leagues and sports, from the Boston Red Sox, all the way to the New England Revolution and the Massachusetts Pirates (3:08). Then, Meterparel talks about his experience teaching courses at Boston College and Lasell University (6:40), what the most gratifying point of his career has been thus far (12:23), and what the transition was like to being a news anchor for ABC6 in Providence, Rhode Island (14:06). After that, they transition into discussing Meterparel’s role as he enters his 22nd season as the play-by-play voice of BC football (18:00), from his favorite part of the job (18:24) to the best stadiums he has visited (20:46). Meterparel outlines his favorite season and favorite plays that he has called up to this point (23:50). Then, Joey points out some of his favorite radio calls from Meterparel over the last two decades (28:23) and asks Meterparel where his “Take a Bow!” catchphrase originated from (32:04). Next, Meterparel chats about his role working with BC football head coach Bill O’Brien on the “The Bill O’Brien Podcast with Jon Meterparel” for the last few years (35:53) and gives a brief look into his other podcast, “Marchand and Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media” (39:16). Joey highlights the Chris Kowalski episode as his favorite from “The Bill O’Brien Podcast with Jon Meterparel” (41:51-46:41). Joey and Meterparel recommend all listeners to tune in to that episode through this link to hear about Kowalski’s strength and toughness: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gWT1qnaPwuTP7jXCJn6oU?si=AwtceaIoQc-pPC-X6RwJlw . To close the episode, Meterparel shares his thoughts on the Red Sox four-game losing streak (46:42), the Adley Rutschman trade (49:08), the Boston Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia (51:41), and his Mount Rushmore of Boston athletes (55:06). Be sure to tune in to “The Bill O’Brien Podcast with Jon Meterparel” through this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/2tArIUHjE3zq3CI4Pubgw4?si=810f2fd407ed4aca . You can check out the “Marchand and Meterparel: Everybody Loves Sports Media” podcast at https://www.andrewmarchand.com/ .
