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Podcast: Last Word On Sports Media Podcast
Episode: Bret Beherns Sports Direcotr WCIA-TV Champaign, IL Conversation | Sports Media Watch
Description: From our latest show, T.J. and Jon have a great conversation with Bret Beherns, Sports Director of WCIA-TV CBS 3, in Champaign, IL. Bret has been the sports director of that station since 2015 and discusses the philosophy and challenges of doing smaller market local sports in the 2020s. However, just as big is Bret's personal story of triumph over a near death work accident as a college student in 2006. Bret was hospitalized in the ICU for 13 days and treated for two total months with doctors and staff saving his life from his injuries. Bret's challenges would...