The Sport Buffet

The Sport Buffet is a regional radio show originating out of Orlando, Florida. It began in 2007 as a Saturday morning show on Orlando's ESPN WHOO. It has since played on St. Augustine's ESPN WAOC, Pensacola's Sports leader WTKE, Clemson's Sports Leader WCCP-FM, and inexplicably Live 101.9 WBGE. Throughout its duration, it has been hosted by Matt West. Matt's style is very socratic. He commonly states, "let's look at this from a global perspective." While seemingly knowledgable AbOUT many sports, he is best when he is trying to relate some sports activity to every day life. He doesn't talk a lot about his personal life, but he speaks glowingly about his wife. He also has a son and two daughters. His eating prowess has been the subject of many segments over many months of the show.

Other Voices on the Air

In the early days, when it was on WHOO, it was produced by Ryan Bonifant. He was also a regular contributer. Later, Ballpark Frank produced the show and spoke when asked a direct question. Since then, there has been a female producer who only speaks during the Sampler Platter. On some weeks, there has been a "Producer for the Day" who also speaks sparingly.

In terms of a co-host, Steve "DIVA" Chapman and David "Tex" Poston have both served as co-host with regularity. The two of them have rarely been on together, but when they were, some of the most memorable moments of the show have occured. Each co-host has a nemesis. Tex's nemisis is "Dimarco" and the DIVA's nemesis is "Bishop Felipe". Each nemesis had a turn co-hosting the show. In addition to these nemesis, Steve Atwater, Mac Rogers, Marc Ryan, and Bret Brilliante have co-hosted once or twice.

The DIVA came within a 9-iron of being a professional golfer. He was a semi-pro level basketball player. He commonly laughs at Matt's jokes, even when they aren't funny. He also has invited at least 5-6 callers and emailers to join them in the studio. Tex commonly uses the bathroom during the show and, apparently, always wears cologne. He gives out pictures of himself for winning a contest. He claims to have dated an underwear model and be an ambidexturous tennis player.

The show solicits calls and emails. With the exception of several calls during football season, the show gets a large amount of email and not as many phone calls. Whenever a new station is added, Matt signifies this by calling Coach Atwater. Coach Atwater has never appeared except on these initial shows.

Segments

• Every week, Matt does a Sampler Platter, which is where he does a fast-paced briefing on a variety of sports topics, in the first segment.
• Until February 2009, Tex did a segment called the Wisdom of Tex, where he would give his take on 3-4 issues. When he served as a co-host, this segment was often skipped.
• Until April 2009, Tex also had a mid-month hit list, which once a month, he asked several boneheads "What were you Thinking?"
• Through the Summer of 2008, there was a music contest, where the listeners got to choose a "theme song" for the DIVA. It is believed that this contest is where Steve became known as the DIVA.
• During Football season, Steve Chapman conducts a segment called "The DIVA's Fantasy of the Week" where he gives Fantasy Football advice.

"Experts" who come on frequently

• Steve Atwater-Scout and Farm League Coach
• Chuck Waltz-Golf Expert
• Mac Rogers-NHL Expert
• Josh Allen-MLB Expert, Baseball Historian
• Lou DiPietro-NFL draft
• Jason Lucas-Arena Football
• Bradley Warren-College Football
• Justin Barney-NBA, College Basketball
• Billy Osborn-NASCAR, other auto sports
• Greg Batten-Outdoors, pop culture
• The Goober Brothers-NHL Expert (former)
• Jorge Caravia-NFL draft expert (former)

External Links

http://www.TheSportBuffet.com - The show's official website

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