World Soccer Daily
World Soccer Daily is a sports radio talk show hosted by Steven Cohen and Howard Rogers. From Los Angeles, California. The show airs live each weekday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific time, and is available via podcast.
The hosts discuss a broad range of topics related to soccer, mostly current events. The show is a "caller-driven" show, and rarely follows any fixed program. However, the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, the English national team are the most discussed topics.
History of the show
In 2002, Steven Cohen and Nick Geber founded Soccer Weekly,. Inc., with Cohen acting as CEO and Geber as President. The two began hosting World Soccer Weekly on Fox Sports Radio in Los Angeles, California. The show is now known as World Soccer Daily And Co-founder Nick Geber no longer hosts the show full time as he did for six years. Howard Rogers has since replaced Geber as a full time host.
On February 26, 2007, it was announced on air that sometime in April 2007 Geber would be leaving the show in order to pursue other projects, including an expanded format for his current Bluff Magazine poker radio program. He will instead become the first option fill-in host, while Howard Rogers (the previous first option fill-in host) will be taking over Nick's duties as full time co-host. Geber remains a partner in the company that owns the radio program.
In March 2007 Cohen and Geber were featured in FourFourTwo, a British football magazine. They were also in the Australian and American EDition. The radio show is the top soccer related show in North America, and at one point were within the top 10 most popular sports podcasts on iTunes.
Show personnel
- Steven Cohen - Full time host and founder of Soccer Weekly,. Inc.
- Howard Rogers - Full time host
- Kenny Hassan - Part time host (Tuesdays and Fridays)
- Adam Sedie - Producer
In addition to the show's regular staff and hosts, a number of guests often make appearances as fill-in hosts for Cohen and Rogers. These guests include former full-time World Soccer Daily host Nick Geber, ESPN's Georgie Bingham, and Fox Soccer Channel's Nick Webster.
Controversies
The show's hosts are frequent critics of Major League Soccer, USA international midfielder Landon Donovan (whom they typically refer to as "Landycakes" or "Primadonovan"), and ESPN's lead announcer for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Dave O'Brien.
The shows hosts also harbor a dislike for Liverpool Football Club (because of their perceived favourable bias by the English media, referees, football association) and will take every opportunity to ridicule or criticise the team, the players or their supporters.
See also
- Sirius Satellite Radio
- Fox Football Fone-in