Hello from BK

Hello, Blue Jackets fans, it's Brian from Blue Jackets Racket. I am excited to start this blog with you and I hope you enjoy what you read here. When I heard that we were going to start up a sports talk station at our school, the Ohio Center for Broadcasting, I was rather excited, because sports broadcasting has become my dream career.

Our instructor nominated me to become host of the show because I am an intern for the Columbus Blue Jackets. I gladly accepted and asked Tony and Jeff to join me. Shortly after, Sam sat in and loved the show so much that he left his other show to be a part of Blue Jackets Racket. Muhammad started calling in and eventually just sat in with us to become a solid and unique part of our show. A couple of months later, we had a re-sign up for the show and Ralph, Adam, and Stu joined the show. A couple of months after that, Jessica came while on a tour as an interested prospective student and blew me away with her knowledge of the team.

So that is our team as of right now. We have a couple more people coming shortly, I believe, but in my mind, thanks to the people we have on the show currently, we are the best show on ScoreOnAir.com. In fact, on Monday, March 2, 2009, Blue Jackets Racket will signal the start of the official re-launch of ScoreOnAir.com, where it will finally become the 24-hour station it was meant to be.

I wanted everyone to know that I am very excited to lead this great group of people through the playoff run our boys on ice are going for. I believe we have a very good team, and if they play consistent hockey from here on out, we will claim the playoffs for the first time in our franchise history. And Blue Jackets Racket will be there for the duration of that run, where we will bring you inside information from my time as intern and from people inside and outside of the organization whose job is centered around the Blue Jackets.

Speaking of which, Mike Todd, arena host for the Blue Jackets, will start off our show with a bang as he will be calling in to our show during the second and third segments tomorrow. I am really excited to talk to him as he brings a great enthusiasm to Nationwide Arena. Mike will be the fifth person we have been privileged to talk to who has special access to the Blue Jackets. We have talked to Doug and Kyle from ShakeTheCurse.com and Tom Reed and Aaron Portzline, beat writers for the Columbus Dispatch.

Just between you and me, I hope to get George Matthews and Bill Davidge, radio broadcasters for the Wheeling Island Hotel Casino Blue Jackets Radio Network, as well as Bill Clement and John Buccigross from ESPN, and finally Jakub Voracek and the captain of the Blue Jackets, Rick Nash before the season is over. But we shall see.

So again, I am really excited to see our show blossom as we go live and I want to thank everyone reading this for listening to our show. Please tell your friends and family to listen to the best Blue Jackets coverage anywhere. Until next time, peace.

BK