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Matt

Castillo

Radio Host/ Sports Reporter
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About Me

About Me

I am a graduate from the University of South Carolina Upstate. I received a bachelors degree in Communications. I have worked as an on-camera video reporter for Greer Today. I covered local interest stories and high school football games.

 

I am currently working for Fox Sports Radio where I am the host of the Saturday Sports Report, which is on Saturday mornings from 7-10 a.m. To listen to the radio show you can tune in on 1400 am and 98.3 fm or you can listen anywhere on the Fox Sports 1400 app.

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I also freelance as a Play-by-Play and Color Commentary  for  ESPN+ for Women's Presbyterian Basketball and sometimes Softball.

 

Skills

Hosting Shows 

Producing Shows

Reporting and Interviewing

Sales

Video and Audio Editing

Play-by-Play Man

Color Commentary

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Education

Education

Spartanburg Methodist College

2012-2014

Graduated with Associate Degree in Arts. Academically recognized by making the Dean’s list.

University of South Carolina Upstate

2014-2016

Graduated with Bachelor’s Degree in Arts. (Mass Communications) Academically recognized by
making the Dean’s list.

Work Experience

Fox Sports Radio Spartanburg

October 2017-Present

-With Fox Sports Radio I am the morning co-host and producer of Bump and Run, which is every weekday from 7-9 a.m. I am also a producer and co-host of our high school's specialty shows such as The Friday Night Tailgate show and Victory formation., which is every Friday during the high school football season. The Tailgate show is a pre-game show for all games in the Spartanburg area from 5-6:30 p.m. Victory Formation is the post-game show for all games in the area from 10 p.m. until Midnight. During the HS basketball season, I produce and co-host the specialty shows. The Friday Night Tip-off show, which is a recap of early games in the week and preview of the games on Friday night. I also co-host the post-game show. I conduct interviews, where I edit audio content. I have experience running the board for our local programming. I also do Play-by-Play and Color Commentary for the Big South Network for Presbyterian College Basketball, Baseball and Softball. Other Responsibilities would be managing social media accounts, record promo's and commercials. I also work in the sales selling advertisement for the station.

Elite Sports NY 

December 2016-Present

Internet sports writer covering my assigned teams. Reporting pregame insights, post-game summations and feature articles on relevant and insightful sports issues. Also contributing to the video section of the site. I also co-host a weekly podcast called the Knicks State of Mind Podcast. Please refer to: www.elitesportsny.com

(Click the links of the underlined words to see videos and my bio from the site)

Greer Today 

June 2016-October 2017

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With Greer Today after interning, I was asked to stay with Greer Today as a freelance multi-media journalist where I covered sports, local news events, and special interest stories. I acted as a producer, a scriptwriter, and a video editor. I also contributed to the company’s social media pages. I promoted stories, provided updates on live events, such as live-tweeting sporting events and hosted a halftime show on social media.
 

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