Sports

The Business of Hockey with Todd Frederickson

The puck drops for the second season of the AHL franchise hockey club, The Iowa Wild, in less than two weeks.  We invited the president of the club, Todd Frederickson, to join us for a conversation about the "back-story" of the business of hockey and then launched into a discussion of players, fans, branding and more.  Here is that conversation:Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines and is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

Fleet Feet Sports with Andy Roat

It's new and it's in the East Village. Andy Roat loves to run and share his passion with others so why not open a specialty sports store in a special part of the Metro and make it happen? Fleet Feet Sports opened its doors several weeks ago.  How does a small brick and mortar work, why this type of store and how to combat on-line shopping were some of the questions we asked. Here is our conversation.  Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

The Iowa Wild - More than Hockey

The Iowa Wild came to Des Moines about a year ago and Eric Grundfast the director of ticket sales came along...but from Rhode Island, not Houston. In the year since Eric has been in Des Moines he has overseen hundreds of events that have placed people in front of players, coaches and taken up several PR programs to boost the Iowa Wild brand. The second Iowa Wild season starts in just 92 days.  We talked about that and...more.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

Passionate Soccer Love with Tanya Keith!

To suggest that Tanya Keith likes soccer is a major understatement. Tanya is passionate about following the game and she's been to every World Cup since...maybe when the ball was invented? She's recently released her new book, Passionate Soccer Love a story about her travels to far flung areas of the world to watch "her sport".  Here is our conversation.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

Talking Sports Broadcasting with Larry Cotlar

He's been behind the microphone for over thirty years.  Larry Cotlar came by the studio to talk about the changes in the sports broadcasting business, The Donald Sterling fiasco, the best part of his job his work with Andy Fales, the sports scene in Des Moines and his new speaking business. Lots to cover with Larry and here is that conversation:Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

The Iowa Wild with Todd Fredrickson

With only a couple of games left in the Iowa Wild Hockey Team Season we invited the president of the club, Todd Fredrickson, back to the studio to talk about their first year in Des Moines.  Here we talk about the club, the fans, the advance ticket sales for next year and the challenges the club faced in year one.  Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more fun, here is our Facebook Page.

Jack Lashier and the Iowa Hall of Pride - 30 January 2014

The Iowa Hall of Pride is an amazing facility dedicated to the success of student athletes from Iowa High Schools. Jack Lashier is the fuel that drives the excitement of this nine year old destination site that inspires kids and adults.  We talked about that and much more.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines. 

Tony Atzeni and Sports Spotlight - 22 Jan 2014

Our friend Tony Atzeni from Sports Spotlight came by to talk up Iowa High School Sports as well as share some of the "back-story" to the business side of broadcasting information and plays from every sport in the state.  River to river and boarder to boarder people keep up with their local sports via The Sports Spotlight through broadcasting and a very robust website and Tony shares why.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  For photos and some of our "back-story" here is our Facebook Page and for you to connect with us before, during and after our broadcast day head over to Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and we'll be there.Thanks for listening!

Insight on Business 27 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  Each day we bring the the Metro the business news of the day along with stock reports, an agricultural report and interviews with business and community leaders. Our published podcasts contain the interviews.On the News Hour broadcast today we had the Superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools, Tom Ahart in to talk about reading and match scores, the graduation rate, No Child Left Behind, the barriers teachers often have and many more topics.  Tom Ahart in Studio.We next visited with Carl Voss and Tim Lane of the Des Moines Bicycle Collective about an event going on this weekend called Open Streets and why you should be interested.We wrapped up the interviews with a conversation with our friend Paul Yeager who you may know from Iowa Public Television but he is also the play-by-play voice of the Dowling Catholic Schools and games you can watch on the web.If you have a story for us send it along IoBNewsroom at gmail dot com and our Twitter Feed is IoB_NewsHour.

Insight on Business 23 September 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday starting at 5PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. It is the only hour long business news broadcast in the region.  We focus on local news and interviews with business news-makers.  You can follow us on Facebook or on Twitter.  Today, along with the local business news we had these interviews:We spoke with Mark Pierce the stadium announcer for the Iowa Cubs and newly tapped arena announcer for the Iowa Wild hockey team.  Good stuff from Mark. Then we visited with Scott Casber the arena voice of the Iowa Barnstormers and the Iowa Energy.  He is also Mr.Wrestling and we talked about the recent Olympic decision regarding the sport.In the second half hour Tim Clark from the Amish Haus was in to talk about small business tips and his experience of opening a business during the recession.   Loads of stuff from Tim...We cut out the news of the day...because that was...yesterday.  Thank you for listening and if you have a business news story for us send it along to IoBNewsroom@gmail.com.