Play-by-Play Broadcaster

Play-by-Play Broadcaster Internship

Casper Spuds Baseball | Casper, Wyoming
Summer 2027 Internship | Play-by-Play · Sports Broadcasting · On-Air Talent · Sports Media · Digital Content

About the Casper Spuds

Thank you for your interest in joining the Casper Spuds Baseball organization!

The Casper Spuds are a minor league-style collegiate summer baseball organization based in Casper, Wyoming. We combine competitive collegiate baseball with the entertainment, promotions, community engagement, and fan experience of minor league baseball.

Our goal is to provide interns with meaningful, hands-on experience that prepares them to compete for future opportunities in collegiate and professional sports. Spuds interns aren't simply observing from the sidelines—they become an important part of our organization and help bring the Spuds experience to life throughout the season.

We are happy to work with students who wish to fulfill requirements for college internship credit when applicable. We are looking for creative, motivated individuals who are ready to learn, contribute, and become part of the Spuds team.

Position Overview

The Casper Spuds are seeking an energetic, knowledgeable, and engaging Play-by-Play Broadcaster Intern to serve as one of the voices of Spuds Baseball during the 2027 summer season.

This internship provides hands-on experience in live sports broadcasting, play-by-play, sports storytelling, interviewing, broadcast preparation, research, and digital sports media.

The Play-by-Play Broadcaster Intern will call live Casper Spuds games streamed on YouTube and other digital platforms, helping fans follow the action while bringing the personalities, stories, atmosphere, and energy of Spuds Baseball to viewers beyond the ballpark.

The role extends beyond simply describing what happens on the field. The broadcaster will research players and opponents, prepare game notes, communicate statistics and storylines, conduct interviews, incorporate sponsor elements, and collaborate with the Spuds production and media teams to create an engaging broadcast experience.

The ideal candidate understands that great play-by-play is a combination of accuracy, preparation, personality, storytelling, and knowing when to let the game speak for itself.

This is not a sit-on-the-sidelines summer internship! You'll be on the microphone, interviewing players and coaches, researching stories, working alongside a live production crew, and developing an on-air portfolio throughout the summer.

Key Responsibilities

Live Play-by-Play: Prepare and deliver live game-day play-by-play commentary for Casper Spuds baseball broadcasts.

Broadcast Preparation: Research the Casper Spuds and visiting teams prior to games, including players, coaches, statistics, standings, recent performances, roster changes, and relevant storylines.

Baseball Storytelling: Go beyond describing pitches and plays by incorporating player backgrounds, season storylines, baseball knowledge, and appropriate context that keeps viewers engaged throughout the game.

Game-Day Statistics: Access, organize, and communicate accurate game and season statistics for both teams throughout broadcasts.

Pregame Preparation: Develop game notes, talking points, statistical information, player information, and potential storylines prior to each broadcast.

Player & Coach Interviews: Conduct pregame, postgame, and feature interviews with Spuds players, coaches, and other appropriate guests.

Sponsor Integration: Collaborate with Spuds leadership and marketing personnel to appropriately incorporate sponsor mentions, partnership messages, promotional reads, and commercial elements into broadcasts.

Production Collaboration: Work closely with the Live Sports Production Director Intern and other members of the production team to coordinate the timing and flow of broadcasts.

Broadcast Cues: Respond appropriately to production cues for commercial breaks, sponsor elements, graphics, replays, interviews, promotional content, and other broadcast features.

Pregame & Postgame Content: Assist with the development and presentation of pregame, postgame, and other broadcast segments when appropriate.

On-Camera Content: Participate in on-camera introductions, interviews, features, promotional segments, and other Spuds media content as opportunities arise.

Highlight & Recap Content: Provide commentary, voiceover, interviews, or other broadcast elements that may be incorporated into highlights, game recaps, promotional videos, and social media content.

Broadcast Equipment: Assist with setup, testing, monitoring, and breakdown of microphones, headsets, computers, and other broadcasting equipment as appropriate.

Broadcast Quality: Maintain professional standards for accuracy, pronunciation, pacing, language, preparation, and on-air presentation.

Digital Media Collaboration: Work with the Sports Videography & Digital Content Production Intern and other Spuds media personnel to develop interviews, features, voiceovers, and original content outside of live broadcasts.

Game-Day Operations: Collaborate with Spuds staff and fellow interns to support game-day activities, promotions, special events, and the overall fan experience.

Team Operations: Summer baseball is a team effort. Interns may assist with additional team and organizational responsibilities as needed to help provide a positive, safe, and memorable experience for Spuds fans.

Working with the Spuds Production Team

The Play-by-Play Broadcaster Intern will be an important member of the Casper Spuds live production team.

During broadcasts, the broadcaster will work closely with the Live Sports Production Director Intern, who serves as the student production lead and helps coordinate cameras, graphics, replay, audio, sponsor elements, and the overall flow of the live production.

The broadcaster may also collaborate with:

• Live sports camera/video production personnel
• Graphics and replay personnel
• Sports Videography & Digital Content Production Interns
• Marketing and social media personnel
• Game-day entertainment personnel
• Spuds leadership

This collaborative structure allows the broadcaster to focus primarily on preparation, storytelling, interviewing, and delivering a strong on-air performance while gaining an understanding of how the entire live sports production comes together.

What You'll Learn

This internship is designed to provide real-world experience for students interested in careers in sports broadcasting, play-by-play, sports journalism, communications, digital media, or professional sports.

Throughout the summer, interns will have opportunities to develop skills in:

• Live baseball play-by-play
• Sports broadcasting
• Broadcast preparation and research
• Baseball statistics and game notes
• Sports storytelling
• On-air communication and delivery
• Live interviewing
• Player and coach interviews
• Pregame and postgame programming
• On-camera presentation
• Sponsor and commercial integration
• Working with a live production director
• Responding to production cues
• Broadcast pacing and timing
• Voiceover and recorded content
• Digital sports media
• Professional communication and collaboration
• Working in a fast-paced live sports environment

Most importantly, the broadcaster will have opportunities to develop a professional demo reel containing real-world play-by-play, interviews, on-camera appearances, and other broadcast work.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• Current enrollment in or recent completion of a college program in Broadcasting, Sports Media, Communications, Journalism, Digital Media, or a related field.
• Strong verbal communication and storytelling abilities.
• Confidence speaking live on camera and/or microphone.
• A working knowledge of baseball rules, terminology, statistics, and pace of play.
• Ability to describe live action clearly, accurately, and conversationally.
• Strong research and preparation skills.
• Ability to identify and develop compelling player and team storylines.
• Strong interviewing and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate statistics naturally without allowing numbers to overwhelm the broadcast.
• Ability to think quickly and adapt during a live production.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to receive and respond appropriately to direction from the production team.
• A positive, energetic, and professional attitude.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with team personnel and fellow interns.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule within our 2027 season
• Interest in pursuing a career in play-by-play, sports broadcasting, sports journalism, communications, digital media, or professional sports.

Experience with live broadcasting, streaming platforms, recording software, student media, or sports announcing is preferred but not required.

Applicants with previous play-by-play recordings, broadcast clips, podcasts, student media work, or other examples of on-air experience are strongly encouraged to include them with their application.

Internship Duration & Benefits

Internship Dates: Mid-May through the second week of August 2027

Location: Casper, Wyoming

Position Type: In-person summer internship

Summer Stipend Offered

Housing Provided during the internship.

Game Day Meal Provided

Additional benefits include:

• Extensive hands-on play-by-play experience
• Opportunities to serve as a voice of Spuds Baseball
• Experience broadcasting live collegiate summer baseball
• Opportunities to conduct player and coach interviews
• Experience working with a live sports production crew
• Opportunities to participate in on-camera and recorded media content
• Experience integrating sponsors and commercial elements into sports broadcasts
• Opportunities to build a professional broadcast demo reel
• Exposure to sports media, digital content, marketing, sponsorship activation, game-day entertainment, and baseball operations
• Opportunities to collaborate directly with team leadership, players, coaches, sponsors, and community partners
• Professional networking opportunities within the sports industry
• Résumé-building experience and professional references based on performance
• College internship credit may be available in coordination with the student's college or university

Why Intern with the Casper Spuds?

Calling a baseball game is about more than telling viewers whether the last pitch was a ball or a strike.

It's about helping someone who may be hundreds of miles away feel like they're at the ballpark.

As a Play-by-Play Broadcaster Intern, you'll have the opportunity to develop your own broadcasting style while learning how preparation, statistics, storytelling, interviews, production, and personality come together during a live baseball broadcast.

You'll spend a summer getting real repetitions behind the microphone while building relationships with players and coaches, working alongside a live production team, and developing material you can use to pursue your next opportunity in sports media.

If your goal is to someday call games professionally, work in sports broadcasting, become an on-air personality, or pursue a career in sports media, this internship gives you an opportunity to start building that résumé now.

Application Process

We are looking for applicants who are ready to prepare, tell stories, find their voice, and call Spuds Baseball.

Applicants should submit a résumé along with any available examples of previous play-by-play, broadcasting, podcasting, interviewing, on-camera work, or other relevant media experience.

A professional demo reel is not required. Class projects, student broadcasts, podcasts, personal projects, and other examples that demonstrate communication and storytelling ability are welcome.

We look forward to reviewing your application and introducing you to Spuds Baseball in Casper, Wyoming!

Find your voice. Tell the story. Call the game.

The Casper Spuds are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.