Shrine
Scott Kaplan
From a camp kicker nobody was supposed to remember, to the other half of the morning.
01 · 1993
Training camp
An aspiring free-agent kicker in Chargers camp. Billy Ray is already done playing and starting a television career. They meet. BR does not talk to kickers.
02 · Miami
The syndicated show
A nationally syndicated morning show inside the CBS family, before the whole operation is moved to New York.
03 · New York
The plan that broke
The expectation was that the show would eventually replace Howard on CBS Radio mornings. Ego and personal issues around the show ended that.
04 · The call
Rick Scott, from Seattle
Super Bowl week. Raymond James Stadium. A consultant tells Kaplan that XTRA Sports 690 wants a morning host, and that half the show is already hired.
05 · Carney
Polar opposites
John Carney tells Scott that he and Billy Ray are nothing alike, and that they will be great together. Scott pursues it.
06 · Wednesday
Fast Car
Audition week. A Daytona 500 they do not care about. Guitar, a Tracy Chapman impression, and a hit show.