Stan Savran

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Stan Savran (born Stanley G. Savransky in Cleveland, OH [1] is a Pittsburgh-based sports media personality. His fans coined the catchphrase "Stan, Guy, love the show". He has earned praise for his kindness to callers and his knowledge of Pittsburgh sports.

[edit] Current work

He is most well known for his time on Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh, where he co-hosted a talk show with Guy Junker, "Stan Savran and Guy Junker on Sportsbeat"[2] which spawned the phrase "Stan and Guy, love the show". He is now the host of "Savran on SportsBeat", shown weeknights from 6:30-7:30 pm on Fox Sports Pittsburgh. Savran has been working for Fox Sports Pittsburgh since 1991, when it known as KBL.

Since 2001, he can be heard 3-6pm weekdays on Fox Sports Radio 970, WBGG (AM). His radio show was cancelled on July 7, 2006; due to changing styles in radio.

Stan can now be heard on ESPN Radio 1250AM WEAE, formerly WTAE Radio, as a fill in talk show host and will be on the Pittsburgh Steelers post game show with Mark Madden this season. Considering that Stan Savran and Mark Madden are about as opposite as any two people can be and had a on-going feud when Stan had his own show on Fox Sports Radio 970. Theirs should be an interesting teaming.

[edit] Career history

Savran worked at a number of radio jobs after graduating from Ohio University (Ohio).^{[citation needed]} His stops included Columbus, Lawton, OK and Orlando, FL, where he called play-by-play in the World Football League in 1974-75.^{[citation needed]} Savran came to Pittsburgh in January of 1976 by responding to a "blind" ad for a radio sportscaster in the classified section of Broadcasting magazine.^{[citation needed]}

His first on-air job in Pittsburgh was at for WWSW. When WWSW changed formats in 1979, he moved to KQV.

From 1981-1991, he was an everyday sports reporter, both from the news desk and on location, for WTAE-TV. He also hosted an 8-9 pm talk show on WTAE Radio, now WEAE. Savran earned such praise for his patience, knowledge, and style that a local newspaper columnist retrospectively referred to the pairing of that show and Myron Cope's show in the 6-8 pm timeslot as "the Golden Era of Pittsburgh sports talk." Savran left for KBL/Fox Sports Net after a dispute with management.

From 2000-2004, he wrote weekly sports columns for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the largest newspaper in Pittsburgh.

Savran was a sports anchor for WTAE-TV and WPGH-TV, both in Pittsburgh. He also hosted intermission segments on Pittsburgh Penguins broadcasts when the games were on WPGH.