{"id":31,"date":"2024-01-15T22:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T22:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2024-09-21T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T19:49:57","slug":"our-hosts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Our Hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top boxshadow\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d62c12c0aba211c7c52d77b822f8de0\">Scott Casber<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01c18bab56345f3befdfb49e0f0dead9\">Casber, who founded USA Takedown Radio six years ago, remains one of wrestling&#8217;s greatest promoters and most colorful personalities. He generously gives his time, money, and energy &#8212; all for the betterment of the sport. He also has a huge heart when it comes to helping people who are less fortunate. Among his many awards Casber was named Wrestling Broadcaster of the Year in 2023 by The National Wrestling Media Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-daaaf7cf9d64b7fc63d1c129feef4bb5\">USA Takedown Radio can be heard every Saturday morning from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon CST on the combined signals of 106.3FM and 1460AM KXNO (Iowa), on the I Heart App\/ USA Takedown and I Heart App\/KXNO. Fox Sports Radio. It can also be heard live (or archived) on the Internet at USATakedownradio.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scotty_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scotty_cropped.jpg 533w, https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/scotty_cropped-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top boxshadow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jeff_radiojpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jeff_radiojpg.jpg 578w, https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Jeff_radiojpg-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-07b82a73f346400eb31d44bdcbf54fdc\">Jeff Murphy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-298a0f8301c29ece2e5e2eda3b8d747b\">Jeff has been involved in high school and college wrestling his entire life, beginning as a wrestler and a fan.&nbsp; Jeff graduated from Iowa State University and then served 13 years on the board of directors of the Cyclone Wrestling Club.&nbsp; He has spent the past 21 years on radio as a co-host, analyst and play by play announcer for college and international wrestling.&nbsp; Jeff retired in 2022 as the Senior Vice President of the Commercial Division at Kemin Industries.&nbsp; In addition to enjoying all things with college wrestling, Jeff spends this time as the owner of 4011 Consulting and the Cedarwood Cattle Company, and volunteers with several youth organizations including 4-H and the Iowa 4-H Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile boxshadow\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Harvey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael grew up in the south and as been a huge sports fan. As a blind man, wrestling was the sport that allowed him to compete against everyone. Nashville was his first adult home.  He built a club program at Middle Tennessee State that is still thriving. He started working with Jeff and Scott in 2017, and states that he &#8220;is blessed to still be able to cover this sport that I have loved my entire life.&#8221;  Michael works in sales during the week, and states that he is   &#8220;extremely fortunate&#8221; to be a part of USA Takedown every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/michael.jpg 601w, https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/michael-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Casber Casber, who founded USA Takedown Radio six years ago, remains one of wrestling&#8217;s greatest promoters and most colorful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatakedown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}