That was the first game I ever called with Mark and Bob. If, after reading this, they get on the air and talk smack about how I tried to take too many charges in a pickup game, they are probably right. Jeff 'Skin' Wade is known for Shithouse (2020), Bastards of Soul: Just a Little Bit (2020) and Bastards of Soul: It's Gonna Be Alright. Initial reading: 39.87. Quite frankly, theres not that many people in D-FW media that know [basketball] as well as I know it and have the access that I have. It was an honor to be asked and I did a couple gigs with them and it was a blast. My parents have always had my back in all my weird endeavors and he worked with my schedule so that I could chase a radio gig. Former Mavericks great Derek Harper is back for his 11th full season on the telecast as the team's TV analyst, while Jeff "Skin" Wade enters his 13th season as an analyst. Thats not an exaggeration. The 2006 Finals run was huge for our profile because there was such a big tune-in. On this week's episode, Skin and Bobby are joined [] If I hadnt had the blood test for my heart, I wouldnt have known. Theres a couple good ones. Krystina was then hired on as a phone screener for the Lex & Terry morning show while continuing to work weekends at KSCS and promotions at the Ticket on the side. He then worked for nearly a decade selling TV advertising for CBS, where he won DFWs prestigious AWRT Award of Excellence for being the very best at his craft in his industry. Then, of course, they went on to win the championship. The 40-year-old former professional basketball player's daughter - who came out as trans back in 2019 at the age of 12 - is now legally named Zaya Malachi Airamis Wade. I grew up going to basketball games with my dad. We just sort of ended up doing radio because thats where the river took us. Ben and I used to rap at parties when we were in high school. With all that going for him, it is not surprising that he deserves a few beers. So when we were talking to program directors and different people, he would just call me "Skin." Also, if you have a family history of genes that increase the risk of breast cancer (BRCA1 or BRCA2) or a very strong family history of breast cancer, your risk of prostate cancer may be higher. Dudeseriously? I got to know his wife, I got to know his -- I dont want to say handler -- but the person that handled all his charitable efforts and social media stuff. Its not a very dignifying thing for men to do, and that was the thing with my dad, he said. Bally Sports Southwest's comprehensive coverage includes Mavs Live pregame and postgame shows, as well as a bi-weekly Mavericks Insider show. I think Cuban's an outside-the-box thinker. Tom Ford. I couldnt even come up with my favorite James Brown or De La Soul song. Skin's been with the Mavericks since the middle of the 2008-09 season after owner Mark . After getting a degree, she worked any job in radio possible. I truly believe they dont win a championship without that moment. Some people might believe this, but most certainly do not. If he helps even just one man get an early detection of prostate cancer, his story here will have been worth it. Then after three years there, our original boss at the Fan, Gavin Spittle, returned to the station and in 2013 gave us a chance to get it right this time. Because thats their full-time job, but they know that I can hold my own and they know that I have a pretty good understanding of the league and salaries, front-office approaches and those kinds of things. A lot of you have hit me up the last 6 months with tons of support and positivity and it all meant a great deal to me. Wade had an operation in 2008 to repair a faulty heart valve, which he'd been born with. Like. Theres old recordings of us just on old audio cassette. I distinctly remember our post game hit. 750 North St.Paul St. Wade had an operation in 2008 to repair a faulty heart valve, which hed been born with. Its not that hes a bad guy or whatever, he just had a different vision. That was almost eight years ago. Wade underwent surgery for that Thursday at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. It is amazing that he his the level of player that he is and has maintained the caliber of person that he is. Great dude and brilliant player. He felt like I had the unique combination of what he was looking for. In the open of the new show, called 'The Downbeat', Rhyner described his brief retirement and a conversation with Ben Rodgers and Jeff "Skin" Wade about a return to the airwaves after filling . I had actually partnered up with this guy that now lives in San Antonio, named Ruben Ayala. Quite frankly, when we came from The Fan, those guys were apprehensive about us. One thing youll see is he is, for people that work for the team, hes one of the all-time favorite people. But other types are aggressive and can spread quickly. But we really wanted a chance to get on the Ticket. It was tangential. When Jeff "Skin" Wade met Ben Rogers at 12 years old, hosting a sports talk radio show wasn't what they dreamed of doing. Lucky for me Mark Followill and Bob Ortegel are great broadcasters so they made it work. An opportunity came up for him to be in front of the camera and he got me into the mix. But The Fan has worked out fantastic, we love the people there. 8@8; Advertise; Agents; Alumni. Derek Holland is an amazing dude. Wade: Working in the front office of a NBA team. I liked ESPN. Thanks for carrying me around like a giant backpack all these years pic.twitter.com/cIYFb8Gw5T. Actually, youll probably find this amusing, my hero was this guy Jan Hubbard, who was the Dallas Mavericks beat writer. At first, I think there were a lot of people who were like, "What the [expletive] is this crap?" August 5, 2015 / 11:45 AM I got that nickname as a junior in high school, short for skinny. Weve done a bunch of different crap together, but we always seem to figure out ways to make it work for us and really the vast majority of that is because Bens, lets just say marketing and business instincts, always figures out a way to make stuff happen. My original Big Steve. Jeff "Skin" Wade, co-host of the "Ben and Skin" show on KRLD/105.3 FM "The Fan," tells a story about the advantages of having a sports-talk show on the Dallas Cowboys' flagship station. Tyson Chandler shoving his close friend and brother Chris Paul into the scorers table in the final home game against the Hornets right before the playoffs started in 2011. We caught up with Wade recently to talk about his time in a hip-hop group, why he and Ben decided to leave ESPN and more. Like cat-small. They brought in a new boss with whom we shared a mutual dislike. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alex S. 469-393-0165alex@dallassidekicks.org. in Radio/TV/Film from the University of North Texas. But everyone that we worked with, we liked. From there ESPN-FM 103.3 came calling. I appear to not be aging particularly well. Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. We used to battle them, screw these guys." After all, he has been a doctor for the better part of a decade and is well suited for that sort of thing. As for something more hobby like, I used to collect records cuz Im pretty nerdy. Get to know local radio host Jean-Jacques Taylor, including time he rode Jerry Jones' limo, fight with Dez, Get to know local radio host Donovan Lewis, the one-time 'yuk monkey' who did this when a stranger called him fat, The Ticket's Norm Hitzges dishes on pioneering sports radio, his weirdest guests, and Don Nelson's awkward on-air moment, G-Bag Nation general Gavin Dawson shares the show's origin story, why Herschel Walker's the perfect guest, and looks back at the Dale Hansen beef, Get to know ESPN Dallas radio host Will Chambers, including the 'now or never' moment that revived his career, Jeff 'Skin' Wade dishes on his hip-hop background, why he left ESPN Radio and how he got his nickname, The Fan's Ben Rogers dishes on the Ben & Skin bromance and the six-figure sacrifice he made to follow his dream, ESPN 103.3's Steve Dennis on his criticisms of Tony Romo, the chance Terrell Owens never got in Dallas and more, The Ticket's Dan McDowell learned to be funny because sports were 'dead,' has been dabbing on haters with Bob Sturm ever since. Thats fine. Elvis. Jeff was hosting the Mavs Post Game Showwith long time friendBen Rogers, when Mark Cuban and the Mavericks organization invited him to join the in-game broadcasts midway into the 2008-09 season. Now I feel like it's up to me to get him acquainted with some of NWA's better tracks so that he can truly reach his full potential. Thats not something that I think radio stations go "Oh, look at what The Ticket has. Hopefully youll be entertained by a story I wrote in this months issue (Brothers From Another Mother, which is online today). Throughout the season FC Dallas players, coaches and members of the front office will join popular Dallas radio hosts Ben Rogers and Jeff "Skin" Wade on at 1PM CT on the iHeartRadio . Be the first to contribute! (2015 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3. Our first full-time weekday radio gig was at Live 105.3-FM. That was midway through Ricks first season here and Ive been in the mix ever since. Then 10 years later Ive got a championship ring and Im friends with people in the organization and I have a couple Emmys. So when she was kind of putting this group together, she had asked me if I wanted to be involved. See full bio More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Known For Shithouse Music Department (2020) Bastards of Soul: Just a Little Bit Producer (2020) I was a fourth grader and my sister brought back 12-inch singles home. Theyre going to cut through in five different places in my abdominal wall, and hernias are a very common problem after that so I wont get released for physical activity for four months.. Ive made great friends. But after working there for three months they flipped to sports, which we really didn't know was happening. We were the ones who were more creatively inclined, so to speak. The #1 Dallas sports blog spoken through a fans honest point of view. Was this something you guys knew you wanted to do as kids? For example, trouble urinating is much more often caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous growth of the prostate. Special summer episode with guest Mark "Followeezy" Followill, the play-by-play voice of the Mavs television broadcasts on Fox Sports Southwest and . So nicknames have definitely always been a "thing" in our world. Fast forward not even a year later and she's recording with them and a part of their crew now and all that sort of stuff. Happy bday to a guy Ive known since he was 12 - my dude @SkinWade. Not because it was some sort of contrived radio name, thats what all my old friends call me. Jeff 'Skin' Wade. Other Locations. Cuban and the folks that run the broadcast were very familiar with me from when Ben Rogers and I were hosting the Mavs Post Game Show on the Ticket and when they wanted to add a new element they felt that Id be a good fit. Through that experience he fell in love with the art of radio and strived to make that his career. In high school, they used to rap together at parties and eventually found their way in a hip-hop ensemble with singer-songwriter Erykah Badu. Naima by John Coltrane moves me but I cant dance to it. Ummmmm, dudes, ummmmm - Randy Gregory is going to have an impact this year. Hes gotten further involved with his charity and hes just a great dude. From there, he took is unimpressive work ethic and misguided sense of reality out into the world where it subsequently and ferociously windmill dunked on him and his Hail Mary dream to one day become a successful rap artist. Well, thats either because youre going to fire us or youre going to sell off or whatever and sure enough, six months after our contract ended they did a lease management agreement. I have tendency to try and rediscover a lot of older stuff. So we started doing one-hour "specialty" radio shows on what was then Fox-AM 1190. He cohosts the hilarious Ben and Skin Show, with childhood friend Jeff Skin Wade, which airs weekdays from 2-5pm on 97.1 The Eagle. . Ive been in contact with some other groups, and there are a lot of men in their 40s getting hit with prostate cancer; the doctors still think 50 is the age.. Man, thats a rare thing. Its called the Truth to Power Project, and it involves another old friend of his. So I got in on it from the very beginning of it. Jeff Wade, also known as "Skin," co-hosts the afternoon drive sports talk show on 105.3 The Fan with compadre Ben Rogers. Some people might believe this, but most certainly do not. I had buddies that were DJs, so I was around turntables a lot. My opinion has always been during that 13-month run, thats where we really cemented ourselves as a legitimate show because we were there for all of it. ", So once the program director at The Ticket, a guy named Bruce Gilbert at the time -- you know, its like everybody tries to come up with some radio name or whatever -- he was just like, "Well why wouldnt you guys just be called "Ben and Skin?" So somebodys got to go and create that music. Hard in the Paint: Summer Special Hard in the Paint Subcribe to the Hard in the Paint podcast on iTunes! My dad had several cancers skin, prostate and colon cancer. I like all that. In an email then to the Mavs' head of broadcasting, Cuban made it clear . If they guy they brought in walked in, Id say "Hey, man. If we give each other a hard time or make fun of each other, its OK. You cant go make fun of someone you dont know, but you can make fun of your friend. Followill is a good friend and Dirk is a Man God. 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