The Sport Buffet
| Genre | Sports radio |
|---|---|
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Starring | Matt West, Steve Chapman, Tex, The Iceman |
| Original release | December 1, 2007 – present |
| Website | www |
The Sport Buffet is a sports talk radio show originating out of Orlando, Florida. It began in 2007 as a Saturday morning show on Orlando's ESPN. Throughout its duration, it has been hosted by Matt West. Matt's style is very Socratic. He commonly states, "Let's look at this from a global perspective." While seemingly knowledgeable about many sports, he is best when he is trying to relate some sports activity to every day life. He doesn't talk a lot about his personal life, but he speaks glowingly about his wife. He also has a son and two daughters. His eating prowess has been the subject of many segments over many months of the show.
When the show originated on WHOO, it was produced by Jared Lawrence, who has come back and visited when the show was regionally syndicated. Later, it was produced by Ryan Bonifant, who was also a regular contributor. During this period, there was a heavy emphasis on Orlando Sports. Jason Lucas, an official employee of the Orlando Predators of the now defunct Arena Football League came on several times. Further, there was a heavy emphasis on the Orlando Magic, as Pat Williams (NBA), Dwight Howard, and JJ Reddick all came on the show.
In June 2008, the show expanded to include additional stations. Some of those stations have been St. Augustine's ESPN WAOC, Pensacola's Sports leader WTKE, Clemson's Sports Leader WCCP-FM, The Space Coast's ESPN WINT, and inexplicably Live 101.9 WBGE. Upon this initial expansion, Ballpark Frank produced the show and spoke when asked a direct question. After he left the show, a "Producer for the Day" who spoke sparingly, took over producing duties. While the moniker might suggest differently, he was on several times, and the host and co-hosts have made jokes about this. After that brief period, a female producer who only spoke over the "loud speaker" during the Sampler Platter. She seems to be the voice on the show's intro also. A female identified as "Suzannah, captain of the Non-Men" has recently been identified as the producer. During this era, the co-host became the Iceman. He is bombastic and likes to make up multi-syllabic words. His love for all teams Boston has been made known on several occasions.
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