Nick Geber (born in
London, England
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) is a radio and television personality who co-hosted the
Sirius Satellite Radio
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Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Sirius ...
program ''
World Soccer Daily'' (''WSD'')and the TV Show ''
Fox Football Friday'' and ''
Fox Football Fone-In
''Fox Football Fone-in'' (previously known as ''Fox Football Friday'') was a football (soccer) telephone call-in program that was shown on Monday evenings on Fox Soccer Channel during the August to May Premier League season. However, as of August 2 ...
''. He is currently the host of World Soccer Radio on ''
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
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''.
An ardent
Liverpool
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fan, Geber moved to the
United States
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in 1979, where he joined in the
United States Army
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. He met Steven Cohen, his co-host, in the radio business while working in corporate marketing. In addition to creating and hosting ''World Soccer Daily'', Geber and Cohen hosted ''
Fox Football Fone-in
''Fox Football Fone-in'' (previously known as ''Fox Football Friday'') was a football (soccer) telephone call-in program that was shown on Monday evenings on Fox Soccer Channel during the August to May Premier League season. However, as of August 2 ...
'' (formerly ''Fox Football Friday''), a viewer-interactive television show on
Fox Soccer Channel
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that roughly follows the format of ''WSD''. Geber and Cohen are considered to have been instrumental to the growth of soccer in the United States.
Geber left ''WSD'' in order to pursue
poker
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broadcasting and production on a full-time basis, but returned occasionally as a guest host. Howard Rogers took his place, while FSC analyst
Nick Webster
Nick Webster (born October 7, 1970
) is the Treasurer for Cal South and former peak performance and mindset coach on the UCSB women's team, a former soccer personality, and acclaimed mental performance and leadership coach. He was formerly an ...
replaced Geber on ''Fox Football Fone-in''. He was also the voice of the World Series of Poker Circuit and was the announcer for the Aruba Poker Classic as well as the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Sydney Grand Final and the APPT Tournament of Champions. He co-hosted World Series of Poker Radio in 2008 and was the lead announcer alongside ''
Howard David
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Biography
Over the years, David has been the radio play-by-play man for several pro sports teams including the NBA's New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics and the NFL's New York Jets and Mi ...
'' at the 39th, 40th and 41st Annual World Series of Poker. While working with Bluff Media, Geber pioneered the production of live streaming poker, producing the first ever major tournament poker live stream with hole cards as well as providing ESPN with their first exclusive streaming-only broadcast on ESPN360, the precursor to ESPN3. Geber also hosted the
Bluff Magazine
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show ''Poker Night Radio'' on Sirius, and was the lead live play by play announcer from the
World Series of Poker
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and World Series of Poker Europe on ESPN. In 2020 and 2021 Nick was the host and lead commentator for the
Ed Asner
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and Friends Celebrity Poker Tournament.
Geber in 2012 hosted "World Soccer Radio" on the
Sports Byline USA
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network, iHeart Radio and
American Forces Network
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.
In 2018 Geber returned to SirusXM with World Soccer Radio now heard Monday-Friday at 6PM PT/9PM ET on SiriusXM
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Sports 211. The show was co-hosted by former Fox Sports analyst,
Nick Webster
Nick Webster (born October 7, 1970
) is the Treasurer for Cal South and former peak performance and mindset coach on the UCSB women's team, a former soccer personality, and acclaimed mental performance and leadership coach. He was formerly an ...
.
but Nick now hosts the show alone. The show can be heard live on
Sirius XM Satellite Radio
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,
Sports Byline USA
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,
American Forces Network
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,
SB Nation Radio
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and
IHeartRadio
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, making it the most widely distributed soccer radio show in the US.
References
English radio personalities
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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