Along with the voluminous other preparation necessary to make “The Sports Lodge” a go-to radio destination for fans in Orange County and beyond, there is the whole thing about high school nicknames.
“I find myself during downtime searching and memorizing high schools,” Roger Lodge told The Epoch Times.
Now in his 15th year as host of the flagship weekday afternoon sports talk show on AM-830 radio, Mr. Lodge is as amazed as anyone at how what began as “just a bit” has taken on a life of its own.
“I was just trying to come up with something that would kind of personalize it,” he said. “It just kind of stuck, without even trying, really. People just do it now. When someone calls the show and without prompting says, ‘Hey, Artesia High School, class of ’92,’ and I yell out ‘the Pioneers,’ it just tells us that’s a regular listener. He knows protocol.”…