# Colin Cowherd
**Colin Cowherd** (birth name Colin Murray Cowherd) is an American sports media personality who hosts *The Herd with Colin Cowherd*, a three-hour sports talk program simulcast on FS1 and the FOX Sports Radio Network, and who previously hosted the show on [ESPN Radio](https://www.edgepedia.org/espn-radio) from the mid-2000s until 2015.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) • [2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/colin-cowherd/) He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2025.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Current program | *The Herd with Colin Cowherd*, weekdays 12 to 3 PM ET, simulcast on FS1 and the FOX Sports Radio Network, with a dedicated iHeartRadio station[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) |
| FOX tenure | Joined FOX Sports and Premiere Networks in September 2015; also appears on *FOX NFL KICKOFF*[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) |
| ESPN tenure | Hosted *The Herd* on ESPN Radio from the mid-2000s to 2015; original co-host of *SportsNation* on ESPN2[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) • [3](https://www.radiohalloffame.com/colin-cowherd) |
| Radio reach | The FOX-era radio program airs on more than 400 stations[3](https://www.radiohalloffame.com/colin-cowherd) |
| Podcast venture | Co-founded The Volume, a podcast network for athletes and creators, in 2021[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) |
| Books | *You HERD Me!* (2013), a *New York Times* bestseller for five weeks in hardcover; *Raw: My 100% Grade-A, Unfiltered, Inside Look at Sports* (October 2015)[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) |
| Recognition | 2025 Radio Hall of Fame inductee; local Sports Emmy for "Buc Sunday" at WTVT-TV; multiple Nevada Sportscaster of the Year awards[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) |
## Early career
Cowherd is a native of Grayland, Washington, and graduated in 1985 from Eastern Washington University, where he got his broadcasting start.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) He began his career as the play-by-play voice for the [Pacific Coast League](https://www.edgepedia.org/pacific-coast-league)'s Las Stars, the Las Vegas Stars baseball team.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) He then served as sports director at KVBC-TV in Las Vegas, where he earned multiple Nevada Sportscaster of the Year awards, and as sports anchor at Tampa's WTVT-TV, where he received a local Sports Emmy for "Buc Sunday." He also anchored weeknight sports and *Sports Sunday* for KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio)
## ESPN Radio and television
His move to radio came in 2001, when he began hosting a three-hour daily program in [Portland, Oregon](https://www.edgepedia.org/portland-oregon), on KFXX 910-AM.[3](https://www.radiohalloffame.com/colin-cowherd) *The Herd with Colin Cowherd* gave him his first nationwide attention after it debuted on ESPN Radio; sources differ on the exact start, with the Radio Hall of Fame dating the debut to 2003[3](https://www.radiohalloffame.com/colin-cowherd) and FOX Sports' biography saying he joined ESPN Radio in 2004, when the program launched as an hour-long broadcast on the West Coast.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) By 2011 the show aired on 710 ESPN in Los Angeles from 7 to 11 a.m. and was simulcast on ESPNU.[4](https://assets.espn.go.com/espnradiostations/i/losangeles/mediakit_may2011.pdf)
On ESPN television he hosted *Colin's New Football Show* on ESPN2 in 2013 and 2014, appeared on a variety of ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN Classic programs, and was the original co-host of *SportsNation*, an interactive sports program on ESPN2 launched on July 6, 2009.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) • [4](https://assets.espn.go.com/espnradiostations/i/losangeles/mediakit_may2011.pdf)
## FOX Sports and The Volume
Cowherd left ESPN in 2015 and joined iHeartMedia and FOX Sports, where *The Herd* was relaunched on FS1 and FOX Sports Radio with distribution by Premiere Networks.[3](https://www.radiohalloffame.com/colin-cowherd) • [5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9LXgmZas) The program airs weekdays from 12 to 3 PM ET and is described by its distributor as a topic-driven journey through the top sports stories of the day, built on Cowherd's opinions and storytelling.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) • [6](https://www.premierenetworks.com/shows/herd-colin-cowherd) He also co-hosts *FOX NFL KICKOFF*, the Sunday morning NFL pregame show leading into *FOX NFL SUNDAY*.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio)
In 2021 he co-founded The Volume, a podcast network that gives athletes and creators a platform to share their opinions; *The Herd* itself is distributed as a podcast through The Volume.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) • [7](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hour-3-bears-hc-ben-johnson-joins-the-herd/id1042368254?i=1000708651997) The show has functioned as a venue for major sports figures' announcements: in March 2025, [Pro Football Hall of Fame](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-football-hall-of-fame) coach Jimmy Johnson used an appearance on *The Herd* to announce his retirement from Fox Sports after most of three decades with the network.[8](https://apnews.com/article/f4b6943415d3037e210becc9b098b311) His on-air collaborators at FOX have included [Joy Taylor](https://www.edgepedia.org/joy-taylor) on the show's early FOX run and, in the show's current lineup, betting analyst Jason McIntyre as co-host.[9](https://media.foxadsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/12115005/The-Herd-Onesheet-2021.pdf) • [10](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities)
## Writing and other ventures
Cowherd's first book, *You HERD Me!*, published in 2013, spent five weeks on the *New York Times* bestseller list in hardcover; his second, *Raw: My 100% Grade-A, Unfiltered, Inside Look at Sports*, was released in October 2015.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio) In August 2015, Rogue Ales & Spirits of Newport, Oregon partnered with him to release "Blunt N' Bitter," a microbrew described as the official beverage of Cowherd and *The Herd*.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio)
He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Ann, and has two children.[1](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio)
## References
1. [Colin Cowherd Bio & Career Accomplishments, FOX Sports](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities/colin-cowherd/bio)
2. [Colin Cowherd, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/colin-cowherd/)
3. [Colin Cowherd, Radio Hall of Fame](https://www.radiohalloffame.com/colin-cowherd)
4. [710 ESPN Los Angeles media kit, May 2011, ESPN](https://assets.espn.go.com/espnradiostations/i/losangeles/mediakit_may2011.pdf)
5. [Colin Cowherd explains decision to leave ESPN, join FOX Sports, The Herd on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9LXgmZas)
6. [The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Premiere Networks](https://www.premierenetworks.com/shows/herd-colin-cowherd)
7. [The Herd with Colin Cowherd, Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hour-3-bears-hc-ben-johnson-joins-the-herd/id1042368254?i=1000708651997)
8. [Jimmy Johnson retires from Fox Sports, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/f4b6943415d3037e210becc9b098b311)
9. [The Herd with Colin Cowherd onesheet, FOX Ad Solutions](https://media.foxadsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/12115005/The-Herd-Onesheet-2021.pdf)
10. [FOX Sports Personalities](https://www.foxsports.com/personalities)
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