The broadcaster and former Syracuse student spoke to students and faculty in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on Tuesday evening.
When Marv Albert was growing up in Brooklyn, he would turn down the audio during sports television broadcasts and do his own play-by-play on a reel-to-reel tape recorder.
He even created a fictitious radio station, WMPA, which was inspired by his initials.
Now 73 years old, that young kid with a made-up radio network has become one of the most recognizable voices in sports broadcasting.
The former host of ABC's 'Nightline' discusses technology, 'The Daily Show' and his time as a SU student.
Ted Koppel is a multi-platform journalist, having worked in television, radio, film and print over the past five decades, but don’t expect him to go viral anytime soon.
“I use my BlackBerry constantly, but that’s about it,” Koppel said during a Homecoming visit to Newhouse on Thursday afternoon. “I use a laptop, obviously, but I am not a Tweeter, I am not a blogger, I am not a Facebooker.”