Broadcast Industry Veterans Hecht and White Join Athletics Production Department
7/27/2017 5:11:00 PM | General
Veteran broadcast producer Scott Hecht will lead the new Syracuse University Athletics Production department, which will oversee the launch of and day-to-day operation of the ACC Network on campus. An industry insider, Hecht brings more than 20 years of experience in the broadcast production field to the University's new venture as the department's senior producer. Broadcast engineer Tom White will oversee the technical operations for all remote productions, including equipment and transmission.
"We are thrilled to have two veterans of the broadcast industry join our team," said Director of Athletics John Wildhack. "Scott's tremendous expertise in live event production gives us a proven leader to launch the athletics production department and the ACC Network on our campus. Equally important is the technology and engineering. Tom is an outstanding broadcast engineer who has a long history in the Syracuse market and nationally with his experience at Time Warner/Spectrum Sports and each of the major national networks.
"One of the advantages we have is the Newhouse School of Communications, with their control rooms and overall state-of-the-art facilities. Dean Lorraine Branham and her staff have been terrific partners. This project accentuates what a great school Newhouse is. It is among the best, if not the best, in the country. When we combine the talents of Scott and Tom with the Newhouse facilities, it gives us a very strong foundation."
Most recently, Hecht was the manager of university productions for the ESPN/SEC Network in Charlotte, North Carolina. His duties included leading, teaching and mentoring the development of concepts and editorial themes for all ESPN remote productions.
Prior to his role with the ESPN/SEC Network, Hecht was the coordinating director for studio directing for numerous shows including SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, Sports Reporters, Mike and Mike, and The Herd from 2008 through 2010. He joined ESPN in 2006 as the coordinating producer for studio production and worked with the SportsCenter and Baseball tonight shows.
In 2006, Hecht worked as the senior producer of HRTV Network for nine months after a four-year stint as the producer and director for the San Diego Chargers/KFMB TV, producing and coordinating the Chargers preseason games and regular season pre-game, halftime and post-game shows from 2002 to 2006.
Hecht has a wide variety of broadcast experience, including as a freelance director of the Colorado Rockies Baseball team on Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain (2004-06), producer/director of the Chargers Preseason Football (1999-2014), lead director of Trackside Live on TVG Network (1999-2006), and as producer of San Diego Padres Baseball (1997-99) and San Diego State University football and baseball (1997-99).
Hecht worked for Cox Communications producing Phoenix Suns basketball, Phoenix Firebirds baseball, Phoenix Roadrunners hockey and Arizona State University baseball and basketball from 1988 through 1997. He began his career in the broadcast industry as the producer of the world television feed for the 1994 NBA World Basketball Championship.
Hecht, who graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College of Arts and Sciences in 1984, has earned many awards as a producer, including two ACE Award Winner Sports Events Coverage by the National Academy of Cable Programming. The first was in 1990 for Phoenix Firebirds Baseball productions and the second in 1997 for San Diego Padres Baseball. He was also honored in 1993 by Cox/Dimension Cable with the "President's Award for Excellence".
White joins Syracuse Athletics after working at Spectrum Sports (Formerly Time Warner Cable SportsChannel) for 26 years, including the past three as the senior manager of remote operations and engineering. In that role, he was responsible for the technical operations of all remote production facilities.
At TWCS, White served in various roles as his career progressed, including as the director of operations (2011-14), production and engineering manager (2005-11), engineering manager (2004-05), engineering coordinator (1998-04), and studio/remote engineer (1992-98). White began his tenure at TWCS as the schedule director/master control operator, when the organization was known as Newchannels in 1991.
He started in the broadcast industry as a technical assistant for the Cayuga Community College Telecommunications Department in 1990. For more than 20 years, White has worked as a freelance professional for various clients and networks that include ESPN, FOX, CBS, NBC, MLB Network, CSP Mobile, NCAA Lacrosse for CBS Sports Network, and Cornell University and LeMoyne College commencements.
White graduated from Cayuga Community College with a dual degree in broadcasting and broadcasting technology.
"We are thrilled to have two veterans of the broadcast industry join our team," said Director of Athletics John Wildhack. "Scott's tremendous expertise in live event production gives us a proven leader to launch the athletics production department and the ACC Network on our campus. Equally important is the technology and engineering. Tom is an outstanding broadcast engineer who has a long history in the Syracuse market and nationally with his experience at Time Warner/Spectrum Sports and each of the major national networks.
"One of the advantages we have is the Newhouse School of Communications, with their control rooms and overall state-of-the-art facilities. Dean Lorraine Branham and her staff have been terrific partners. This project accentuates what a great school Newhouse is. It is among the best, if not the best, in the country. When we combine the talents of Scott and Tom with the Newhouse facilities, it gives us a very strong foundation."
Most recently, Hecht was the manager of university productions for the ESPN/SEC Network in Charlotte, North Carolina. His duties included leading, teaching and mentoring the development of concepts and editorial themes for all ESPN remote productions.
Prior to his role with the ESPN/SEC Network, Hecht was the coordinating director for studio directing for numerous shows including SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, Sports Reporters, Mike and Mike, and The Herd from 2008 through 2010. He joined ESPN in 2006 as the coordinating producer for studio production and worked with the SportsCenter and Baseball tonight shows.
In 2006, Hecht worked as the senior producer of HRTV Network for nine months after a four-year stint as the producer and director for the San Diego Chargers/KFMB TV, producing and coordinating the Chargers preseason games and regular season pre-game, halftime and post-game shows from 2002 to 2006.
Hecht has a wide variety of broadcast experience, including as a freelance director of the Colorado Rockies Baseball team on Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain (2004-06), producer/director of the Chargers Preseason Football (1999-2014), lead director of Trackside Live on TVG Network (1999-2006), and as producer of San Diego Padres Baseball (1997-99) and San Diego State University football and baseball (1997-99).
Hecht worked for Cox Communications producing Phoenix Suns basketball, Phoenix Firebirds baseball, Phoenix Roadrunners hockey and Arizona State University baseball and basketball from 1988 through 1997. He began his career in the broadcast industry as the producer of the world television feed for the 1994 NBA World Basketball Championship.
Hecht, who graduated from the University of Cincinnati's College of Arts and Sciences in 1984, has earned many awards as a producer, including two ACE Award Winner Sports Events Coverage by the National Academy of Cable Programming. The first was in 1990 for Phoenix Firebirds Baseball productions and the second in 1997 for San Diego Padres Baseball. He was also honored in 1993 by Cox/Dimension Cable with the "President's Award for Excellence".
White joins Syracuse Athletics after working at Spectrum Sports (Formerly Time Warner Cable SportsChannel) for 26 years, including the past three as the senior manager of remote operations and engineering. In that role, he was responsible for the technical operations of all remote production facilities.
At TWCS, White served in various roles as his career progressed, including as the director of operations (2011-14), production and engineering manager (2005-11), engineering manager (2004-05), engineering coordinator (1998-04), and studio/remote engineer (1992-98). White began his tenure at TWCS as the schedule director/master control operator, when the organization was known as Newchannels in 1991.
He started in the broadcast industry as a technical assistant for the Cayuga Community College Telecommunications Department in 1990. For more than 20 years, White has worked as a freelance professional for various clients and networks that include ESPN, FOX, CBS, NBC, MLB Network, CSP Mobile, NCAA Lacrosse for CBS Sports Network, and Cornell University and LeMoyne College commencements.
White graduated from Cayuga Community College with a dual degree in broadcasting and broadcasting technology.
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