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What’s it like … to be a sports radio host?

St. Cloud Times — Get up early and go to bed late.

That’s the life of a sports radio talk show host who also does play-by-play announcing on the side. But Dave Overlund wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I always played sports growing up and went to a lot of games. I was always involved with sports,” said Overlund, a 2000 Apple Valley High School graduate. “This is something I always wanted to do and I figured out a way to get paid for it.”

Overlund graduated from St. Cloud State University in 2012 and landed a job with Townsquare Media in January 2013. He’s best known for co-hosting the Granite City Sports Show from noon-3 p.m. every weekday on KXSS-AM, but his job starts a lot earlier.

Read more: http://www.sctimes.com/story/life/2015/05/11/like-sports-radio-host/27118065/

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