Colin Cowherd

CTL-E-5805 · Person · other · 1964–present

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Combined Graph record U-07066 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5805.

Colin Cowherd (born Colin Murray Cowherd on January 6, 1964) is an American sports broadcaster raised in Grayland, Washington, and the founder of the podcast network The Volume (CTL-E-5706). He began as the play-by-play voice of the Las Vegas Stars, the San Diego Padres' Triple-A affiliate, and became sports director at KVBC in Las Vegas, where he was named Nevada Sportscaster of the Year five times; anchor stops in Tampa and Portland followed, and in Portland his radio program The Herd took shape. He joined ESPN Radio in the early 2000s, and The Herd with Colin Cowherd became one of the network's most popular programs; he also co-hosted ESPN's SportsNation from 2009 to 2012 and wrote the New York Times bestseller You HERD Me! (2013). In 2015 he left ESPN for FOX Sports and iHeartMedia, relaunching The Herd on FS1 and FOX Sports Radio. On February 1, 2021, The Volume launched with iHeartMedia as partner and his own Colin Cowherd Podcast as its flagship; the Sports Business Journal's company profile lists Cowherd as the network's founder. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2025.

The record

• Also known as: Colin Murray Cowherd

Notes

STAGED 2026-10-16 (747 Program, Named Remainders & Further Gaps, Batch D) — not merged; awaits founder merge go. Gate A: no match in the live graph (3,443 entities) under exact or name screening, 2026-10-16. Subtype 'other' per the brief (sports broadcaster). Net-worth and salary figures appearing in celebrity-biography sources were EXCLUDED entirely, per the batch standard. Vital status: LIVING — re-signed with FOX Sports in 2025 and inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame on October 30, 2025 (Awful Announcing). DETAILS CARRIED WITHOUT FALSE PRECISION: (1) ESPN start — the Radio Hall of Fame dates The Herd's ESPN Radio debut to 2003; Awful Announcing dates his move to the network's late-morning slot to 2004; the description carries 'early 2000s' and the MD shows both. (2) Founding language — SBJ lists Cowherd as The Volume's founder and the graph's Volume record says 'founded by Colin Cowherd,' while the Radio Hall of Fame says he 'co-founded' the network (with iHeartMedia as launch partner); the founded_by edge follows the SBJ/graph formulation and this note preserves the other. (3) Birthplace — secondary biographies give Bay Center, Washington, while career accounts describe him as a Grayland native/raised in Grayland; the description carries the upbringing, not a birthplace claim. Photo HELD — see media. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: No file-page-level PHOTO-001 license verification completed at staging; slot held rather than filled on second | chart = FILLED (CTL-created timeline built only from this record's sourced facts; CTL-branded palette (black / deep red / gold) | video = HELD (No CTL Short bills Colin Cowherd. CTL podcast-network Shorts (e.g., #72 Club Shay Shay, #86 Joe and Jada) bill) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio exists at staging. The Herd and The Colin Cowherd Podcast)

Referenced by

• The Volume — founded by → this record

Sources

• Radio Hall of Fame (Museum of Broadcast Communications), 'Colin Cowherd' inductee page — career arc: local TV anchor; Portland radio from 2001; The Herd on ESPN Radio from 2003; FOX Sports/iHeartMedia move in 2015; co-founded The Volume in 2021; You HERD Me! a New York Times bestseller; inducted 2025 [primary] (primary source · build store)
• Sports Business Journal, '4SE: The Volume' (October 23, 2023) — profile lists 'Colin Cowherd (founder)'; Cowherd launched The Volume in early 2021 in partnership with iHeartMedia; 18 shows at profile date (build store)
• CultureTechLens graph record CTL-E-5706 (The Volume) — the sports media company and podcast network founded by Colin Cowherd, launched February 1, 2021, with iHeartMedia as advertising sales partner (build store)
• Awful Announcing, 'Colin Cowherd named to Radio Hall of Fame' (2025) — Las Vegas Stars play-by-play start; KVBC sports director; ESPN Radio tenure; 2015 FOX move; re-signed a three-year deal in 2025 and moved operations to Chicago; Hall of Fame induction October 30, 2025, in Chicago (build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Colin Cowherd' — born January 6, 1964; The Volume launched February 1, 2021 with The Colin Cowherd Podcast as flagship; cross-checked against the Radio Hall of Fame page, October 2026 (build store)

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