About Me

Hi, I'm Jack Lydon. I'm a sports media professional who has spent the last five-plus years calling games, running replay, cutting highlights, and helping put live broadcasts on the air. Whether I'm behind the mic, in the control room, or in the edit bay, my goal is the same: tell the story of the game well, and do it on deadline.

My path started at Hofstra University, where I earned my B.A. in Sports Media & Journalism in May 2024. Before I had a diploma, I was already working at WRHU 88.7 FM, engineering live audio feeds and cutting highlights for the New York Islanders Radio Network, which was carried on ESPN Radio. I also produced and anchored a weekly live MLB studio show and called play-by-play for Hofstra Athletics and the Atlantic League's Long Island Ducks.

From there, I kept picking up experience in as many parts of the broadcast as I could. I worked as a technical director and broadcast intern with the New Britain Bees, handling technical direction, multi-camera operation, and live switching for their regional television broadcast on WFSB-CT. At Long Island University, I helped produce and announce multi-camera collegiate broadcasts streamed on ESPN+. And as a media relations and press operations intern with the New York Islanders, I worked more than 40 NHL games, coordinating press row and broadcast booths, getting stats to the media between periods, and managing credentials for working journalists and broadcasters.

Most recently, I was the Broadcast & Production Assistant for the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. I ran live replay cues and slow-motion playbacks, then logged, clipped, and edited highlights in DIAMOND for same-night distribution across digital and social platforms. I also called play-by-play and provided color commentary on live broadcasts, and published more than 75 game recaps and player bios directly to MLB.com.

Back home, I'm still on the call and in the control room as freelance game production and broadcast staff at Hofstra, Western Connecticut State University, and Molloy University. At Hofstra, I provide play-by-play for collegiate sports on MSG Networks and Amazon Prime Video, coordinate live graphics, score bugs, and replay, and mentor the next group of student broadcasters and production staff. Across WCSU and Molloy, I call 50+ games a year in multiple sports, dig into stats and storylines before and during the action, and help with broadcast setup, troubleshooting, and wrap.

What ties it all together is versatility, storytelling, and a team-first mindset. I've worked in front of the mic, behind the board, and in the control room, so I can call a game, cue the replay, switch the cameras, mix the audio, or cut the highlight. Every game has a narrative, and I love finding it by doing the research, spotting the trends, and pulling out the moments that matter. Sports don't keep a 9-to-5 schedule, and I'm used to nights, mornings, weekends, and holidays. Live production is a team sport, and I take pride in being the person a crew can count on and in helping younger broadcasters find their footing.

On the technical side, I work in Adobe Premiere Pro, DIAMOND, and Photoshop, and I'm comfortable with production truck operations, audio boards, timecode logging, graphics and score bugs, and live switching. I follow the NHL, NFL, MLB/MiLB, NBA/WNBA, college basketball, college football, and golf closely.

You can reach me at jacklydon12@gmail.com or 203-528-8220, or find me on LinkedIn.