Colin Cowherd grew up in the U.S. state of Washington. He was a sports director at KVBC-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was named Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times. In 1996, he went to Portland, Oregon, to do sports talk radio. Cowherd then moved to ESPN Radio in 2003 to start hosting his show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, during the 10AM-1PM time slot. He was named Sports Illustrated's Radio Personality of the Year in 2005. Cowherd also co-hosted the show SportsNation (2009) on ESPN2 from 2009 to 2012.