Nick Geber (born in

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) is a radio and television personality who co-hosted the

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program ''

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'' (''WSD'')and the TV Show '' Fox Football Friday'' and ''

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''. He is currently the host of World Soccer Radio on ''

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''. An ardent

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fan, Geber moved to the

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in 1979, where he joined in the

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. He met Steven Cohen, his co-host, in the radio business while working in corporate marketing. In addition to creating and hosting ''World Soccer Daily'', Geber and Cohen hosted ''

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'' (formerly ''Fox Football Friday''), a viewer-interactive television show on

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that roughly follows the format of ''WSD''. Geber and Cohen are considered to have been instrumental to the growth of soccer in the United States. Geber left ''WSD'' in order to pursue

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broadcasting and production on a full-time basis, but returned occasionally as a guest host. Howard Rogers took his place, while FSC analyst

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replaced Geber on ''Fox Football Fone-in''. He was also the voice of the World Series of Poker Circuit and was the announcer for the Aruba Poker Classic as well as the Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Sydney Grand Final and the APPT Tournament of Champions. He co-hosted World Series of Poker Radio in 2008 and was the lead announcer alongside ''

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'' at the 39th, 40th and 41st Annual World Series of Poker. While working with Bluff Media, Geber pioneered the production of live streaming poker, producing the first ever major tournament poker live stream with hole cards as well as providing ESPN with their first exclusive streaming-only broadcast on ESPN360, the precursor to ESPN3. Geber also hosted the Bluff Magazine show ''Poker Night Radio'' on Sirius, and was the lead live play by play announcer from the

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and World Series of Poker Europe on ESPN. In 2020 and 2021 Nick was the host and lead commentator for the

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and Friends Celebrity Poker Tournament. Geber in 2012 hosted "World Soccer Radio" on the

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network, iHeart Radio and

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. In 2018 Geber returned to SirusXM with World Soccer Radio now heard Monday-Friday at 6PM PT/9PM ET on SiriusXM Dan Patrick Sports 211. The show was co-hosted by former Fox Sports analyst,

. but Nick now hosts the show alone. The show can be heard live on

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and

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, making it the most widely distributed soccer radio show in the US.

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