I sent my tapes everywhere. I got hundreds and hundreds of rejections. I mean, really nobody wanted a woman sportscaster. People said, you know, I'll hire woman over my dead body.

From ABC, it's no limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and influential women

playing at the top of their game, trying to demystify success and what it really takes to get

there and all of the tradeoffs. Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good

story, you're in the right place. On today's episode, she's the former heavy metal DJ who went on to become the first woman

in American TV history to host a broadcast network sports series anchoring pregame coverage

of the MLB games. So how did this pioneer pave the way for women in sports broadcasting?

You're about to find out.

Hannah Storm, welcome to No Limits.

Oh, it's so fun being here. Thanks for having me.

I'm thrilled to have you here.

I've been an admirer of your career for some time now.

You were at the early show at CBS.

So I got to CBS just after you left.

I know.

You left.

Yes.

You did the five years there.

But most of your career has been in the field of sports journalism.

And you, Sports Center, host of Sports Center, you're an author, you are a producer.

You have your own production company.

Right.

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