Early Upon graduating, Czaban served as the radio announcer for the
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos' basketball and football teams in addition to hosting a local sports show on
KTMS-AM 1260 in
Santa Barbara, California until 1994. Czaban moved back to his hometown and was hired by
Andy Pollin at
WTEM to do updates as a part-timer for
Team Tickers during Summer 1994. He hosted until his departure in 2018. In 1998, Czaban was hired by
WFNZ based in
Charlotte, North Carolina, as their afternoon sports show host, but exited in June 1999.
Return to WTEM The Sports Reporters After six months at ESPN Radio, Czaban rejoined Pollin in 2000 for
The Sports Reporters, which aired on
Washington, D.C.–based WTEM. the duo raised controversy in December 2012 when commenting on then 50-year-old transgender
Mission College basketball player Gabrielle Ludwig. During the segment Czaban refereed to Ludwig as "it" and said, "Don't go playing sports saying 'But I've got the rights of everyone else.' Yeah, you've got the rights to live as a human being, you know, with other people respecting you and everything else, but athletics is different." Following outcry from various LGBTQ advocacy groups, Czaban issued a ten-second apology, which OutSports.com called one of "least sincere non-apologies in history." The comments resulted in suspensions for both hosts.
The Drive After a 13-year run, in July 2013 ESPN 980 announced that Pollin would be replaced as Czaban's co-host by former
Washington Redskins tight end
Chris Cooley. With the departure of Pollin,
The Sports Reporters was discontinued while the new show,
The Drive with Cooley and Czabe, debuted on August 1, 2013, and included Al Galdi. He signed a three-year extension to continue hosting the show on January 6, 2014.
Fox Sports Radio While hosting
The Sports Reporters, Czaban joined
Fox Sports Radio in 2002 and hosted
GameTime with Steve Czaban. In January 2005, he was moved to
The First Team on Fox as part of their morning lineup,
Sporting News Radio, Yahoo! Sports Radio It was announced in August 2010 that Czaban would return to Sporting News Radio (formerly One-On-One Sports). He was joined by his long-time sidekicks, including co-host Scott Linn, producer Steve Solomon and anchor Al Galdi and later, Tim Murray. This is about Konop being booed by a heckler when he announced his Mayoral campaign. The clip became popular and was later mentioned and parodied in the show South Park where Cartman heckled Wendy. ==Personal life==