The Nite Cast with Danny Cashman

The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce hosts what many believe to be the best annaul awards show in the state. There are funny videos, surprises, one-of-a-kind moments, and of course awards. Two of the people who work to pull it all together are Ric Tyler and Paul Chadwick of Sutherland Weston Marketing Communications in Bangor. They work for months to pull off elaborate videos for the award winner...

Lawrence Manchester is a Maine native. He grew up in the Windham area, and eventually made his way to New York City. His audio work is so in-demand, he has done regular audio mixing at Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for NBC. He has also done work for film soundtracks, other live television, and with the legendary Roots Crew.  He chats with Dan and Diana about growin...

Dan Cashman has hosted The Nite Show with Danny Cashman continuously since 2010. Before that, he hosted the same show from 1997 - 2002 on smaller stations in Bangor and Augusta. Today, the show runs on network affiliates in all of Maine's 3 TV markets.  How, exactly, does a show like this come to fruition in Bangor, Maine? How does it even get started? What were some of the high points? What were...

Bob Perlow is a guy who has one heck of a story to tell. You see, he was a warm-up guy (the guy who helps guide a live studio audience through the twists and turns of television show tapings) for some of the finest programs in the history of television. Newhart; Cheers; Taxi; The Tonight Show; Laverne & Shirley; Night Court -- he's got a heck of a warm-up guy resume, and then some. So how did he g...

Lee Goldberg has been on TV in Maine since the mid 90s as part of the NewsCenter family. Starting at WLBZ in Bangor and moving on to WCSH in Portland, Goldberg now is seen on both stations as co-anchor of the NewsCenter Morning Report alongside longtime anchor and friend Sharon Rose. Goldberg started in sports before moving on to news, allowing the avid New England sports fan to cover some of his...

The Mainah Man has taken Tik Tok and social media by storm. His videos are funny, well formulated, well thought out, well shot, well edited, and...well...just great. Dan and The Mainah Man - Ethan Levesque - spend time talking comedy, formulating video comedy, the drive to put out a high volume of content either on social media or on television, and what drives them. As it turns out, you'll find t...

Marc Summers is a master of entertaining. The man best known for his on-air hosting duties of Nickelodeon's "Double Dare" and the Food Network's "Unwrapped" is now taking on the world of podcasting with Marc Summers Unwraps. He talks with people you know about the backstory you don't know -- the difficulties and challenges it took for them to achieve the success they are seeing today. You can find...

Rachel Nichols is a Maine native who has made a name for herself in the world of movies and TV. A graduate of Cony High School, she has appeared on the big screen and the small screen in productions like "Alias," "G.I. Joe," "Continuum," "Star Trek," and so many others.  She visited The Nite Show in person in April of 2022 and makes her first visit to The Nite Cast podcast, talking about everythin...

What is there to say about Pat Callaghan? Well...a lot. He spent 43 years at NewsCenter covering everything from governors to presidents to the Challenger disaster and the ice storm. He's got more class in his pinky finger than most of us have in our entire body. Although, to be fair, the pinky has a higher concentration of class than any other part of the human body. But, anyway... He recently re...

We are exceptionally lucky to welcome this talented, funny, sincere guest for Episode 5 of The Nite Cast Podcast. Josh Robert Thompson has an incredible resume that is full of comedy work, voice acting work, creative work, and usually a combination of the three. He's a true professional who apparently loves Maine, and joined Dan and Diana to talk about how he got started in local television, what...

Kylie Low is the host of Dark Downeast - an incredibly popular and well-produced podcast available wherever you get your podcast fix.  Dan chats with Kylie about the behind-the-scenes dish on how she got started, why she records in a closet, and which boyband she buddied up with for months on the road.  Kylie Low is our guest in the 2nd season premiere of The Nite Cast podcast!

Mike Violette has been on the radio for a long time. He's done sports, music, news/talk, and sometimes all at the same time.  Rarely is the mic turned on him, so Dan & Diana took some time to do just that, and find out his thoughts on talk radio, political humor, sports broadcasting and more. 

Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly are the filmmakers behind such incredible works as  The Way We Get By and Beneath The Harvest Sky.   Their latest work  Queenpins starred Vince Vaughn and Kristen Bell, and was released in 2021. Aron graduated from Old Town High School in Old Town, Maine, the same high school as Dan and Diana. Aron also attended the New England School of Broadcasting (now the New Engl...

Comedian, Podcast Host, Actor and performer Rob Bartlett is the first guest on "The Nite Cast with Danny Cashman." Rob is a good friend of "The Nite Show," and pays a visit to the podcast for a longer form interview, talking about his days on "Imus in the Morning," his style of standup, and his many trips to Maine. Plus, Diana plays "Are you Smarter Than Dan?" with Rob and Dan, and opens the show...