As the child of one of the most prominent voices in New York broadcasting, Alyssa Rose also wants to be heard loud and clear.
The 27-year-old daughter of Mets play-by-play fixture Howie Rose, Alyssa is one-third of Barstool Sports’ new podcast, “Swipe Drunk Love,” in addition to hosting the network’s “Scoring Position,” which combines two areas of her expertise — sports and dating.
“I think this whole dating-and-sports niche is something that no one else has really tackled, it’s something no one has gone after,” Alyssa told The Post. “When it comes to dating, I’ve had horrible relationships and wonderful relationships. I’ve had a lot of life for a 27-year-old.”
As a freshman at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., the Long Island native had aspirations to become the next Erin Andrews. Following a fateful meeting with her academic adviser, Alyssa realized she would need a Plan B to keep her on-screen dreams alive.
“He said, ‘You have the look, you have the talent, you have the connections to the industry, but essentially there are four people who have the job you want and they’re not retiring anytime soon,’” Alyssa said of NFL sideline announcers. “The next day I auditioned for my first school play.”
Alyssa switched her major from broadcast journalism to theater that same day. After she graduated, she landed an acting gig on the soap opera “One Life to Live,” but her daytime stint was cut short after 11 episodes, when the show was canceled after 45 seasons on the air.
“They were really starting to develop my character and give me a storyline, and right when all of that started, the show got canceled,” Alyssa said.
She toyed with the idea of moving to Hollywood, but having sampled the fickle entertainment world, she instead chose a sales job at the now-defunct Sport Street Social Network. Her father knew she would not be long for a desk.
“She’s always achieved whatever she’s put her mind towards,” Howie told The Post. “I really do feel she was born to perform, whatever that means. Whether that’s behind the microphone, in front of the camera, on stage, on television or some visual medium, she’s born to perform.”
Howie’s path could not have been more different. He worked in sports radio at CBS, then joined Mets broadcasts in 1987 before ultimately ascending to the radio play-by-play role. Along the way, he and wife Barbara had two daughters, Alyssa and Chelsea.
And now Alyssa is entering her father’s profession, and it started thanks to his signature catchphrase.
“About a year-and-a-half ago, Kevin Clancy from Barstool made these ‘Put It in the Books’ shirts, which is what my dad says when the Mets win a game,” Alyssa said. “I told him that I was Howie Rose’s daughter and asked if I could have a shirt. We then just started talking and emailing back and forth.”
Among the topics of their conversation was Alyssa’s blog, “2 Balls, No strikes.”
“It was basically designed to teach girls who know nothing about sports how to fake it … It was so much fun, I loved writing it,” she explained.
Clancy suggested Alyssa chat with his brother, Brendan, about a podcast opportunity.
“It was a dating blog, not just a sports blog,” she said. “[Brendan] said, ‘Tell me about your dating life.’ So I did, and he said, ‘You know how people always say your life is a joke? Your life is literally a joke and people would listen to you talk about your life.’”
Alyssa’s opportunities have grown with Barstool’s profile. The website has moved its offices to New York, and the thriving brand — despite, or perhaps because of, having their press credentials revoked at the Super Bowl — put up impressive numbers in a television debut that week in a temporary midnight time slot on Comedy Central.
Following the launch of “Scoring Position” in April 2016, Alyssa was invited to join “Swipe Drunk Love” less than a year later. Howie — for his own sanity — isn’t an avid listener.
“He knows about it,” Alyssa said. “I don’t necessarily encourage him to listen to it because the content is based heavily on dating, and I don’t think most people, especially those who are single, late 20s and living in New York City, want their parents to know everything going on in their dating lives.”
The feeling is mutual.
“It’s a little racier than I’m comfortable with,” Howie said. “But I have to try to separate myself from that and come to the understanding and realization that the avenues towards entering into the broadcast world are different than they were when I was beginning.”
Howie, when pressed for career advice, hopes his daughter keeps the longevity of these endeavors in the back of her mind.
“We talk all the time,” he said. “I’m certainly able to critique some things that she does, that involves the spoken word, and I can certainly critique her on how she looks on camera, in which I think she looks fabulous on camera, she sounds great, and it’s just a matter of finding the right sort of slot for her.
“I would like to see it develop into something that has longer legs. I think she belongs on the air someplace, in front of the camera someplace, but how she gets there is something that is a little less linear a path than it was when I was coming up.”
Alyssa said she now sees a different role model in the broadcasting business, and hopes to host a show similar to Katie Nolan’s weekly half-hour show on Fox Sports 1 that is equal parts comedy, sports and pop culture.
“I’ve created a nice little following for myself,” she says. “With the ‘Scoring Position’ DMs open on Twitter, I get tons of people looking for dating advice. I would love to parlay that into something much bigger.
“As much as l love talking about dating on the Barstool podcast, I also want to pay my rent,” Alyssa said. “I would love to have an opportunity to make my reach with Barstool or branch out on my own.”