tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24157665855096330432024-03-05T12:58:14.941-05:00The Best and Worst of PA Announcing<b>Public Address Announcer News for PA people at every level of athletic competition.</b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.comBlogger501125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-65736082880717172792016-09-30T10:50:00.002-04:002016-09-30T10:50:44.268-04:00Scott C. Bourgeois is the new Edmonton Oilers’ PA announcer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNB_LBVyH6-uiyeCiklEzofFdqtg5RwQRbs5oGqy0d6bcPIkB7AvGv1EGmBSCsiwGNZk-ALnAjMdienDta14gXLl413wJ2N4zBJuc8ISWJzxhePLqnb2weiGXcETsrCal-6hjY2aRd2M/s1600/a48ca8077d954d59e78e8ede5543a3a7_400x400.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNB_LBVyH6-uiyeCiklEzofFdqtg5RwQRbs5oGqy0d6bcPIkB7AvGv1EGmBSCsiwGNZk-ALnAjMdienDta14gXLl413wJ2N4zBJuc8ISWJzxhePLqnb2weiGXcETsrCal-6hjY2aRd2M/s320/a48ca8077d954d59e78e8ede5543a3a7_400x400.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Scott C. Bourgeois is the new Edmonton Oilers’ PA announcer, replacing Mark Lewis who retired. Bourgeois is a newsman at inews 880. His Twitter profile says: "Award winning geek writer and podcaster, award-nominated playwright, professional radio journalist, father, handsome gentleman. Totally humble about it."</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former Oilers PA announcer Mark Lewis had announced his retirement effective the conclusion of the Oilers farewell season at Rexall Place. </b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-75073699629263331762016-09-30T10:32:00.000-04:002016-09-30T10:32:07.058-04:00Port Angeles Lefties baseball team to hold tryouts for PA Announcer<i><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Auditions are set during Major League Baseball playoff games at venues across the North Olympic Peninsula starting next month.</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON — The Port Angeles Lefties, the newest baseball team in the West Coast League, is now looking for an energetic public address announcer to captivate its crowds.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The team isn’t taking resumes though. Tryouts are set during Major League Baseball playoff games at bars across the North Olympic Peninsula.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Contestants will be given the task of performing public address duties in front of patrons at each bar to the live broadcast of the MLB playoff game.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>This includes narrating the game, entertaining the crowd and managing music.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://bit.ly/2cGK00p" target="_blank">READ STORY</a></b></span>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-44291841783383212182016-09-29T14:43:00.002-04:002016-09-29T14:43:41.088-04:00Kevin VanMeter - familiar voice in sports<b>Kevin VanMeter listened to sports on TV and the radio as a kid.</b><br />
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<b>But while most people heard Marv Albert describing a Bill Bradley jumper or Phil Rizzuto Holy Cow-ing about a Mickey Mantle blast, VanMeter’s focus was elsewhere.</b><br />
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<b>His heroes were the guys with the stadium/arena mics – the public address announcers whose distinctive voices played in the background.</b><br />
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<b>There was John Condon, the 40-plus-year Madison Square Garden announcer, and Bob Sheppard, with the Joe DiMaggio-to-Derek Jeter Yankee Stadium career.</b><br />
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<b>VanMeter can do a pretty fair imitation of both men.</b><br />
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<b>But the 63-year-old Croton resident is his own man with mic in hand.</b><br />
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<b>This year VanMeter marked his 50th year as a sports public address announcer.</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.lohud.com/story/sports/columnists/nancy-haggerty/2016/09/28/haggerty-vanmeter/91155278/" target="_blank">FULL STORY HERE</a></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-73332759822781029762016-09-27T09:07:00.000-04:002016-09-27T09:07:03.494-04:00Sam Lagana Gives the Los Angeles Rams a Voice<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Imagine your childhood team breaks your heart by leaving your city. You think it’s over. Then, triumph. They return 22 years later. And not only do you get to watch your memories come to life again, but that very same team offers you a job as their PA announcer.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Lagana received the job opportunity of a lifetime when he was approached to be the PA announcer for the Los Angeles Rams. Lagana, a native of West LA, said, because of his childhood obsession with the team, he jumped at the offer.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>“I’m absolutely a Rams fan,” Lagana said. “I grew up going to games with my dad when I was a little guy — my dad passed away when I was 13 — and I remember going with my neighbor. I even have a Deacon Jones-autographed football. I also remember when the Rams left. Even to go to Anaheim!”</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="http://pepperdine-graphic.com/sam-lagana-gives-the-los-angeles-rams-a-voice/" target="_blank">click here for story</a></b></span>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-39273370347175318882016-09-27T08:57:00.000-04:002016-09-27T08:57:04.352-04:00Grizzlies welcome back in-arena voice John Paul Stevenson to Memphis as the team’s interim Public Address Announcer for the 2016-17 season<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxfUeTZEiTZIyYls6pR4pfO0pDSFcf8sXZ8sjYhSzVGxFnlD4seUNGXin1EJ2jmBvX5LkYnobjVnIOGt2WtW4JrMBkqTeQfjO597VlIMDjKMNghQCdLb2-_QDlmOvJSemp0sBNfKFm88/s1600/john-paul-stevenson-85.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxfUeTZEiTZIyYls6pR4pfO0pDSFcf8sXZ8sjYhSzVGxFnlD4seUNGXin1EJ2jmBvX5LkYnobjVnIOGt2WtW4JrMBkqTeQfjO597VlIMDjKMNghQCdLb2-_QDlmOvJSemp0sBNfKFm88/s1600/john-paul-stevenson-85.jpg" /></a><b>The Memphis Grizzlies today announced that former Grizzlies Public Address Announcer John Paul Stevenson will return to Memphis as the team’s interim public address announcer for the 2016-17 season, beginning with the Oct. 3 preseason game vs. Orlando. Stevenson last served as the team’s full-time public address announcer from 2001-2006 before spending the last 10 seasons with the Houston Rockets. </b><br />
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<b>“John Paul is an important figure in Memphis Grizzlies history,” said Jason Potter, director of content and live entertainment for the Memphis Grizzlies. “He completely understands the spirit of Grizz Nation and knows how to captivate not just any audience – but a Memphis audience - through the live experience.”</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/john-paul-stevenson-named-pa-announcer-160922/" target="_blank">go here for full story</a></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-49385573658791907152016-09-26T09:12:00.003-04:002016-09-26T09:13:16.819-04:00Alabama prep PA announcer: "If you don't stand for anthem, you should be shot"<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>A Southern Baptist Pastor who moonlights as a high school football announcer in Alabama raised eyebrows with an unscripted preamble in support of military personnel … and against anyone who doesn’t want to pay what he deems as proper homage to the flag.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“If you don’t want to stand for the national anthem, you can line up over there by the fence and let our military personnel take a few shots at you since they’re taking shots for you.”</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://usatodayhss.com/2016/alabama-prep-announcer-if-you-dont-stand-for-anthem-you-should-be-shot" target="_blank">READ</a></b></span>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-44351415561306645362016-09-26T01:01:00.001-04:002016-09-26T01:01:42.767-04:00Memphis Grizzlies Fire PA Announcer Accused Of Taking Photos At Church<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Rick Trotter was fired by the Grizzlies back in July after nearly 10 years with the organization. But that decision hadn’t been formally announced until Tuesday, when Memphis police issued a warrant for Trotter’s arrest on four charges of photographing without consent. The photos in question were taken at the Downtown Church, where Trotter was also employed. The church fired him two days prior to the arrest warrant being issued.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/memphis-grizzlies-fire-pa-announcer-accused-of-taking-upskirt-photos-at-church.html" target="_blank">read everything here</a></b></span>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-73630109057817627452016-09-26T00:48:00.001-04:002016-09-26T00:48:27.592-04:00Broncos announce new stadium P.A. announcer<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>DENVER — The Denver Broncos have hired Conor McGahey as the new public address announcer for the team’s home games beginning with the 2016 NFL season.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>McGahey, a Colorado-native, has 16 years of experience in public address announcing, sports production and broadcasting.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“What an absolute honor it is to be named the public address announcer for the Denver Broncos, a team I am very passionate about,” McGahey said. “The Broncos are on top of the mountain, not only in this state but in the professional sports landscape and to be selected as the public address announcer for Broncos Country is nothing short of a great honor.”</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Broncos-announce-new-stadium-PA-announcer/7f8de27b-1ed2-4339-ab00-83fc4cbfc282" target="_blank">full article here</a></b></span><br />
Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-2540130239533199172016-09-26T00:45:00.000-04:002016-09-26T00:45:06.030-04:00Meet the New Voice of Husker Football, Beatrice’s Own Nate Rohr<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrVQapGNzGOx4N3OzLTrvzqACzXDdlVGpDXXItBJXXsMar2xUISWzl15HHMa1cVOwjmh-8IyVecS2dOMMKAJhAjlVQ3hsQ_ictQ2-DP9CFbozvO2WSVEIFPhVK1qzYOO6vBYFkpnvjAw/s1600/Nate+Rohr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrVQapGNzGOx4N3OzLTrvzqACzXDdlVGpDXXItBJXXsMar2xUISWzl15HHMa1cVOwjmh-8IyVecS2dOMMKAJhAjlVQ3hsQ_ictQ2-DP9CFbozvO2WSVEIFPhVK1qzYOO6vBYFkpnvjAw/s1600/Nate+Rohr.jpg" /></a><br />
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Nate Rohr has been named the new Public Address Announcer for Nebraska football games this fall. He is a native of Beatrice, attending Beatrice High School and even performing PA Announcer duties at the school. </div>
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“I’ve heard from a lot of people over the last couple of days, a lot of encouragement, a lot of people excited, people who knew me in high school doing the public address announcing for Beatrice athletics, plenty of my classmates and even some people I might not have know, but are proud a Beatrice person is going to be a big part of football Saturdays,” declared Rohr.</div>
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Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-35680623259125590192016-09-26T00:37:00.001-04:002016-09-26T00:37:24.438-04:00Maple Leafs silence Andy Frost as public address announcer<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Frost tweeted as much and a Leafs spokesman confirmed it. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Frost told the Star team president Brendan Shanahan told him it was not a “firing” but the team was “simply not renewing” his contract.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Cool with me!” Frost tweeted.</span></b><br />
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Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-16678174067476853952016-06-13T00:28:00.000-04:002016-06-13T00:28:13.016-04:00PA Voice of Golden State Warriors Belongs to an Aztec<span style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: proxima-nova, arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; widows: 1;"><b><i>Golden State Warriors PA announcer Matthew Hurwitz ('93) began his announcing career as a student at SDSU.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: proxima-nova, arial; font-size: 19px; widows: 1;">What you may not have realized is that Hurwitz (’93) holds a degree in speech communication from SDSU and discovered his knack for announcing in an unexpected way at an Aztec sporting event. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #575757; font-family: proxima-nova, arial; font-size: 19px; widows: 1;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1PVLPZY" target="_blank">read full story here</a></span>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-57248569620854777242016-06-13T00:15:00.000-04:002016-06-13T00:15:05.646-04:00Dan Smith shines as longtime PA voice of Long Beach St.<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">
Dan Smith’s eyes lit up when the subject was broached. The longtime voice of Long Beach State had just been asked to talk about the first and second rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in 1990 that were played at Long Beach Arena and included Loyola Marymount University.</div>
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“In 30 years of announcing, without question the biggest game I ever did was that Michigan-Loyola Marymount game,” Smith said of No. 11-seeded LMU’s 149-115 upset of third-seeded Michigan in the second round. “It was amazing. ESPN’s done a couple of ‘30 for 30’ (films), one on the Hank Gathers story and one on (LMU coach) Paul Westhead. Both of them actually used my voice in them, which is really cool for me.</div>
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“I actually watched the Paul Westhead one just the past month. I still get chills when (Bo) Kimble hits that first left-handed free throw. The place was just crazy.”</div>
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Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-76694126850244654522015-12-24T20:57:00.001-05:002015-12-24T20:57:43.344-05:00Longtime Saints PA announcer Jerry Romig dies at 86<b><span style="font-size: large;">It’s hard to say who, through the many years of New Orleans Saints football, would be considered the organization’s face.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">But there’s no doubt who the voice is: Jerry Romig.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Romig, who was the Saints’ public-address announcer for 44 years (from 1969 to 2013) and through 446 straight games in addition to other sporting events at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Tulane Stadium, died Wednesday at home with his family near after an extended illness. He was 86.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Saints owner Tom Benson said in a statement when Romig retired two years ago that “Jerry’s voice is embedded in our game experience.”</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://theadvocate.com/sports/latestsports/13656826-129/longtime-voice-of-the-saints-jerry-romig-dies-at-86" target="_blank">read full story here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-24354424479707822462015-12-10T20:35:00.002-05:002015-12-10T20:35:46.371-05:00Adam Abrams: The man behind the microphone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsL1eofRf4h57R0ehVS7vS9HGWMYtHf9Y8UYILAPZBA3sD0kuAWjbQti4Dn4EK5TzZcY8uoz2QDXM-wXxZHRZC0-6Sp5Ecqiw7DwnfJdYdpTRmK7oCs1OBzqhsAwfnvozSk3w4uHWtzo/s1600/adam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsL1eofRf4h57R0ehVS7vS9HGWMYtHf9Y8UYILAPZBA3sD0kuAWjbQti4Dn4EK5TzZcY8uoz2QDXM-wXxZHRZC0-6Sp5Ecqiw7DwnfJdYdpTRmK7oCs1OBzqhsAwfnvozSk3w4uHWtzo/s320/adam.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>If you have been to a Wild or Twins game in the last decade or you listen to 107.9 FM, you have probably heard a familiar voice. That familiar voice is Adam Abrams, longtime radio broadcaster, professional voice artist and public address announcer. So you know his voice and now you know his name, but just who is this man behind the microphone? </b><br />
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<b>Although difficult to believe, this Edina, Minn., native is a self-proclaimed introvert. “Most people assume that I am a really loud and boisterous person, but in my everyday life I am much more of an introvert than an extrovert,” he said.</b><br />
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<b>Not exactly what you would expect from someone who makes a living by talking. “Of course announcing and broadcasting are live, but in those situations I am in a room by myself and can really be whoever I want to be. There are no eyes watching me and I am standing up in front of thousands of people. It is all about being heard.”</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.letsplayhockey.com/online-edition/news/2858-the-man-behind-the-microphone.html" target="_blank">read more here</a></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-45710689818727911212015-11-05T20:45:00.002-05:002015-11-05T20:45:13.907-05:00Dan Mowdy doing his best to replace a legend in Lafayette press box<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's never easy replacing a legend.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just ask the long list of Packers coaches who followed in the footsteps of Vince Lombardi or the UCLA basketball leaders who came after John Wooden.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When it comes to Lehigh Valley-area public address announcers, none ever sounded better than Jim Finnen, the voice of Lafayette football for 50 years and the P.A. man for Leopards hoops for 48 seasons.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finnen, fittingly, ended his Lafayette career in style last year, working his last football game at Yankee Stadium, where he called meeting No. 150 between Lehigh and Lafayette. Then his last basketball game at Kirby Field House a few months later came complete with a Patriot League title for the Leopards and a trip to the NCAA Tournament.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finnen, who retired, is irreplaceable. However, when it comes to doing him justice with someone who has a great voice and a great personality, Dan Mowdy more than fits the bill.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mcall.com/sports/college/mc-patriot-league-notebook-1104-20151104-story.html" target="_blank">read article here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-22989943857342132162015-11-05T20:27:00.003-05:002015-11-05T20:27:40.670-05:00Petros Papadakis no longer USC basketball public address announcer<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Petros Papadakis, a former USC football player who is a radio personality and also a college football analyst for Fox, will no longer work as a public-address announcer for USC men’s basketball games. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A USC athletic department spokesman said Wednesday that a school official had spoken with Papadakis’ representative earlier Tuesday.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The school said in a statement that because of “the many conflicts he had with his broadcasting work” Papadakis had worked three of 17 home games last season.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/uscnow/la-sp-usc-petros-papadakis-no-longer-usc-basketball-public-address-announcer-20151104-story.html" target="_blank">read story here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-27924992789680217442015-11-04T21:41:00.002-05:002015-11-04T21:41:27.572-05:00Lehigh Valley Phantoms P.A. announcer fires up the fans<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Petr Straka swings into the right circle and lets the puck fly. Goal. The crowd at the PPL Center celebrates.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">About a minute later, Phantoms public address announcer Joe Wowk begins the delivery to announce the scoring. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Phantomssss," he shouts, holding onto the "S" sound.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the crowd echoes back a thunderous "GOAL," and then Wowk announces the goal-scorer's name, the players with the assists and time of the goal.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In his second year behind the mike at the center ice bench between the penalty boxes, Wowk has become part of the game-day fabric for Phantoms games at the PPL Center. The married, 40-year-old father of a six-year-old boy, has become a personality at the hockey game, whether it's announcing the starting lineups or welcoming the crowd before the opening puck drop.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mcall.com/sports/hockey/phantoms/mc-phantoms-zone-11032015-20151103-column.html" target="_blank">read story here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-73665595850027602182015-11-03T23:54:00.002-05:002015-11-03T23:54:15.887-05:00Longtime PA announcer Pete Mattix calls final Shiloh football game in Georgia<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After 13 seasons as the “Voice of the Generals,” Pete Mattix has decided to retire as Shiloh’s public address announcer, calling his final Shiloh football game Friday night when the Generals hosted Berkmar in their home finale.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mattix is best known for generating enthusiasm among Shiloh fans with his booming signature call, “First down, Generals,” when Shiloh’s offense moves the chains. Shiloh Community Stadium opened in 1996 and Mattix started working as the PA announcer in 2003, making him the football team’s longest-running voice behind the microphone in the stadium’s 20-year history.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">#The Snellville resident took over the public address role when his oldest son, Brandon, played football for the Generals in 2003. He has always been a staunch supporter of the football team’s players, regularly pointing out as many players as possible during the game, including offensive and defensive linemen. He is also well known for recognizing former Shiloh players and other alumni when they visit the press box, letting the home crowd know when they played for the Generals and where they are attending college. <a href="http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2015/oct/31/longtime-announcer-pete-mattix-calls-final-shiloh/" target="_blank">read full story</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-6878611472985911422015-11-03T23:36:00.001-05:002015-11-03T23:36:39.666-05:00Long time Lobo PA announcer dies at 61<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Stu Walker, the man who served as the Lobos basketball public address announcer for about two decades, has died.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Walker started at the University of New Mexico in 1995 with Lobo basketball.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">“We are deeply saddened by (his) passing,” said vice president for athletics Paul Krebs. "Stu was a tireless worker and loved not just the Lobos but all of Albuquerque. His voice was instantly recognized by our fans, and he will be sorely missed."</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Walker has been the Isotopes PA announcer since the team’s inaugural season in 2003. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.koat.com/news/long-time-lobo-pa-announcer-dies-at-61/36221602" target="_blank">read here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-20826271471471895952015-10-26T14:07:00.000-04:002015-10-26T14:07:02.029-04:00Tottenham Supporter Accidentally Hacked Bournemouth's Public Address Swearing & Mocking Home Team<b>Tottenham Hotspur had its way with Bournemouth on Sunday, devouring the Cherries 5-1 to keep the Premier League newcomers just north of the relegation zone. </b><br />
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<b>Things were so bad for Bournemouth this weekend that even the public address announcer got in on the criticism. Or so fans in attendance thought. From Bleacher Report UK:</b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">It seemed as though Bournemouth’s man behind the microphone had been fairly critical of the Cherries during their 5-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon, after an apparent gaffe went viral on Twitter.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">“F–king unbelievable” and “men against boys” were the choice of words heard throughout the stadium in what seemed, at first glance, to be the PA announcer forgetting to switch his microphone off.</span></i></b><br />
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<b>It turns out, the PA announcer is officially off the hook, as the comment wasn’t made by him despite pumping through the stadium loud speakers. That microphone channel, it seems, was accidentally hacked by a Spurs fan named Barnaby Slater, a presenter for the supporter site SpurredOnTV.</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/tottenham-supporter-accidentally-hacked-bournemouths-public-address-swearing-and-mocking-home-team.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=tottenham-supporter-accidentally-hacked-bournemouths-public-address-swearing-and-mocking-home-team" target="_blank">read story by Dan Levy</a></b><br />
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<b>Want to be the voice of the New England Black Wolves? Here is your chance! </b></div>
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<b>The public address announcer will serve as the main voice of the New England Black Wolves during home games and must be able to commit to all home games, including the playoffs. </b></div>
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<b>A script will be provided at the audition. A resume with relevant experience and contact information is required. All candidates will meet outside the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and auditions at 5:30 p.m.</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Imber has been selected as the Florida Panthers PA Announcer for the 2015 – 16 season.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A South Florida native, Imber spent the past eight years as PA Announcer and play-by-play announcer for the Florida Atlantic University Hockey team. Imber received a degree in broadcasting from FAU. He's been a Panthers fan since the team’s inaugural season in 1993-94 and even worked as a Communications Intern and back-up PA Announcer for the Panthers. <a href="http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=782196" target="_blank">read the entire story here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-3056745450718771862015-10-10T16:10:00.003-04:002015-10-10T16:10:40.765-04:00Virginia Tech hires new PA announcer for men's basketball<span style="font-size: large;"><b>On Thursday, the Virginia Tech athletics department officially announced that Mike Sparrer has been named the new PA announcer for Virginia Tech men’s basketball games.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“I am extremely honored to have been chosen for the position of public address announcer for men's basketball at Virginia Tech,” Sparrer said in a press release. “I have been an avid fan of the basketball program dating back to the days when Dell Curry lit it up from way deep and through the days of Bimbo Coles, Ace Custis and Erick Green.”</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The new PA announcer is not new to Virginia Tech. Sparrer currently serves as the Marching Virginians announcer, a position that was previously held by Virginia Tech announcer Tony Distler. <a href="http://www.collegiatetimes.com/sports/virginia-tech-hires-new-pa-announcer-for-men-s-basketball/article_d360681e-6ddc-11e5-ae30-9fb3bda0ca89.html" target="_blank">read story here</a></b></span>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-62091098393169358362015-10-05T21:32:00.002-04:002015-10-05T21:32:23.569-04:00Behind The Plate: Andrew Belleson, The Voice Of Wrigley Field<b><span style="font-size: large;">Five years ago, he was one of nearly 3,000 people who auditioned for an open call to be the new public address announcer. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">“I didn’t really think I had any chance to get hired when I submitted an application,” the Lombard native recalled. “It was just a long shot.”</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Andrew Belleson, 28, says his sister encouraged him to apply.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">“They narrowed it down to 25 people, we came to the park and did a live audition,” he said. “Then they narrowed it down to four people and we did another live audition, and they made their final choice after that.”</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/05/behind-the-plate-the-voice-of-wrigley-field/" target="_blank">read the entire story here</a></span></b>Kevin Kelleherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172713265490078621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415766585509633043.post-21862189622125323192015-10-03T16:15:00.004-04:002015-10-03T16:16:14.485-04:00Music to their ears as Paul Cartier brings Long Island sound to Islanders new home arena in Brooklyn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4m-CMO9Tesf4kDXKrLQPraG2DihPG_kcN3i9dmBRqQuRkk8UxGW_P1HThZQbCxYsEdSle1l_DKJu-UjqfAzXYFsb-JZbtiBUkgTGGSiiWBbJLgw2RE6Hj3KMGDs5OjxfEZecO2H8TOw/s1600/organist-paul-cartier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4m-CMO9Tesf4kDXKrLQPraG2DihPG_kcN3i9dmBRqQuRkk8UxGW_P1HThZQbCxYsEdSle1l_DKJu-UjqfAzXYFsb-JZbtiBUkgTGGSiiWBbJLgw2RE6Hj3KMGDs5OjxfEZecO2H8TOw/s320/organist-paul-cartier.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The organ was wheeled on dollies out of Nassau Coliseum on Sept. 1, draped with blue furniture pads and loaded onto a Globe Storage and Moving truck around 11 a.m. The truck was too big to drive on the Grand Central Parkway, so it had to crawl in traffic along the Long Island Expressway. After roughly two-and-a-half hours, the organ finally arrived at its new home at Barclays Center.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It wore some moving scratches when it was uncovered and placed in the main atrium of the main entrance overlooking the ice on the west end of the arena where it will reside during Islanders games this season. But Barclays Center had the organ, which had been at the Coliseum for eight years, refinished.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“It looks brand new,” Paul Cartier said. “She looks good.”</b></span><br />
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