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As I’ve told any group, organization, or classroom I’ve been asked to speak to, I will say that I knew I was going to be a sports broadcaster since I was about five years old. I made my first broadcast on my hometown radio station in McPherson when I was about 15. I have worked in television since 1984. I guess that makes me a broadcast veteran. I had stops in Oberlin-McCook, Joplin, Green Bay, and Wichita, before becoming Sports Director here in December of 1998.
The older I get, the more I respect those who manned the Sports Director’s chair before me at WIBW in Topeka. The list of those gentlemen like Dev Nelson, Max Falkenstien, Fred White, and others reads like the Hall of Fame of broadcasting in the State of Kansas. I’ve always aspired to be respected among those great names at this craft. And, I will say that making good television is an art. It’s my aim to be creative in the process, and be respectful of the game, the athletes, and the coaches who make it so entertaining.
I’ve been lucky enough to chronicle nearly an entire generation of sports heroes in my home state. I’ve witnessed 38 NC-Double-A tournament sites, with four Final Fours. I’ve been on the sidelines for seven bowl games. I’m old enough to have covered the Chiefs in the A-F-C Title game, and the Royals in the World Series. I was on site for both events.
I have covered multiple state championships, drag races, and letter of intent signings. My assignments have been diverse. I once covered the Bean Bag Toss championships in Angelica, Wisconsin, and I have watched sturgeon fishing in Lake OshKosh.
Since I lettered at Kansas, I can say that I played where James Naismith perfected the game of basketball, and worked in the same locker room where Vince Lombardi coached. Tradition is really appealing to me, which is why I’ve tried to live up to the reputation that WIBW set long before I arrived here.
My favorite saying is that “one man’s silk is another man’s burlap”, and once, I read that covering sports is difficult because to the average sports fan… it is one centimeter wide and a thousand miles deep. Think about that one for a while.
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