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1308 Scurry Street, #D
Big Spring, Texas 79721
(817) 925-9824
CAREER GOAL:
Seeking a challenging media position that will utilize my broadcast
ing skills, ability and experience.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
. More than 35 years of On-air Broadcast Experience.
. Demonstrates a very high level of originality and performance
standards.
. Strong organizer who can successfully meet deadlines.
. Experience in play-by-play and color commentating on various
sports on the high school and at the collegiate level.
. Very enthusiastic about working in the broadcasting field
and I am able to express that through work.
. Have broadcasted more than 1,311 games, 475 football games.
. Have done six Texas state titles games and one national
Championship Game.
EDUCATION:
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
Bachelor of Science/Radio & Television Broadcasting/Physical
Education, 1987.
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
-Outstanding Broadcaster/Commerce High School 1984, 1987.
-Co-winner Associated Press "Outstanding Sports Broadcasting
on the College Level, 1983-84.
-Eagle Scout, 1979.
-Member of the Southwest Conference Press, 1984-1996.
-Member of the Southland and Lone Star Conference Media, 1984-
present, Big 12 Media, 1996-present.
-Assisted in publishing, "Sports Announcing in Texas," with Dr.
Gerald Haskins, Associate Professor of Communication, East
State University, Commerce, Texas.
-Inducted into the Skyline High School Athletic Hall of Fame (1999)
-T.A.S.B. Media Honor Roll for Cleburne, Rio Vista ISD, Springtown
Mineral Wells, Brock and Weatherford ISD
-Named Texas High School Broadcaster of the Year by Texas Monthly (2006.)
-Had Ace Little Day named for me by the Weatherford City Council for
the 300th football game (Sept. 2006)
-Nominated for Distinguished Alumni and Athletic Hall of Fame, East Texas State
-Honored by Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate for
calling 900 games, March 22, 2011. Have a House and Senate Bill for me.
-Awarded Proclamations from the Governor of Texas and Oklahoma for doing 1,000 games in January of 2014.
-Honored by Howard College for 1,200 games, articles done by Big Spring Herald and their monthly magazine. Featured on CBS 7 TV from Odessa.
-Honored by the Big Spring City Council will a Resolution for calling 1,226 games, April 2016.
-Honored by Governor Greg Abbott of Texas for 35 years in high school broadcasting.
-Had the American Flag flown over the capitol building on Aril 14th in honor of 1,300 games
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
8/15 to KBST Radio-Big Spring, Texas
7/17 Play by play for Stanton and Big Spring High School, Host of the Best
Sports Show on the Radio, News Director, responsible for ten news
casts a day on three stations. Play by Play for Howard College Hawks
and Lady Hawks basketball and softball. Lady Hawks Softball
Conference and Regional Champs.
6/13 to KMZE Radio-Woodward, Oklahoma
4/15 Play by play for Woodward Boomers, co-host the Sports Nutz
From 5-6pm. I did 7 newscasts a day on two stations. Covered School
Board and city council meetings.
5/02 to KYQX Radio-Weatherford
11/12 Play-by-Play voice for the Weatherford ISD for all sports.
Also have done work for Aledo, Mineral Wells, Bridgeport, Peaster,
Brock, Springtown and Azle ISD for football basketball, softball and
baseball. I anchored four newscast and sports cast a day on three
different stations. I did Aledo softball, Brock Eagles and Lady Eagles
Basketball, minor league baseball with the Weatherford Wranglers and
Weatherford College basketball and baseball.
11/01 to KHBR Radio-Hillsboro, Texas
4/02 Play-by-play voice for Hillsboro Eagles football team
and Hill College Baseball and Softball teams. Covered
school board, city council and commissioner's court.
1/96 to USA RADIO NETWORK-Dallas, Texas
8/99 Overnight producer/Reporter
Responsible for getting stories that happened
overnight national and international. I am in
charge of archiving all news tapes for future
use. Took audio feeds from AP, ABC and USA Reporters
around the world.
6/94 to KCLE RADIO-Cleburne, Texas
10/01 News/Sports Director/reporter
Responsible for three newscasts a day from Cleburne and Johnson
County including school, city elections. Play by play for Cleburne
High Football, 1994-01. Play-by-play for CHS girls and boys
basketball team, 1994-00. CHS Volleyball, 2000.
1994 to KSTV RADIO-Stephenville, Texas
6/20/94 News Director
Responsible for two newscasts a day covering lo-
cal news, school and community news. Responsible
for crime reports from police and sheriffs
office. Covered Tarleton State University news.
Covered all Erath County and city elections with
live reports as the results came in.
1993 to KZEE RADIO-Weatherford
1994 News\Sports Director
Play-by-play for Weatherford College Basketball,
Weatherford High School Football and Basket-
ball, and did two sports casts a day. Hosted
many coaches' shows. Responsible for three news-
casts a day covering city council, different
crime reports from the police and sheriff's
department, and school news.
1991 to WBAP RADIO
1992 Helped in the Sports Dept. and Produced the Jim"
Reeves Show" Sunday night. Did "Sports Close
Up" on "Hello, Texas" Covered the Southland
and the Lone Star Conference for Steve Lamb.
1987 to Assistant SID
1989 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Maintained stats for UNT football and men's
basketball home games, women's basketball games.
Helped out in the administrative duties in the
Sports Information Office as if pertains with
the media covering UNT athletics.
1982 to Sports Announcer
1987 KETR FM-Radio, Commerce, Texas
Did play-by-play and color for Commerce High
School football and basketball. Produced and
hosted the "ETSU Scoreboard Show. Did color for the 1984 Lone Star
Conference men's and women's basketball tournament and did play-by-
Play by AAA Boys Regional Basketball Tournament.
Summer KRLD Radio, Dallas, Texas
1985 Wrote news and sports stories for various local
reporters and took network feeds from the CBS
Radio Network.
1982 to KETV-Cable Channel 3, Commerce, Texas
1987 Hosted "Sports Spectrum," a sports talks show
which featured ETSU football, volleyball, men's
and women's basketball, and spring sports. It
also covered Commerce High School athletics,
both boys and girls.
References available upon request.
REFERENCES
Dr. Debra Cron Mr. Brent Baker
Former Superintendent, Weatherford I.S.D. Vice President-Weatherford College
1501 Harlin Weatherford, Texas 76086
Weatherford, Texas 76O86 (817) 594-5471
Mr. Shane Smithton Mr. David McWilliams
1703 Main Street Associate Athletic Dir.
Woodward, Oklahoma 73801 University of Texas
(580) 254-7563 Austin, Texas 78713
Judge Mark Riley Coach Mack Brown
Parker County Judge 4202 Waters Edge Cove
Parker County Court House Austin, Texas 78731
Weatherford, Texas 76086
Miss Amy Floyd Mr. Terry Ferguson
1805 Timber Edge Head of Social Studies Dept. WISD
McKinney, Texas 2200 Longhorn Blvd.
(972) 658-0624 Weatherford, Texas 76086
Dr. John Mark Dempsey
Speech and Communications Dept.
Texas A&M Commerce University
Commerce, Texas 75429