P. A. Announcer News - May 17, 2024
- Announcer News
- May 17, 2024
As most hockey P. A. announcers will tell you, dress shoes on ice are a bad idea. Anthony Bellino, the voice of the Toledo Walleye in the ECHL will tell you the same thing, but now speaks a little more emphatically after a slight slip turned into a troll-fest on Twitter. And it’s not a
READ MOREMy name is Callan McClurg (Cal-an Mc-Clerg), and nine times out of ten you’ll find me at the Valley View Casino Center or Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California currently serving as the Public Address announcer for both of PLNU’s soccer teams and the baseball team. I also hold the duties of play-by-play commentary for
READ MORERyan Burgess is a P. A. announcer in western New York and this past hockey pre-season, he was given a great opportunity to announce an exhibition game for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. His story about that game is below. I suppose I should start by introducing myself. I’m Ryan, and you
READ MOREBim Gibson is connected to two sides of a rivalry, something that’s rare among P. A. announcers. He’s taken this unique vantage point and put pen to paper–or fingers to keyboard–to write not one, but two books about the rivalry between Edward Littleton and Lewiston basketball. Sun Journal: Bim Gibson’s book recounts history of Edward
READ MOREThe NFL is looking at how to grab more viewers to its games with the possibility of shortening halftime, having fewer commercial breaks, and having the P. A. announcer make penalty announcements, among other things. The changes are noted in this piece from Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal which came out earlier this week.
READ MOREWe’ve begun posting the daily P. A. announcer line-ups on Twitter. Find them by following us @SportsAnnouncin. You can also see the tweets at the bottom of the home page on our Twitter feed. We’re also working on posting the line-ups daily on the website as well. So far, we’re tracking the P. A. announcers
READ MORE