Professional athletes always say to start young with a sport so why not with P.A. Announcing?  I started announcing in seventh grade for my brother’s youth hockey team.  The rink always left the microphone out and I decided to try it out of curiosity. Getting Started I worked with the local youth hockey teams all

This week we meet a P. A. announcer from Freeville, New York, Brandon Stelick, who has been announcing for well over a decade and has used the network he’s built over the years to remain in the business. As a student at Dryden Central School, Stelick’s first work behind the microphone came by way of

This week we meet a gentleman from the Washington, D. C. area who currently works in North Carolina, Joe DeCampo. DeCampo grew up going to baseball games at DC Stadium, which would later become RFK Stadium, listening to Charlie Brotman announcing for Frank Howard; and going to games at Capital Centre to hear the late

This week, we have the opportunity to talk to Pete Richmire, an announcer in the Pacific Northwest who also has a good amount of broadcast experience.  Earlier this year, Richmire would wind up becoming part of the show that he used to cover on his talk show, with the Tacoma Rainiers of the AAA Pacific

This week we meet a 23 year-old P. A. announcer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael “Mike on the Mic” Gatien. Mike started in 2006 while a student at Pioneer High School where he’s announced baseball, softball, basketball, football, lacrosse, field hockey and soccer and is currently filling in for varsity sports. His inspiration to become