• A Tribute to Brian Scott

    A Tribute to Brian Scott0

    Brian Scott was known for his voice in Wyoming and lost his life in a motorcycle accident.  Friend and co-worker Frank Gambino took time to honor his friend. Casper Journal:  We’ll miss Brian’s voice in sports, too Rest in peace Brian Scott.

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  • Martin Methodist Mourns Loss of Longtime Announcer

    Martin Methodist Mourns Loss of Longtime Announcer0

    Grant Vosburgh made a career out of working with institutions of higher education, whether he had an official role or not.  For the last ten years, Vosburgh has been the voice of men’s and women’s basketball at Martin Methodist College and had been battling cancer, to which he succumbed on Friday, September 18. Martin Methodist

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  • Great Piece on Swimming Announcers

    Great Piece on Swimming Announcers0

    Announcers come in all shapes and sizes, and an intern at Swimming World came up with probably the best piece of writing on announcing swimming that we’ve ever seen.  Props to Andrew Ross, you have a future ahead of you, and we’d love to have you contribute to our site too.  You’d be an asset!

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  • What Exactly Is Our Job?

    What Exactly Is Our Job?1

    The job of the P. A. announcer is to keep people informed of information they should know.  It seems to be a pretty straight-forward job, sit behind a microphone and speak when something happens.  It’s that simple, or is it? In the world of Public Address announcing there seem to be three thought processes, Say

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  • How to Learn From Others

    How to Learn From Others0

    One of the things that really helped me personally when starting out announcing, was going to listen to as many announcers as possible.  Whether it was listening to the P. A. announcer in the background on ESPN, HTS (now Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic), or going to a game, you could learn something from just about every

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  • Dealing With Frustrating Situations

    Dealing With Frustrating Situations1

    In the world of P. A. announcing, there are a lot of seemingly minor annoyances that, to an announcer, are almost the end of the world.  A good P. A. announcer takes pride in his or her work and sometimes one of those little annoyances to someone looking on from the outside, can really make

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