Football play-by-play announcer available

[barneyb3]

Does anybody need an exprienced play-by-play announcer for the upcoming football seaon?

I have 22 years of experience. In Georgia, I have called the Griffin Bears for 9 years, the Toombs County Bulldogs for 6 and the Newnan Cougars for 1 season.

I have won 11 AP and 6 GAB awards including 7 AP's specifically for my play-by-play work..In 99 I was the GAB Radio Personality of the year...I will give your broadcasts a more professional sound.

I live in Vidalia but will travel to almost any area in the right situation. Contact me: [email protected]

 

[barneyb3]

I have not received any interest in my posting....so apparantly nobody needs an experienced football play-by-play announcer.

Does anybody need a grocery sacker..I have 3 years of experience...I haven't done it professionally since I was in high school which was roughly 30 years ago...however, I do sack my groceries occasionally and, not to brag, I don't think I have lost a thing...I have never won a grocery sacking award but then again I have never entered an awards competition in that field. I promise I will bring the buggies in on a regular basis and I will not squash the bread...with a liter of Pepsi...Also, my 22+ years of wasted broadcasting experience should be a valuable tool when dealing with the customer..

 

[middlega]

> I have not received any interest in my posting....so
> apparantly nobody needs an experienced football play-by-play
> announcer.

Cheer up Barney, I dare say that in this case, it has at least as much to do with the lack of stations that can even break even on high school football these days as it has to do with you.

Over the last 20 years or so: community interest in HS football dropped dramatically in a lot of places (goes back to my "there's not much 'community' left" monologue), the advertising revenue dropped accordingly, schools became increasingly difficult to work with over the years, travel for many teams has gotten worse & worse. It's not a dead art form, but it's headed in that direction, much the way HS basketball has already done.

And please don't mistake what I'm saying as anything resembling me being happy about the conclusions I've drawn. My first on-air work was HS basketball, my last on-air work was HS football, I don't _like_ seeing what has happened to the genre, but that doesn't change what I've seen & how I interpret it.

 

[radioboy]

> I have not received any interest in my posting....so
> apparantly nobody needs an experienced football play-by-play
> announcer.
>
> Does anybody need a grocery sacker..I have 3 years of
> experience...I haven't done it professionally since I was in
> high school which was roughly 30 years ago...however, I do
> sack my groceries occasionally and, not to brag, I don't
> think I have lost a thing...I have never won a grocery
> sacking award but then again I have never entered an awards
> competition in that field. I promise I will bring the
> buggies in on a regular basis and I will not squash the
> bread...with a liter of Pepsi...Also, my 22+ years of wasted
> broadcasting experience should be a valuable tool when
> dealing with the customer..
>
Sorry to hear it, Barney..

Maybe you (and some of us!) should try to get on with these shops as the announcer who says.."Attention shoppers! We have a sale today on..blah blah blah.."
..to keep in practice..lol. Maybe an onion stand..

Good luck and best wishes.

Actually a little station here in North Florida (WAKU Wave 94) was still doing high school football a year or so ago for Wakulla High School. Don't know if they still do, but Crawfordville FL would be too far from Vidalia I'd imagine.

Again, sincere best wishes in your search.
<P ID="signature">______________
..broadcasting from the land of bent towers, flooded studios and wind...Florida!!</P>

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Re: Sense of Community on the wane?

> Over the last 20 years or so: community interest in HS
> football dropped dramatically in a lot of places (goes back
> to my "there's not much 'community' left" monologue), the
> advertising revenue dropped accordingly, schools became
> increasingly difficult to work with over the years, travel
> for many teams has gotten worse & worse.

I raise a philosophical question: Is local radio the victim of this vanishing sense of community, or is radio a significant part of the cause?

I could debate either side of the question. More people commute long distances to work so they do not feel as tied to their community. Politics has become focused on the conservative vs liberal at the national level. What goes on at the county court house and city hall have little effect on our lives in comparison to Washington. A couple of generations have grown up feeling more tied to the nearby market where the TV station lives. (Worse yet, tied to the virtual community of MTV!) People are driving miles to attend an out-of-community Mega-Church. The mega-church is their community.

Other side of the issue: 20, 25, 30 years ago as FM came to the front, the coverage seemed to spread out further and stations became greedy to become EVERYBODY'S home town radio station. Call letters are sneaked in for a legal ID once an hour like a car finance disclaimer. During the last 30 years as I have travelled, my guess is that 2/3rds of the "home town radio stations" don't give a clue on the air who their hometown is. If we don't seem to want to admit who we are, why would the listener feel any "want" to attach to us and to our community. Maybe we brought this problem on ourselves?

 

[barneyb3]

Re: Sense of Community on the wane?

Yea....sports radio has changed quite a bit since I did my first game for a Montgomery, Alabama radio station in 1982.....For example...I made more doing that game than I do now.....and gas was less than a dollar a gallon and my rent was under 200 per month....

One problem with high school radio coverage is the quality of the annnouncers....most are part timers....many are too biased to do a decent job.....some are clueless...and some don't have a professional sounding voice....So when a potential sponsor hears the quality of the broadcast he says why would I want to be apart of that....why waste my money.

I once worked for a station that made nearly 4,000 per game...including pre and post game....that is quite unusual...I think the two keys to making money on high school sports..is quality of broadcast and community support for the broadccast....duh...

Thanks for the encouragement...and I did finally get one response. We will see what happens.

 

[BSteve]

> > I have not received any interest in my posting....so
> > apparantly nobody needs an experienced football
> play-by-play
> > announcer.
>
> Cheer up Barney, I dare say that in this case, it has at
> least as much to do with the lack of stations that can even
> break even on high school football these days as it has to
> do with you.
>
> Over the last 20 years or so: community interest in HS
> football dropped dramatically in a lot of places (goes back
> to my "there's not much 'community' left" monologue), the
> advertising revenue dropped accordingly, schools became
> increasingly difficult to work with over the years, travel
> for many teams has gotten worse & worse. It's not a dead
> art form, but it's headed in that direction, much the way HS
> basketball has already done.
>
> And please don't mistake what I'm saying as anything
> resembling me being happy about the conclusions I've drawn.
> My first on-air work was HS basketball, my last on-air work
> was HS football, I don't _like_ seeing what has happened to
> the genre, but that doesn't change what I've seen & how I
> interpret it.
>

 

[SaltyDog]

Re: Sense of Community on the wane?

>Maybe we brought this problem on ourselves?

Or maybe it was inevitable. I think that radio's problem is that it is an old, old technology (IBOC not withstanding) that looks more prehistoric by the month.
I'm also concerned that so many people in radio are in complete denial about the
longevity of these new entertainment platforms.

The Senate wants to move up the timetable to get TV digital moving to free up frequency for wireless internet.

I'm really good with a slide rule. Know anybody who is looking for someone with really good slide rule skills? Does anyone here even know what a slide rule is?

 

[BSteve]

> > I have not received any interest in my posting....so
> > apparantly nobody needs an experienced football
> play-by-play
> > announcer.
>
> Cheer up Barney, I dare say that in this case, it has at
> least as much to do with the lack of stations that can even
> break even on high school football these days as it has to
> do with you.
>
> Over the last 20 years or so: community interest in HS
> football dropped dramatically in a lot of places (goes back
> to my "there's not much 'community' left" monologue), the
> advertising revenue dropped accordingly, schools became
> increasingly difficult to work with over the years, travel
> for many teams has gotten worse & worse. It's not a dead
> art form, but it's headed in that direction, much the way HS
> basketball has already done.
>
> And please don't mistake what I'm saying as anything
> resembling me being happy about the conclusions I've drawn.
> My first on-air work was HS basketball, my last on-air work
> was HS football, I don't _like_ seeing what has happened to
> the genre, but that doesn't change what I've seen & how I
> interpret it.

-0-
> If you're good and believe in yourself, pick a town and a team. Go to the station and sell them on the fact you can make money for them. They'll probably even let you get out there and sell the spots. A lot of stations would like to pick up a few dollars that they're not making now.

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Re: Sense of Community on the wane?

> Or maybe it was inevitable. I think that radio's problem is
> that it is an old, old technology (IBOC not withstanding)
> that looks more prehistoric by the month.

For those of us who are 'teckies' you raise issues that are near and dear to us.

If we fast track all the technical changes, and get the industry into 21st century technology by the end of next year (including new fangled receivers for everyone)... we still have the same dilema to deal with: at the end of the chain, an analog speaker or headset is going to put sound into a human ear which is also analog.

No matter how modern the audio and rf chain is, if the audio going into the ear channel of the listener is as drab, uninspired, bland and non-creative as most "community" stations are delivering today, we will be stuck continuing to have this same discussion.

 

[artsutton]

Re: Sense of Community on the wane?

> >Maybe we brought this problem on ourselves?
>
> Or maybe it was inevitable. I think that radio's problem is
> that it is an old, old technology (IBOC not withstanding)
> that looks more prehistoric by the month.
> I'm also concerned that so many people in radio are in
> complete denial about the
> longevity of these new entertainment platforms.
>
> The Senate wants to move up the timetable to get TV digital
> moving to free up frequency for wireless internet.
>
> I'm really good with a slide rule. Know anybody who is
> looking for someone with really good slide rule skills? Does
> anyone here even know what a slide rule is?
>

If technology was so critical for radio's success...WSB wouldn't be grossing $50 million a year...and be #1 in Atlanta...plus newspapers would have been toast years ago.

Everyone is down on radio at the moment..simply because it's not as hip as some other things in the market... but radio has had to reinvent itself about every 10 years since the industry started 85 years ago.

 

[SaltyDog]

Re: Sense of Community on the wane?

> If technology was so critical for radio's success...WSB wouldn't be grossing
> $50 million a year...and be #1 in Atlanta...

Your point is well-taken. WSB-AM has built some pretty solid barriers to competing with them: For example high price, high octane talent that would take not only money, but time to compete with. Oh, and that 50,000 watt torch doesn't hurt either. Cox has done a fabulous job with it.

Music stations have a tougher road. How do you differentiate yourself from the competition? "Jack" is an innovation? Less-Is-More is an innovation? Please.

What frustrates me is that radio is hindered by the legacy of poor FCC regulation. If Steve Jobs had to clear it with the government before making the iPod more useful for podcasting, he and his competitors would be debating the standards and shooting for implementation in about 2009. As it is, it went from idea to stores in a matter of months. No regulated business can compete with that pace of technical innovation. We've been arguing about digital radio for years and years. What do we have? A standard of dubious quality (IBOC) and receivers that are a long way from being affordable.

> Everyone is down on radio at the moment..simply because it's not as hip as some other things in the market... but radio has had to reinvent itself about every 10 years since the industry started 85 years ago.

Agreed. But what is radio? Is it terrestial transmitters? If so, I believe it's got a bleak future. (It won't die, but continue into a long decline like newspapers.) But if radio is simply an audio medium that can be delivered on any new platforms, then I thnk it will indeed survive through innovation.

>plus newspapers would have been toast years ago.
Newspaper suffered from cultural and lifestyle changes before it got hit by technology. Even Warren Buffet, who owns a substantial piece of The Washington Post, warns that the decline will continue. Note that the boss at the LA Times quit unexpectedly recently because he couldn't take the mandated budget cutting any more. Newspapers, if not toast, are getting a little crispy around the edges.