bills16 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 i was just reading the other threads on bob ramsey and was wondering how many pbp men are employed by the university in another capacity besides pbp. the late pete taylor was iowa state's pbp person for football and basketball for over 30 years before passing away during last basketball season. the last dozen years at iowa state he was employed by isu and was one of their chief fund raisers and was very good at it. gary dolphin is the iowa hawkeyes pbp man and is a banker in dubuque, ia. the current iowa state radio bpb person is the tv sports director for the abc affiliate out of des moines. i'm using these men as examples because i live here in iowa but follow the bills. i've had some interesting questions asked me at work when i've worn a shirt with the billikens logo on it. i was just curious what is standard operation for pbp people and does it raise problems if your also employed by that same university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 I think your examples are more the norm than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjray Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I am almost certain that Ramsey is not employed by the university in any capacity other than as PBP ... but he does other Bills sports than mens b-ball. Ramsey did the Bills soccer games that appeared on Charter cable and I think, but am not certain, he did a few Jilliken games that were shown on Charter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 He is the voice of the lady Bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I've heard portions of a couple of SLU women's broadcasts this year, and Bob Ramsey was not doing the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills16 Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 maybe the next pbp person could be a university employee and work in fundraising and marketing. if that person was out raising money for slu what better potential ambassador for the basketball program. first and foremost slu must find a radio station that wants billiken basketball and that station must make slu a priority and not an afterthought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Interesting - they advertise him on Charter as the voice of the soccer mens team and Lady Bills. Can't say that I watch either that much but I was only repeating what I just heard on the TV ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Of course, most school radio stations transmit very low wattages, but I don't think that's always the case. SIUE has an FM station that I believe most, if not all, of St. Louis can pick up. UMSL's station has broad reach, I think. If SLU has a radio station and a Communications Department, then I wouldn't be opposed to having students calling the games on the University station. That requires a lot of investment, though, especially for road games, so I'm sure it's more convenient, if not more efficient, to hire an outside company to produce the broadcasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 By the way after the MU game today - they noted at the end of the broadcast that all pbp people are employees of the Tiger Network and approved by the school. So apparently Mike Kelly is not an employee of MU. I only heard it because I was in the car an interested on if Iowa beat them or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 SLU does have KSLU, but it's not really a real radio station. It doesn't have a signal that goes beyond SLU, and it isn't actually on the radio. It can only be found on the televisions on the SLU campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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