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John Rooke

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Rhode Island Radio

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Education
  
University of Texas at Austin

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John Rooke (born c. 1959) is an award-winning broadcaster, and an inductee into the Rhode Island Radio Hall of Fame. He currently serves in several broadcast capacities, including 25 years as the play-by-play voice for Providence Friars men's basketball; Big East Conference football and basketball play-by-play for ESPNU, ESPN Regional Television, and the IMG College Network; ACC football for IMG; stadium voice for the New England Patriots and New England Revolution; former host for Inside the Big East and "Golfing The World" on ESPNU, Fox Sports Net and several regional sports networks and local TV stations; and talk host for WOR 710 in New York and WEEI sports radio in Boston & Providence. He has also hosted shows for the NBC Sports Radio Network and ESPN Radio.

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Personal life

A 1981 journalism graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Rooke also holds a position as adjunct professor in journalism at Emerson College in Boston. In 2012, he was listed as one of the top sports broadcasting instructors in the country by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America (STAA)...and he authored a book (from Arcadia Publishing) on radio history in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Radio), published in November, 2012. Additionally, he works as a commercial voice artist for the WEEI Sports Radio Network. John has also served as a gubernatorial communications director, a program director/manager for a major communications company, and as a television sports anchor for 25 years in several markets.

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Rooke currently resides in Berkley, Massachusetts - he has been located in New England since 1988. Among his previous duties and clients, he served as a Development Director for a local children's charity, A Wish Come True, Inc.. Rooke has also coached and officiated youth baseball for more than 20 years, including Little League, RBI and AAU teams.

Media background

Rooke's media background includes working for these broadcast stations/media companies since 1979:

  • KUT-FM Austin;
  • KLBJ-AM Austin;
  • KTRH-AM Houston;
  • KCEN-TV Temple/Waco;
  • KSAT-TV San Antonio;
  • WOAI-AM San Antonio;
  • KRNN-AM San Antonio;
  • WPRI-TV Providence;
  • WJAR-TV Providence;
  • WLWC-TV Providence;
  • NESN;
  • WLVI-TV Boston;
  • WVIT-TV Hartford;
  • WCBS-TV New York;
  • WPRO-AM Providence;
  • WSKO-AM/FM Providence;
  • WEEI Boston;
  • WAMG-AM/WLLH-AM Boston;
  • WEEI-FM Providence;
  • Cox Communications, Rhode Island;
  • ESPN Radio Network;
  • ESPNU;
  • ESPN Regional Television;
  • IMG Sports Network;
  • NBC Sports Radio Network;
  • WOR-AM New York

    • As a play-by-play announcer for television and radio, John has called game broadcasts for these teams/leagues:

  • Texas High School Football (Central & South Texas);
  • Texas Longhorns women's basketball;
  • San Antonio Spurs;
  • San Antonio Dodgers (now Missions);
  • UTSA Roadrunners;
  • Trinity Tigers;
  • San Antonio Gunslingers (USFL);
  • St. Mary's University Rattlers;
  • Providence Friars;
  • Pawtucket Red Sox;
  • Boston Red Sox (NESN);
  • New England Revolution (MLS);
  • Boston College Eagles;
  • Big East Conference (football, basketball, soccer);
  • URI Rams (basketball);
  • Brown Bears (football);
  • Miami, OH (football/IMG);
  • Atlantic Coast Conference (football);
  • American Athletic Conference (football, women's basketball)

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