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University of Texas at Austin.
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John Rooke
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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, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Regional Television, and the Image College Network. Administrative Committee on Company-ordination football for Image.
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 television stations. And talk host for WOR 710 in New York and WEEI sports radio in Boston & Providence.
He has also hosted shows for the National Broadcasting Company Sports Radio Network and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio. Rooke"s media background includes working for these broadcast stations/media companies since 1979:
KUT-FM Austin;
KLBJ-Department of Administration and Management Austin;
KTRH-Department of Administration and Management Houston;
KCEN-television Temple/Waco;
KSAT-television San Antonio;
WOAI-Department of Administration and Management San Antonio;
KRNN-Department of Administration and Management San Antonio;
WPRI-television Providence;
WJAR-television Providence;
WLWC-television Providence;
NESN;
WLVI-television Boston;
WVIT-television Hartford;
WCBS-television New York;
WPRO-Department of Administration and Management Providence;
WSKO-Department of Administration and Management/FM Providence;
WEEI Boston;
WAMG-Department of Administration and Management/WLLH-Department of Administration and Management Boston;
WEEI-FM Providence;
Cox Communications, Rhode Island;
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio Network;
ESPNU;
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Regional Television;
Image Sports Network;
National Broadcasting Company Sports Radio Network;
WOR-Department of Administration and Management 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);
Saint Mary"s University Rattlers;
Providence Friars;
Pawtucket Red Sox;
Boston Red Sox (NESN);
New England Revolution (Master of Library Science);
Boston College Eagles;
Big East Conference (football, basketball, soccer);
URI Rams (basketball);
Brown Bears (football);
Miami, Ohio (football/Image);
Atlantic Coast Conference (football);
American Athletic Conference (football, women"s basketball).
