Marc Kestecher
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Born | Marc David Kestecher March 22, 1968 |
Alma mater | Syracuse University |
Occupation | Sports announcer |
Marc David Kestecher (born March 22, 1968) is a play-by-play announcer radio sports and news anchor. He was raised in Guilderland, New York and began his play-by-play work for the Albany Patroons following 3 years of studies at Syracuse University. [1] Kestecher later took studio positions at WKNR in Cleveland and WPTR (AM) and WROW in Albany, New York where he provided score updates and hosted talk programming. [2] Kestecher joined ESPN Radio in 1999, first hosting ESPN Radio SportsCenter and studio coverage of major sporting events. [3]
He was named as the lead play-by-play announcer for the NBA on ESPN Radio in 2016, replacing Kevin Calabro who opted to return to the Pacific Northwest to call play-by-play for the Portland Trail Blazers. In this role he calls the NBA playoffs and NBA Finals with Hubie Brown. [2] Kestecher also does play-by-play for college football games and Football Sunday on ESPN Radio. [1] In addition to his radio work, he also does play-by-play for ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament and select NBA on ESPN games when the main staff has other commitments,[1] and college football games for Group of 5 conference games on ESPNU.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Dougherty, Pete (2016-07-15). "Kestecher waited patiently to finally land dream job". Times Union. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ a b Fang, Ken (2016-07-13). "ESPN Radio names Marc Kestecher as its Voice of the NBA". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ "Marc Kestecher". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ "Your 2018 college football Week 10 announcing schedule". Awful Announcing. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American radio personalities
- American radio sports announcers
- American television sports announcers
- Arena football announcers
- College basketball announcers in the United States
- College football announcers
- Major League Baseball broadcasters
- Minor League Baseball broadcasters
- National Basketball Association broadcasters
- National Football League announcers
- People from Guilderland, New York
- Syracuse University alumni
- Women's college basketball announcers in the United States