Pete Arbogast

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Pete Arbogast (born December 5, 1954) is a radio announcer who is the voice of the USC Trojans.^[1][2]

Biography[]

Arbogast was born in Chicago but grew up in Los Angeles. He has called football, men's basketball, and women's basketball for the Trojans and was the voice of the Cincinnati Bengals. Arbogast took over for men's basketball duties for USC after Rory Markas died. He was the public address announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1990-1993 while also fulfilling his Trojan duties. Coincidentally, he won the audition for the job on January 25, 1990, the same day that former Dodgers public address announcer John Ramsey passed away. He left the position after the 1993 season and was permanently replaced by Mike Carlucci in 1994. Arbogast has also announced for CBS Radio, CBS’s Olympics coverage, and Los Angeles Clippers broadcasts.

He is a three time winner of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters radio play by play of the year award from 2018-2020 and is in that organizations Hall of Fame.

He is the son of late broadcaster Bob Arbogast.

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