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| Name | Gentry Little |
|---|---|
| glittle29@yahoo.com | |
| City | Crowley |
| State | Texas |
| Phone | 817-297-0366 |
| Categories | Sports |
| Resume Text |
GENTRY LITTLE Page 1 of 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 301 Heritage Drive Crowley, Texas 76036 (817) 297 - O366 CAREER GOAL: Seeking a challenging media position that will utilize my broadcast ing skills, ability and experience. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: . More than 27 years of On-air Broadcast Experience. . Demonstrates a very high level of originality and performance standards. . Strong organizer who can successfully meet deadlines. . Experience in play-by-play and color commentating on various sports on the high school and at the collegiate level. . Very enthusiastic about working in the broadcasting field and I am able to express that through work. . Have broadcasted more than 840 games, 320 football games. . Have done two state titles games and one national championship Game. EDUCATION: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas Bachelor of Science/Radio & Television Broadcasting/Physical Education, 1987. ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS -Outstanding Broadcaster/Commerce High School 1984, 1987. -Co-winner Associated Press "Outstanding Sports Broadcasting on the College Level, 1983-84. -Eagles Scout, 1979. -Member of the Southwest Conference Press, 1984-1996. -Member of the Southland and Lone Star Conference Media, 1984- present, Big 12 Media, 1996-present. -Assisted in publishing, "Sports Announcing in Texas," with Dr. Gerald Haskins, Associate Professor of Communication, East State University, Commerce, Texas. -Inducted into the Skyline High School Athletic Hall of Fame (1999) -T.A.S.B. Media Honor Roll for Cleburne, Rio Vista ISD, Springtown and Weatherford ISD -Named Texas High School Broadcaster of the Year by Texas Monthly (2006.) -Had Ace Little Day named for me by the Weatherford City Council for the 300th football game (Sept. 2006) -Nominated for Distinguished Alumni, East Texas State, (2007) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 5/02 to KYQX Radio-Weatherford Present Play-by-Play voice for the Weatherford ISD for all sports. Also have done work for Aledo, Peaster, Brock, Springtown and Azle ISD for basketball, softball and baseball. Anchor four sport casts a day, covering local sports. Cover school events for all towns in Parker County, also city events, meetings and breaking news from all the cities including Aledo Softball (State and National Champs 2008), Springtown, Weatherford and Millsap. Did play-by-play for the minor League baseball team, the Weatherford Wranglers. 11/01 to KHBR Radio-Hillsboro, Texas 4/02 Play-by-play voice for Hillsboro Eagles football team and Hill College Baseball and Softball teams. Covered school board, city council and commissioner's court meetings. Did the Sunday morning shows. 1/96 to USA RADIO NETWORK-Dallas, Texas 8/99 Overnight producer/Reporter Responsible for getting stories that happened overnight national and international. I am in charge of archiving all news tapes for future use. Ran Network control during all newscasts. Took audio feeds from AP, ABC and USA Reporters around the world. Did voicers on Southwestern United States' stories to be used overnight and in morning drive. 6/94 to KCLE RADIO-Cleburne, Texas 10/01 News/Sports Director/reporter Responsible for three newscasts a day from Cle- burne and Johnson County. I cover meetings, school, city, elections, both local and state and covered crime reports. Play-by-play Cle- burne High Football, 1994-O1. Play-by-play for for CHS girls basketball team, 1994-OO. (State Champs-1995.) CHS Boys Basketball, 1994-OO (Playoffs every year), CHS Volleyball, 2OOO (State Semi-Finalists) 1994 to KSTV RADIO-Stephenville, Texas 6/2O/94 News Director Responsible for two newscasts a day covering lo- cal news, school and community news. Responsi- ble for crime reports from police and sheriffs office. Covered Tarleton State University news. Covered all Erath County and city elections with live reports as the results came in. 1993 to KZEE RADIO-Weatherford 1994 News\Sports Director Play-by-play for Weatherford College Basketball, Weatherford High School Football and Basket- ball, and did two sports casts a day. Hosted many coaches' shows. Responsible for three news- casts a day covering city council, different crime reports from the police and sheriff's department, and school news. 1991 to WBAP RADIO 1992 Helped in the Sports Dept. and Produced the Jim" Reeves Show" Sunday night. Did "Sports Close Up" on "Hello, Texas" Covered the Southland and the Lone Star Conference for Steve Lamb. 1987 to Assistant SID 1989 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas I maintained stats for UNT football and men's basketball home games, women's basketball games. Helped out in the administrative duties in the Sports Information Office as if pertains with the media covering UNT athletics. 1982 to Sports Announcer 1987 KETR FM-Radio, Commerce, Texas Did play-by-play and color for Commerce High School football and basketball. Produced and hosted the "ETSU Scoreboard Show", which aired which aired Saturdays after ETSU Lion football games. Did color for the 1984 Lone Star Con- ference men's and women's basketball tourna- ment and did play-by-play for boys Class AAA Regional Basketball Tournament. Summer KRLD Radio, Dallas, Texas 1985 Wrote news and sports stories for various local reporters and took network feeds from the CBS Radio Network. 1982 to KETV-Cable Channel 3, Commerce, Texas 1987 Hosted "Sports Spectrum," a sports talks show which featured ETSU football, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, and spring sports. It also covered Commerce High School athletics, both boys and girls. References available upon request. |
| Posted | 2008-08-22 18:42:47 |
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