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Play-by-Play: Tales from a Sportscasting Insider 1st Taylor Trade Pub. Ed Edition
Author(s): Bill Mercer (Author)
- Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
- Publication Date: 9 July 2007
- Edition: 1st Taylor Trade Pub. Ed
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1589792246
- ISBN-13: 9781589792241
Book Description
Both a memoir and a “how-to” for anyone who aspires to a career in broadcast journalism, particularly sports, this book calls on Mercer’s vast experience and name recognition in Texas to give an insider’s view of everything from play-by-play to interviewing a celebrity athlete. Mercer began his career as the voice of professional wrestling in Dallas in the 1950s, and later went on to be a play-by-play announcer for teams ranging from the Dallas Cowboys to the Chicago White Sox, in addition to a brief “hard news” stint at the time of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas in 1963.
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About the Author
A member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, Bill Mercer currently teaches bradcast journalism at University of North Texas and is co-author of When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963.
