- Rory Markas
Rory Markas (born in Chatsworth, California) is the lead radio play-by-play sports broadcaster for the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team and the men's basketball team of theUniversity of Southern California . Markas also broadcast three Angels games on TV in Toronto on August 14-16, 2007, with former Major League pitcher and current analystMark Gubicza .Markas is currently in his seventh season as the lead radio voice of Angels baseball, and is in his 11th year as the USC Trojans basketball radio voice. In the past, Rory has called baseball games for USC. Markas also works as a field reporter and part-time sports anchor for
KTTV , the Fox-owned television station in Los Angeles. Throughout his career, dating back to the early 1980s, Markas has worked forCBS 'KNX-AM andKCBS-TV in Los Angeles, theLos Angeles Clippers radio network, theMilwaukee Brewers television and radio networks, the original Prime Ticket network (now Fox Sports Net West), and thePacific Coast League 'sSalt Lake City Gulls andVancouver Canadians baseball teams. Rory also had a brief stint in Las Vegas as a DJ during the 1980s.For his broadcasting work, Markas has several awards to his credit, including three Golden Mike Awards (for radio reporting), and two
Associated Press Sportcasting Awards.Markas is an alum of
Los Angeles Valley College ,California State University-Northridge , andChatsworth High School in Chatsworth CA. and currently resides in suburban Palmdale, north of Los Angeles.Markas was also the lead announcer for "
RollerJam " from its second season to its last.Starting with the 2008 season, Markas will also work games on television, with Gubicza as analyst for selected Angels games on FSN West and
KCOP-TV . He will continue in his primary role on radio, when fellow broadcasters, Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler, work on the television side.ee also
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List of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim broadcasters External links
* [http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=ana#rory_markas Markas' Bio on AngelsBaseball.com]
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