Radio Ranch III

It's a small world. I was watching today the delayed TV broadcast of the Class 4a State Football championship between Lake Travis and Longview. The play-by-play announcer sounded very familiar. The play-by-play announcer wa Marc McClain.

He sounded familiar because Marc and I did Kilgore High School football on KOCA in the early 1980's. The last time I have talked to Marc was when I was working at KTRE TV in 1983. I heard through the years that he was the voice of the Temple High School Wildcats for many years on KTEM after leaving Kilgore.

The year Marc and I did Kilgore High football was when Michael Kalmus and Sanford Stephens alternated plays at quarterback. My sister was a cheerleader for KHS and I interviewed her and the other cheerleaders at halftime of the game when Kilgore played Hallsville.

Working at KKTX-KOCA was a fun, interesting time. What I enjoyed most working there was the people I worked with. It was good to hear Marc call a game, I just wished I was in the booth with him calling a state championship game.