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[[Image:Dolphin.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]DOLPHIN, Gary. (Cascade, IA-- ). "Voice of the Iowa Hawkeyes." In December 1996, Dolphin, a branch manager at [[MERCANTILE BANK OF DUBUQUE]] and veteran Dubuque sports announcer, was chosen to become the one-and-only voice for Iowa Hawkeye football and men's basketball. | [[Image:Dolphin.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]DOLPHIN, Gary. (Cascade, IA-- ). "Voice of the Iowa Hawkeyes." In December 1996, Dolphin, a branch manager at [[MERCANTILE BANK OF DUBUQUE]] and veteran Dubuque sports announcer, was chosen to become the one-and-only voice for Iowa Hawkeye football and men's basketball. Hawkeye radio broadcasts had been purchased by Learfield Communications which decided to use a new format--one announcer. | ||
Dolphin began broadcasting in Jacksonville, Illinois in 1970. He moved to Dubuque within a year to work at KDTH. From 1972 to 1978, he was the play-by-play voice for Dubuque radio station KDTH for Iowa's football and basketball. He moved to KDUB-TV in 1978 and spent eight years as sports director and ten seasons broadcasting Dubuque prep football, baseball, and basketball games. Dolphin had also been the play-by-play voice for Northwestern basketball before the school switched to WGN radio in 1996 and annually for the [[NATIONAL CATHOLIC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT]]]. | |||
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Revision as of 21:24, 14 February 2010
DOLPHIN, Gary. (Cascade, IA-- ). "Voice of the Iowa Hawkeyes." In December 1996, Dolphin, a branch manager at MERCANTILE BANK OF DUBUQUE and veteran Dubuque sports announcer, was chosen to become the one-and-only voice for Iowa Hawkeye football and men's basketball. Hawkeye radio broadcasts had been purchased by Learfield Communications which decided to use a new format--one announcer.
Dolphin began broadcasting in Jacksonville, Illinois in 1970. He moved to Dubuque within a year to work at KDTH. From 1972 to 1978, he was the play-by-play voice for Dubuque radio station KDTH for Iowa's football and basketball. He moved to KDUB-TV in 1978 and spent eight years as sports director and ten seasons broadcasting Dubuque prep football, baseball, and basketball games. Dolphin had also been the play-by-play voice for Northwestern basketball before the school switched to WGN radio in 1996 and annually for the NATIONAL CATHOLIC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT].