Gene Sherman (sportscaster)
Encyclopedia
Gene Sherman was a legendary pioneer radio
and television
sportscaster in Iowa
. He worked for KCAU-TV
in Sioux City, Iowa
as a sports commentator
in broadcasting
.
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For more than twenty years, Gene Sherman was the voice of the Chargers at Briar Cliff College
. He was inducted into the Charger Hall of Fame in 1999.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
sportscaster in Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. He worked for KCAU-TV
KCAU-TV
KCAU-TV is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, broadcasting digitally on VHF channel 9 as an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company.-History:...
in Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City is a city in Plymouth and Woodbury counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, a decline from 85,013 in the 2000 census, which makes it currently the fourth largest city in the state....
as a sports commentator
Sports commentator
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
in broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
.
Biography
For a number of years, Gene Sherman and Dave Dedrick cohosted "the Big Bowl" from Sioux City, IowaSioux City, Iowa
Sioux City is a city in Plymouth and Woodbury counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, a decline from 85,013 in the 2000 census, which makes it currently the fourth largest city in the state....
.
For more than twenty years, Gene Sherman was the voice of the Chargers at Briar Cliff College
Briar Cliff University
Briar Cliff University is a private, Franciscan Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. -History:In March 1929, Mother Mary Dominica Wieneke, Major Superior of...
. He was inducted into the Charger Hall of Fame in 1999.
External links
- Gene Sherman in the Charger Hall of Fame at Briar Cliff University
- Whatever happened to bowling on TV?- bowling tournaments broadcast by Gene Sherman and Dave Dedrick.