Keith Bleyer is an American sports broadcaster and soccer coach currently living in Bend, Oregon

Bend, Oregon

Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...

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Bleyer got his start in sports broadcasting while attending Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...

 in the late eighties. He called the university's basketball, football and soccer games first on the student-run radio station KSCU

KSCU

KSCU is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Santa Clara, California, the station serves the San Jose area. The station is currently owned by Santa Clara University. The station plays independent music, varying from indie rock, punk, ska, jazz, blues, reggae, and others...

 and then for a commercial station in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

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Following his graduation from SCU, a run of stints at three different local television stations for Bleyer in the nineties culminated with a four year run, from 1994 to 1998, as the sports director for the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 affiliate, KGAN-TV, in Cedar Rapids, 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...

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