Instead, OSU is a No. Recents. SHOCKER BASEBALL ON THE RADIO AND ESPN PLUS: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM will once again serve as the radio home for Wichita State baseball broadcasts in 2023. His voice has never given out. They arent being very genuine or sincere. Podcasts. Kennedy said he has come to peace with his streak ending. Grebe was with WSU when a plane carrying members of the Shockers football team crashed in Colorado in October 1970. Listen Now Sports Music News & Talk Podcasts Audiobooks More. It has been nearly a half-century since Grebe was the Voice of the Shockers, calling play-by-play on the radio for Wichita State football and basketball games from 1966-73. He just loved what he was doing and loved interacting with the people involved.. All rights reserved. But I was fond of when I met some of the boys for the reunions. WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Gus Grebe, the former radio announcer for Wichita State athletics who coined the phrase put it in the ol deep freeze when games were out of reach for Shocker opponents, died Tuesday at his home in southern California, family confirms. He was so into football games that he would hang out of the press box, and he once famously stood on the broadcast table during a Shocker basketball game against Louisville. 13 Broadcast Plaza SW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, 4615 Parliament Drive, Suite 103, Alexandria, LA 71303, 2700 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, 1551 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30306, 1901 Westwind Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93301, 371 Target Industrial Circle, Bangor, ME 04401, 10000 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810, 6155 Eastex Freeway, Suite 300, Beaumont, TX 77706, 445 South 24th Street West, Billings, MT 59102, 14351 Highway 49 North, Gulfport, MS 39503, 4600 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850, 1720 Valley View Driv, Birmingham, AL 35209, 2727 Russellville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 699 Hertel Avenue, Suite 100, Buffalo, NY 14207, 298 Mountain View Dr, Colcester, VT 05446, 2619 West College Street, Bozeman, MT 59718, 600 Old Marion Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, 3003 Old Rochester Rd., Springfield, IL 62703, 3501 Performance Road, Charlotte, NC 28214, 999 Second Street SE, Charlottesville, VA 22902, 635 West 7th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45203, 5800 S. Marginal Road, Cleveland, OH 44103, 560 Wooten Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80915, 501 Business Loop - 70E, Columbia, MO 65201, 1400 Pickens Street, Suite 600, Columbia, SC 29201, 1359 Beech Springs Rd., Saltillo, MS 38866, 600 Leopard Street, Suite 1924, Corpus Christi, TX 78401, 937 E. 53rd Street, Suite D, Davenport, IA 52807, 2245 Corporate Place, Miamisburg, OH 45342, 16550 W. Nine Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075, 3650 Braddock Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701, 621 SW Pine Island Rd. Breaking down WSUs breakout star: Trainer takes you inside the game of Tyson Etienne, Theyve owned us: No. KANSAS CITY, Mo. Kennedy, 71, is currently in the midst of a 10-day quarantine following COVID-19 protocols after he was deemed a close contact to a positive case. To be remembered that long for doing a rather short term of broadcasting of Shocker games is a memorable thing as far as Im concerned, Grebe said. Its a job that Ive done before, but its daunting considering whose shoes that Im filling.. Kennedy said he has tested negative since returning from WSUs road trip to Oxford, Mississippi and is in good health, other than the disappointment that his 41-year, 1,319-game streak is coming to an end without a choice in the manner. One of the things anybody could tell you that knows Gus is what a nice man he is, Kennedy said. He says he has broadcast before through sicknesses and illnesses.
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