- Tim Roye
Tim Roye is a radio
play-by-play announcer for the NBA'sGolden State Warriors He has been calling Warrior games forKNBR -AM in San Francisco since 1995. [cite news |first=Unknown |last=Author |title=Tim Roye: Radio Play-by-Play Announcer |url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/Tim_Roye-28145-52.html |work=Golden State Warriors News |date=2007 |accessdate= 2008-02-15]Career
Following his graduation from
Utica College in New York, Roye spent eight years (1978-86) as the sports director at Utica’sWIBX -WNYZ radio. He later moved toBirmingham, Alabama , where he was the sports director at WVOK radio from 1986-87. Roye spent two years in the Phoenix market from 1987-89, serving as a talk show host for KTAR radio and a correspondent for theArizona Cardinals Radio Network. He also served as thecolor analyst for theArizona State University Basketball Network and called play-by-play for thePhoenix Firebirds andArizona State Sun Devils baseball teams. Prior to his arrival with Golden State in 1995, Roye spent six seasons with theSacramento Kings ’ broadcast team as the pregame, halftime and postgame host for the team’s radio broadcasts onKHTK -AM andKFBK -AM. He also handled the radio play-by-play duties for 45 games during the 1994-95 season. Roye hosted a daily three-hour sports talk show on KHTK as well as hosting a weekly two-hour Kings radio program. Roye served as sports director at KFBK in Sacramento for five years (1989-94).Roye enters his 14th season of handling the play-by-play duties for all Warriors radio broadcasts on
KNBR (680 AM & 1050 AM) [ KNBR Content ] , the club’s flagship station. He will continue to host a weekly one-hour program on KNBR, "Warriors Weekly Roundtable," throughout the basketball season as well as the Warriors’ pregame and postgame shows. The Roundtable often happens on Thursdays at 9 PM on KNBR 680. Tim will interview guests, take calls, and preview the upcoming opponent. He also reads emails sent to "Tim Roye's Journal". [ [http://www.nba.com/warriors/mailbox/roye_journal_archive.html Tim Roye's Journal] ] Tim will often talk with FSN analyst Matt Steinmetz.Catchphrases
* "Elevation Sensation": When a player leaps very high and dunks it down, often posterizing another player. For example: "Matt Barnes down the lane....JAMS IT, .....ELEVATION SENSATION for Matt Barnes"
* "Air France": referring to
Mickael Pietrus . [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=2173 Mickael Pietrus player card] ] Example: "Pietrus to the hoop...DUNKS IT DOWN....Air France to the rim.."Education
Tim graduated from
Utica College in Utica,New York .Personal life
Tim, despite being a Chula Vista native, lives in Fairfield,
California . He lives with his wife, Cinde, and their two children, Zachary James and Gabrielle Elizabeth.ee also
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