• Phil Knight

     

    Phil Knight  
    ------ NIKE Founder & Chairman Phil Knight -------  

    NIKE Founder & Chairman Phil Knight has been a friend of KBPS since his days as a student announcer from Cleveland High School.

    Over the years Mr. Knight has made generous donations that, among other things, helped the station build the broadcast center we now call home.

    He also underwrites our annual Summer Sound program which allows us to hire the best of our students to work on the air over the summer.

     

    KBPS thanks Phil Knight for his contributions toward helping our students achieve their dreams.

  • Industry Friends

     

    KBPS is fortunate to have several friends who are professionals in the broadcast industry who do station imaging for a living. They have in the past, graciously donated their services to provide KBPS with on-air imaging. (click the captioned names to hear the voice!)

     

    Randy Thomas Rachel Thomas
    Randy Thomas Rachel Thomas

    Randy is probably best know as the voice of Entertainment Tonight & The Insider. She has also announced the Academy Awards; The Emmy Awards; The Daytime Emmy Awards; The Tony Awards; & numerous specials for the American Film Institute.

    Click here to listen to Randy

    Randy’s daughter Rachel is also a voice imaging announcer.

     

    Charlie Van Dyke Bobby Ocean
    Charlie Van Dyke Bobby Ocean

    Charlie Van Dyke and Bobby Ocean have also donated their voice work services to KBPS. Charlie Van Dyke has worked at some of the top radio stations in the nation, including KLIF in Dallas, CKLW in Windsor/Detroit, KHJ Los Angeles, KFRC in San Francisco, WLS Chicago, WRKO in Boston and KRTH Los Angeles. He is heard now as the image voice for numerous radio and television stations across the country. Bobby Ocean is a California radio legend. He has worked at top rated stations throughout the state including KGB and KCBQ San Diego, KHJ Los Angeles and KFRC San Francisco. His career spans more than four decades. He currently has his own broadcast imaging and production company in Northern California.

    Click here to listen to Charlie Van Dyke

    Click here to listen to Bobby Ocean

    The voice you hear introducing KBPS broadcasts of PIL Football and Basketball is none other than NBC Sportscaster Bob Costas.

     

    Bob Costas  
    Bob Costas  

    Bob Costas has worked for NBC since the early 1980s. Costas has been the studio host for National Football League coverage, and done play-by-play for the NBA and Major League Baseball. Bob also hosts a sports series on HBO. Costas has also frontlined many Olympic broadcasts for NBC beginning at the Barcelona games in 1992. He has won multiple sportscaster of the year awards from the National Sportscaster and Sportswriter Association and he has received numerous Emmy Awards for outstanding sports announcing. You will hear Bob's voice at the beginning and end of KBPS Sports Broadcasts.

    Click here to listen to Bob.