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Chuck Valenches | |
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| Occupation(s) | Sports broadcaster, voice actor |
Chuck Valenches is a minor league baseball radio broadcaster and voice actor. He most recently served as a play-by-play announcer for the Nashville Sounds, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers based in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1998 to 2009. [1] [2]
Valenches began his career in 1992 as the announcer of the Class-A Midwest League's Kane County Cougars a Single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. From 1993 to 1995, he was the announcer for the High Desert Mavericks in the Class A California League (Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles). In 1996, he moved to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers of the Southern League, where he remained through 1997.[ citation needed ]
During his time in Jacksonville, Valenches also provided play-by-play for the televised "Southern League Game-of-the-Month" and the Jacksonville University baseball team.[ citation needed ]
In 1998, Valenches began providing commentary for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League. He was promoted to the lead play-by-play spot in 2000. He was part of the broadcast team for the 2001 Triple-A All-Star Game in Indianapolis, Indiana and as the play-by-play broadcaster for the "2001 City of Hope Softball Game" broadcast on Country Music Television (CMT) and CMT Canada.[ citation needed ]
Valenches appeared as an announcer in the 3DO Sports video game series High Heat Baseball from 2002 to 2004, along with Dave O'Brien. [3]
In 2008 and 2009 Valenches was the broadcaster for the Atlantic Sun Conference NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, serving as the play-by-play broadcaster for all tournament games over four days outside of the Men's Championship game. The tournament was aired on the web-based A-Sun TV.[ citation needed ]
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