David J. Halberstam

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David J. Halberstam (born October 7, 1951) was the EVP/General Manager of Westwood One Sports. Previously, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Miami Heat and St. John's basketball.

Westwood One is an American radio network that was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, and was later purchased by the private equity firm, The Gores Group. Due to purchases, mergers and other forms of consolidation in the 1980s and 1990s, at one time or another, it had ownership stakes in or syndication rights to some of the most famous brands in network radio, including CBS, NBC, Mutual, CNN, Fox and Unistar. The company was one of the largest producers and distributors of radio programming in the United States. It broadcast entertainment, news, weather, sports, talk, and traffic programming to about 7,700 radio stations across the United States. The company was the top provider of local traffic reports in the US through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks, Shadow Broadcast Services, SmartRoute Systems, and Sigalert.com. Westwood One also offers weather services; originally using Accuweather, Westwood switched to The Weather Channel in 2009.

Miami Heat American professional basketball team from Miami, Florida

The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The Heat play their home games at American Airlines Arena, and have won three NBA championships.

St. Johns University (New York City) university in New York City, New York, United States

St. John's University is a private Catholic university in New York City. Founded and run by the Congregation of the Mission in 1870, the school was originally located in the neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant in the borough of Brooklyn. In the 1950s, the school was relocated to its current site at Utopia Parkway in Hillcrest, Queens. St. John's also has campuses in Staten Island and Manhattan in New York City and overseas in Rome, Italy. In addition, the university has a Long Island Graduate Center in Hauppauge, along with academic locations in Paris, France, and Limerick, Ireland. The university is named after Saint John the Baptist.

In 1999, Halberstam published Sports on New York Radio: A Play-by-Play History. [1] In 2016, he authored "The Fundamentals of Sports Media and Sponsorship Sales: Developing New Accounts." In early 2018, Halberstam launched the website, Sports Broadcast Journal; which evaluates the work of sports broadcasters and covers the sports media world.

In the 2011 season, Halberstam joined the Nova Southeastern University Sharks Athletics family as its Men's Basketball play-by-play announcer.

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References

  1. Halberstam, David J. (1999). Sports on New York Radio: A Play-by-Play History. Masters Press. ISBN   9781570281976. OCLC   40061355.