vocalindian
Active Member
As the voice for Indian Football on the Radio and Internet for 20 years, it's with a sadness that I tell the friends and fans of Indian Football farewell. The broadcast team as you know it will have only two more games to call.
The last Arnold indian, my youngest son, is graduating this year and I've decided it would be best if I passed the microphone on. As a matter of fact, the entire crew will be retiring. For the last two seasons, I've travelled 600 miles a week from our new home in Burnet county to announce the games. It was a struggle, but I did it because I really love the game and the Indian football program. It certainly wasn't for the money since most of the years of the broadcast was a non profit endeavor to raise money for scholarships and none of us took a salary.
The broadcast will continue as BASF has committed to carry on as the underwriter for the broadcast and it will continue to be a charity event. There will just be a new voice on the microphone. We don't know who, but I am sure they will find someone who is talented and committed to PNG football.
I'd like to thank all of the folks that made the broadcast so much fun. It was great hearing from Indians all around the world on Friday nights. My favorites were the enlisted that wrote to us from bases in the middle east and even an aircraft carrier. And what about all the great players I got to see! What a thrill to watch records being broken and young men stepping up to challenges week after week! But most of all, I need to thank the team that stood by me in the booth. My brother Robert helped me lug equipment up many a set of stands to some of the smallest press boxes in the known world! And longtime friend, Paul Brown. He stood in there and commented on the game and gave me a chance to take a breather or get my commercials in order. I am so thankful for both these guys!
Whoever gets to broadcast next year will have the worlds greatest high school football fans listening to them, hands down! We set records every year for the number of folks that listen to the broadcast. This year is no exception. There were 2200 listeners for the Silsbee game and 2500 for the home opener! And that's just on the internet and doesn't count the phone apps or radio listeners. The Indian fans have been so great to broadcast to, but there are always people we don't please. I'm sure someone somewhere will jump for joy when they read that we're leaving, lol. We don't mind the critiques though and I always try to answer each one of them. The one thing we always got flack for was not saying the score enough. No matter how many times I gave the score, someone would always tell me we needed to give it more often.
So, to all the Indians out there, thanks for letting us be a part of the reservation and Indian experience. I will cherish it always! For Robert Arnold, Paul Brown and the entire broadcast crew, I'm Joe Arnold. Goodnight, folks!
The last Arnold indian, my youngest son, is graduating this year and I've decided it would be best if I passed the microphone on. As a matter of fact, the entire crew will be retiring. For the last two seasons, I've travelled 600 miles a week from our new home in Burnet county to announce the games. It was a struggle, but I did it because I really love the game and the Indian football program. It certainly wasn't for the money since most of the years of the broadcast was a non profit endeavor to raise money for scholarships and none of us took a salary.
The broadcast will continue as BASF has committed to carry on as the underwriter for the broadcast and it will continue to be a charity event. There will just be a new voice on the microphone. We don't know who, but I am sure they will find someone who is talented and committed to PNG football.
I'd like to thank all of the folks that made the broadcast so much fun. It was great hearing from Indians all around the world on Friday nights. My favorites were the enlisted that wrote to us from bases in the middle east and even an aircraft carrier. And what about all the great players I got to see! What a thrill to watch records being broken and young men stepping up to challenges week after week! But most of all, I need to thank the team that stood by me in the booth. My brother Robert helped me lug equipment up many a set of stands to some of the smallest press boxes in the known world! And longtime friend, Paul Brown. He stood in there and commented on the game and gave me a chance to take a breather or get my commercials in order. I am so thankful for both these guys!
Whoever gets to broadcast next year will have the worlds greatest high school football fans listening to them, hands down! We set records every year for the number of folks that listen to the broadcast. This year is no exception. There were 2200 listeners for the Silsbee game and 2500 for the home opener! And that's just on the internet and doesn't count the phone apps or radio listeners. The Indian fans have been so great to broadcast to, but there are always people we don't please. I'm sure someone somewhere will jump for joy when they read that we're leaving, lol. We don't mind the critiques though and I always try to answer each one of them. The one thing we always got flack for was not saying the score enough. No matter how many times I gave the score, someone would always tell me we needed to give it more often.
So, to all the Indians out there, thanks for letting us be a part of the reservation and Indian experience. I will cherish it always! For Robert Arnold, Paul Brown and the entire broadcast crew, I'm Joe Arnold. Goodnight, folks!
