Radio Studio Host, New Orleans Hornets (2007-current) - Radio host of pre-game, halftime, post-game call-in and weekly specialty shows for the 20-station, multi-state New Orleans Hornets Radio Network. - Backup radio play-by-play announcer. - Contributor on Hornets TV pre-game.	Résumé
	Comcast Sports Southeast (2002-current) - Football, baseball and basketball play-by-play broadcaster for regional cable network available in 5.6 million households spanning 12 Southeastern states, from West Virginia, south to Miami and west to Arkansas and Louisiana. - Have worked as play-by-play broadcaster for Georgia Tech football, Conference USA football and men’s basketball (2006-current). - Broadcast select Southern League baseball games (2003-2005) aired on most Comcast regional networks nationwide. - Play-by-play broadcaster for College of Charleston men’s basketball (2002). Cox Sports Television (2008-current) - Freelance play-by-play broadcaster for college basketball and baseball. Radio Talk Host, 1010XL Jacksonville (2006-2007) - Host, "Fight Night," airing 7-9 p.m. on Jacksonville Sports Radio 1010XL (WJXL-AM) in Jacksonville. - Previously lead host of daily sports talk show airing midday show "The Block Party" airing on ESPN 1460 and 1010AM in Jacksonville. - Responsibilities include emceeing on-location events, procuring sponsorships, writing and designing original segments. Jacksonville Suns minor league baseball (2003-2006) - Director of Broadcasting and lead play-by-play broadcaster for Los Angeles Dodgers’ Class AA affiliate (2003-05). Broadcast all 140 games on WFXJ-AM, home and road. Worked with color analyst on home games, solo on the road. - Engineered all broadcasts, home and road, wrote and maintained formats, logs, commercial accounts. Operated as chief liaison between flagship and team. - Produced all show elements, including themes, bumpers and also feature segments for daily pre-game shows. - Color analyst/play-by-play for home games in 2006. Called play-by-play for Dodgers spring training games on MLB.com. - Actively involved in Junior Achievement, community speaking and other charitable causes. Montréal Expos baseball (2003-2004) - Guest play-by-play and color analyst for select road games broadcast on CKGM-AM “The Team” 990. ESPN Regional Television (2002-2003) - Backup play-by-play for Mid-American Conference basketball games televised on Fox Sports Net affiliates in seven Midwestern and Northeastern states. St. Paul Saints minor league baseball (2001-2002) - Hosted and wrote live TV pre-game show for 50 games in 2002 on Comcast (350,000 homes) and KSTC-TV 45 (2 million). - Lead play-by-play announcer and broadcast engineer for all 90 games on KCCO-AM 950 Minneapolis/St. Paul in 2001. Charleston RiverDogs minor league baseball (2000) - Hosted, wrote and produced five-minute pre-game and 45-minute post-game call-in show for all 142 game broadcasts. Other experience - Tulane University (2008-current). Fill-in baseball play-by-play broadcaster. - Great Falls White Sox minor league baseball (2007). Play-by-play announcer for 76 Pioneer League baseball games. - Jacksonville University athletics (2004-06). Regular fill-in radio play-by-play/engineer for basketball and baseball. - University of North Florida men’s basketball (2005-06). Regular fill-in radio play-by-play/engineer for Division I school. - College of Charleston men’s basketball (2000-01). Regular fill-in radio play-by-play/engineer for Division I school. - Kalamazoo College men’s basketball (1998-99). Lead radio play-by-play broadcaster/engineer for Division III school.  EDUCATION Michigan State University (1995-1999) Earned Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism with cognates in radio/TV broadcasting and public relations. Wrote for The State News and hosted a sports talk show on the MSU radio station. Interned at the Lansing NBC-TV affiliate and at 50,000-watt WJR-AM in Detroit. Also wrote for two commercial newspapers: Lansing State Journal and Jackson Citizen-Patriot.    SKILLS - Seven years’ experience in radio/TV sales and marketing with minor league baseball teams and radio stations. - Former president of a small business, 12 Mile Media Corp., which originally owned my talk show and acted as a marketing consultation and sports content development company until 2007. - Designed radio formats, procured and serviced customer accounts for commercial radio stations and team broadcasts. - Strong and varied audio/video production capabilities and print/graphic/web design skills. - Maintained broadcast equipment and also managed technical broadcast configurations for new baseball stadium. - Designed advertising campaigns and print publications for sports teams. Wrote deadline game and feature stories. All content ©1998-2010 Joe Block. All rights reserved. Site updated 1/31/10.