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Mike Rypel Mike Rypel joined AM-1150 WCRK News/Sports Director in August, 2002. In 2004, he was honored to receive the Broadcast Media Award from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
He previously worked at a Clear Channel Communications 5 station cluster in Lima , Ohio , where he served as News Assistant and Studio Engineer from January 2001 to July 2002.
Rypel also served a summer internship at Cleveland , Ohio 's AM-1100 WTAM.
The 2007-08 school year marked the 6th year for Rypel as "The Voice of Morristown East
Hurricanes Sports" on WCRK Radio. He serves as the play-by-play announcer for Hurricanes' football, basketball and baseball.
Mike is a Cleveland , Ohio native and a 1999 graduate of Bowling Green State University (OH).
He had the thrill of announcing 4 years of sports (football, basketball, hockey and baseball) for the Division 1 NCAA Bowling Green Falcons. His top memories include football broadcasts at Penn State , Ohio State and Louisiana Tech. He had the privilege of calling (future NFL star)
WR Randy Moss' final TD catch of his collegiate career at Marshall University and Hall of Fame Coach Joe Paterno's 300th career coaching victory at Penn State .
Top basketball memories include broadcasts at Indiana University and covering future NBA players
Bonzi Wells, Wally Sczerbiak, Earl Boykins and Antonio Daniels. Mike was also thrilled to announce college hockey play-off games at Joe Louis Arena ( Detroit , MI ). |