Benchwarmers

THE Benchwarmers:

CJ Boyle:CJ@thefan1060.com – Executive Producer/Reporter/Production/ for Kevin McCabe and Friends, Calling All Sports with Roc and Manuch and Calling All Sports Saturday. Originally a native of Los Angeles, California, I came to Phoenix in 2000. I attended Arizona State University and Graduated with a degree in Marketing from W.P. School of Business in May of 2008. My first job in broadcasting came in the form of a promotions assistant for 101.5 Free FM. From there I went on to become the Associate Producer of The Big O and Dukes show and The Gridiron. Following producing The Big O and Dukes Show, I produced The C.P. and Shapiro Show and The Dave Dameshek Show on Free FM. In addition to working for CBS Radio, I worked in the media relations department for the Phoenix Coyotes. I am an avid hockey fan and have played the game for many years. I am a Hockey Player, a musician, a surfer, and a golfer; I just view it as being well rounded and feel its good to be well versed in numerous disciplines.

Tracey-GAMER: Tracey@thefan1060.com – Utility Guy -handles all sound, production, promotions and co-produces for all On-Air Sports Marketing shows and promotions. Tracey A. Henderson aka “Gamer” was born in Alamogordo, N.M. He grew up living on Air Force Bases throughout the world. Henderson grew up in Okinawa Japan on Kadena Air Force Base then moved to Glendale, Arizona in 1987. Tracey attended Independence High School and Glendale Community College. He has had an interest in radio since the age of eight and has done everything in his power to follow that dream of working in radio. Tracey attended The Academy of Radio and T.V. Broadcasting in 2003 and got his first job in radio with KFNX in Phoenix in February 2004. He ran the board and did production for the week-in shows as well as did some fill in co-hosting work. From there he went to KZON “The Zone” to do promotions and fill in air talent until the format change in January 2006. Henderson was the last person to do a live air show on the “The Zone” as he was heavily involved in the format transformation to “Free FM”. When “Free FM” was considering different shows to get the station a local program he was the producer for all but one of the new shows. Prior to Calling All Sports, Tracey’s was the producer for the Big O & Dukes Show on “Free FM”. He has three children, daughters Karle and Kadena and son Quade.

Fill-in Host(s):

Jeff Dean: jeff.dean3@gmail.com – fills in both Kevin McCabe and Roc and Manuch.  An Arizona native, born in Tucson and attended Dobson High School, Jeff has been involved in Valley sports for over 20 years.  Seven of those have been spent as a member of the Phoenix radio sports media covering all the local teams and even a couple of non-”local” teams such as Arizona Wildcat football and basketball. His stay at the University of Arizona was a short one as the call to radio came at the age of 20.  He has been onvolved in Valley radio for the better part of 14 years with stints at many FM as well as AM stations. Dean’s passions include the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and NCAA basketball.  However, his ultimate love is for college football and all it’s pageantry and controversy.  Jeff is “loyal to a fault” and continues to be a die hard San Francisco Giants and 49ers fan, teams he grew up cheering for, along with his love for the Suns, Coyotes and hometown Wildcats. He was recognized in 2008 as a nominee for the Marconi Award for Acheivement in Sports Radio and is known for his knack to ask the tough questions while not pulling any punches on his opinions and inviting the listeners to express their opinions in an open forum style radio show. Jeff is called upon to fill-in at Calling All Sports and Kevin McCabe and Friends from time to time and enjoys every minute of it.  “I am very pleased and excited to be a part of the team at Calling All Sports and The Fan AM 1060. I look forward to hearing from all the Valley’s sports fans. Your voice matters too!”

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