THE FAN Benchwarmers:
Shawn Crespin – Executive Producer: On-Air Sports Marketing, producers of Calling All Sports with Roc and Manuch, The Bertrand Berry Show, Calling All Sports Saturday with Kevin McCabe and Mike Grose and Arizona Sports Business Report, is pleased to announce that Shawn Crespin has joined the company as Executive Producer for all of its shows. No stranger to radio, Crespin began his career in 2002 and has vast experience producing multiple radio programs. He comes to On-Air Sports Marketing from Crown Choice Productions and as audio director for the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and Arizona Rattlers. Crespin also served as the Producer for the Bickley and MJ’s at XTRA Sports 910 and Positive Side of Sports on KMVP-AM. During his time at both stations, Crespin hosted several fill-in programs as well as did updates. Furthermore, he was a radio broadcasting instructor at the East Valley Institute of Technology. Shawn Crespin can be reached at Shawn@onairsportsmarketing.com or 480-570-4369.
Tracey-GAMER: Tracey@thefan1060.com – Utility Guy -handles all sound, production, promotions, and on-air call in’s 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.
CJ Boyle:CJ@thefan1060.com –
Reporter, Writer, and assists in Producing for Calling All Sports with Roc and Manuch and Calling All Sports Saturday. Originally a native of Los Angeles, California, came to Phoenix in 2000. CJ attended Arizona State University and Graduated with a degree in Marketing from W.P. School of Business in May of 2008.
Fill-in Host(s):
Gary Cruz: Gary Cruz, Co Founder/Partner of CruzWood Communications, is a former televison sports anchor, play by play announcer, show host and public speaker for over 3 decades. During the course of his television career, Gary traveled the world for coverage of major sporting events which included Super Bowls, NBA Championships, World Series, College and Professional Football, PGA and U.S. Open championships and much more. In 1989 he traveled to Melbourne, Australia to do play by play for the Amercian Bowl College Classic featuring Colorado State University and Brigham Young University. His play by play travels took him to Sao Paulo, Brazil for a pay-per-view Mixed Martial Arts world wide telecast. Cruz has also traveled to Japan several times for pay-per-view telecasts of K-1 Champinship tournaments worldwide. From 1990 to 1997 Gary hosted the L.A. Lakers Pre-Game show on KCAL TV Los Angeles, working with NBA broadcasting legend, Chick Hearn. Cruz’s television Sportscasting career began in Denver, CO with stops in Los Angeles and Phoenix, AZ. Along the way he developed unique relationships with prominent athletes, entertainers, business leaders, politicians, major corporations and small businesses. His business resume includes part ownership in Morton-Apollo Travel, partnering with former NFL quarterback Craig Morton in the 1980′s. Gary’s life after television has taken him to the world of marketing and public relations where he will use his interview, writing and public speaking skills to take his clients to the next level of personal and professional success. Working for charitable causes is extremely important to Cruz, who has been on state and national boards for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Special Olympics and most recently with the Prostate On Site Project (POP).
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!”