Calling All Sports with Roc and Manuch
During your afternoon commute, Calling All Sports with Roc and Manuch bring you the best sports coverage in the Southwest. The show is called Calling All Sports because they bring something to sports radio that has been hard to find: Entertainment. In addition, the guys bring credibility from their numerous contacts, sources, past employment, and years of sports experience, both in the media and as a former professional athlete. Every show includes interviews, opinions, analysis, great sports conversation, off-the-wall entertainment, comedy bits, sports bar gossip, contests, and tons of listener interaction.
Roster:
Roc: Roc@callingallsportsaz.com
Mike Muraco ('Roc'), brings over 20 years experience in the sports industry, specializing in sports marketing, media and public relations. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Sports Industry and Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Ohio University. Roc has worked in professional and collegiate capacities with stints with the Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Fall League, Phoenix Firebirds, Oakland A's and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Fiesta Bowl and Insight Bowl committee, on the advisory board for the National Football Foundation, and active in various charities. When Roc isn't fighting with Manuch or his producers, he is President and Vice President, respectively for ON-AIR Sports Marketing and The Labrador Group. Prior to Roc and Manuch making the switch to the FAN AM 1060 from ESPN 860, Roc partnered with the following Joe Moeller (1280am), Bill Lewis (KDUS 1060) and Ron Wolfley (ESPN 860).
Vitals:
Nickname: Roc
Birthday: 06-29-1968
Hometown: Turnersville, NJ
Colleges: Ohio University –under and grad
Bats, throws: Right
Favorite pro team: Philadelphia Eagles
Favorite college team: The Ohio State University Buckeyes
Favorite coach: Dick Vermeil
Favorite sport to play: Golf
Favorite jersey number: 20 –Mike Schmidt’s
Best game ever attended: Toss up – Either my 14 Fiesta Bowls and 4 SuperBowls!
Favorite movie: Caddyshack
Favorite musician/group: Grateful Dead/Bruce Springsteen
First job in broadcasting: Classic Rock ACRN, Athens, Ohio– Late Night Disc Jockey
Favorite childhood fantasy: Doing it!
I decided to become a broadcaster when: When I realize this idiot I know could do it
Most embarrassing moment: I have too many to write…I guess my biggest one was hitting the winning shot for the All Star game basketball game when I was 15 years old and cried like a baby with excitement. I got hazed so bad!
Personal words of wisdom: It doesn’t matter what you know, it’s who you know!
Life interests: Playing golf, hitting the lake, hangin with my dog Slider and sitting at the bar at Primetime
Manuch: Dan@callingallsportsaz.com
Dan Manucci ('Manuch'), a former NFL player and on-air personality is a graduate of Tempe McClintock High School, where he played football under Arizona's All-Time winningest coach, Karl Keifer. Manuch received a football and baseball scholarship to Mesa Community College. He then received a scholarship to Kansas State, where he led the Big 8 in passing his senior year, and was named 1978 All-Big 8 Honorable Mention. Manuch was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 5th round of the 1979 Draft. He played QB for the Bills in 1979-80, the Toronto Argonauts 1981, the Arizona Wranglers of the USFL 1983, and played with the Buffalo Bills replacement team of 1987. He started his broadcast career in 1992 hosting the Phoenix Cardinals pre-game and post-game shows. For over 10 years, Manuch was a part of the Cardinals broadcast team and ASU Sun Devils radio and TV football broadcasts. Dan is involved with the local NFL Retired Players Association as well as numerous charities year round. Manuch resides in Gilbert, a single father of two children, Landon, and Neathery. He spent time co-hosting with Roc on ESPN Radio 860 hosting 2pm-4pm Monday-Friday from September 2004 to July 2006.
Vitals:
Nickname: Manuch/Butch
Birthday: 09/03/1957
Hometown: Eric, PA
Colleges: Mesa Community and Kansas St. University
Bats, throws: Right
Favorite pro team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite college team: Kansas St. Wildcats
Favorite coach: Vince Lombardi
Favorite sport to play: Golf
Favorite jersey number: 12
Best game ever attended: Standing in the pool area for Game 7 of the 2001 World Series with my son Landon
Favorite movie: Heaven Can Wait
Favorite musician/group: Michael McDonald/Earth, Wind and Fire
First job in broadcasting: Morning Sports Anchor, Kansas St. Radio
Favorite childhood fantasy: Being the SuperBowl QB for the Steelers
I decided to become a broadcaster when: As a small boy, listening to radio broadcasts of Vince Skully and the LA Dodgers in my room at night with the lights out.
Most embarrassing moment: Running the two minute drill my junior year against the Colorado Buffaloes, and throwing the football out of bounds to stop the clock…on 4th down!
Life interests: Actor/model, radio/tv sports analyst
Glenn Clark: Glenn@callingallsportsaz.com Executive Producer/Sports Reporter
Clark is originally from Baltimore, having journeyed to the Valley of the Sun in 2006. He broke into the sports media industry as a college writer, selling his student newspaper articles about University of Maryland sports to small newspapers throughout the mid-atlantic area. This led to a job in Media Relations at the University of Maryland. He joined CBS Radio in Baltimore/Washington after they picked up the rights to University of Maryland sports. He soon found himself bouncing around five(5) stations in the Mid-Atlantic area covering not only Terp sports, but all sports. He arrived in Phoenix during the fall of 2006 as the Executive Producer of "The Big O And Dukes Show" on FreeFM, and has been heard co-hosting "The Gridiron" Saturday mornings on FreeFM.
Vitals:
Nickname: Coach G (soon changing! Per Roc and Manuch)
Birthday: September 6, 1983
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
College: University of Maryland
Bats, throws: R/R
Favorite pro team: Baltimore Colts
Favorite college team: University of Maryland
Favorite coach: Don Shula
Favorite jersey number: 8 (Cal Ripken)
Best game ever attended: 2002 Peach Bowl (Maryland/Tennessee).....if you ever had to hear 60,000 fans screaming "Rocky Top" for a few days, you'd understand
Favorite movie: The Sandlot
Favorite musician/group: U2
First job in broadcasting: Terrapin Sports Radio Network reporter
Favorite childhood fantasy: Working for ESPN
I decided to become a broadcaster when: I was 8 years old, and realized that Johnny Holliday got to call Maryland Basketball AND Maryland Football games. I couldn't believe the same person got to have the two best jobs in the world
Life interests: My girlfriend, family, friends, sports, pop culture
Tracey: Tracey@callingallsportsaz.com Producer/Production
Tracey A. Henderson 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 again some more fill in air talent when needed 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 last position was the producer for the Big O & Dukes Show on “Free FM”. He has three children, daughters Karle and Kadena and a son Quade.
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Tommy Knight: TommyKnightAZ@aol.com
Tommy Knight was raised in Marlton, NJ. He selected the University of Iowa as his college of choice where he earned a Bachelors Degree in History and played for coaching legend, Hayden Fry. He was selected in the 1st Round of the 1997 NFL Draft as the 9th pick of the Arizona Cardinals. Upon retirement after 8 seasons, Knight ventured into the coaching profession and spent the 2006 season on the University of Wisconsin staff that enjoyed the best season in Badger history.
Although coaching opportunities were available, he decided to pursue his passion and dream of becoming an on-air personality in the sports media industry.
Vitals:
Nickname: T. Knight
Birthday: December 29, 1974
Hometown: Marlton, NJ
College: University of Iowa
Bats, throws: Right
Favorite pro team: Brazil (First sport I ever played was soccer)
Favorite college team: Iowa Hawkeyes
Favorite jersey number: 8
Best game ever attended: Super Bowl XXXII (Denver Broncos vs. Green Bay Packers)
Favorite movie: The Color Purple
Favorite musician/group: Stevie Wonder & Frank Sinatra
First job in broadcasting: This one! (Is this a job?)
Favorite childhood fantasy: Playing in the NFL
I decided to become a broadcaster when: I began being interviewed for my playing career and wished that more individuals understood athletes better. I wanted to offer a different perspective.
Life interests: Family, Career, Sports, Books & Video Games
Weekends on Calling All Sports
Grose: mikegrose@callingallsportsaz.com
Mike Grose, a native of Detroit, has worked in the sports industry in different capacities for the past twenty years. He earned his Bachelors Degrees in Political Science and Business Administration from Regis University in Denver. He has a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Mike served as the Sports Information Director at Regis University for seven years. He spent four years as the Information Director for the Colorado Athletic Conference. While in Denver, Mike hosted shows on Fox Sports Network and local sports talk radio stations. Mike got his biggest break, however, when he started working with Roc and Wolf in August of 2002.
Vitals:
Nickname: Grease Grose
Birthday: March 31, 1965
Hometown: Detroit, MI
College: Regis University
Bats, throws: R/R
Favorite pro team: Arizona Cardinals
Favorite college team: University of Michigan
Favorite coach: Sparky Anderson
Favorite jersey number: 6
Best game ever attended: Denver Nuggets/Detroit Pistons 12/13/1983
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite musician/group: U2
First job in broadcasting: Doing color for the CAC Game of the Week on Prime Sports Network in Denver
Favorite childhood fantasy: Play for the Detroit Tigers.
I decided to become a broadcaster when: The great Irv Brown told me to show up at the University of Denver with my blue sports jacket.
Life interests: My two daughters.
CJ Boyle: CJ@thefan1060.com Saturday Producer/Sports Reporter
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.
