12-23-11
One of the most recognizable and powerful ESPN radio voices is retiring after 50 years in the business. After starting his career at a radio station in a small city, Dan "The Duke" Davis is hanging up the microphone. Davis' final job is at ESPN Radio where he does SportCenter updates. Davis joined ESPN radio in 1992 when the network launched. He watched it grow into the juggernaut it is today.
Davis says ESPN radio is successful because it started out slow, broadcasting on weekends only. He's been ESPN radio?s best known SportsCenter update reporter since 1999. We spoke with Davis yesterday about his retirement and the most memorable call of his career, which you can watch below. Here's our Interview with Dan Davis.
After his five decade New England-based broadcasting career, which began in 1962 at WEMJ, in Laconia, N.H., Davis now plans to concentrate on golf in Florida, mixing some radio work with his golf game ? not in that order.
"Dan has been everything you could ask a co-worker to be. A professional, first and foremost, but beyond that, a great role model who shows you how to do it without telling you how to do it. One of the proudest notches on my belt in this business is to say that we worked together, but a much more meaningful thing to call him a friend. I hope he plays golf every day until he gets sick of it and I can't explain how much I'll miss that voice or the man who used it so well for so long." ? Scott Van Pelt, whose show Davis provided updates for.
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