Marky Billson


Station Manager - The Five State Big Talker KGYN
Guymon, Oklahoma
2023-Present

SPORTS TALK:

Sports Talk Show Host - Tri-Cities Sports NOW
1996-97 & 2016-2019

SPORTS RADIO WTAE, Pittsburgh
Sports Talk Show Host

PLAY-BY-PLAY AND RELATED:

West Virginia Miners baseball play-by-play
2021

Play-by-Play (Unicoi County High School football, baseball, basketball) - Tri-Cities Sports NOW
1996-97 & 2016-2019

ARIZONA (formerly Texas) WINTER & SUMMER BASEBALL LEAGUE
2013-2016 Lead Play-by-Play Broadcaster and Media Director

TOURBEAU SPORTS GROUP
2015-2016 Soccer Play-by-Play

TULANE IMG NETWORK
2015 Studio Host

WESTMORELAND SPORTS NETWORK
2014 Norwin High School Play-by-Play

ALEXANDRIA ACES
Minor League Baseball
2013 Lead Play-by-Play Broadcaster, Media Director, Webmaster

JOHNSTOWN TOMAHAWKS
2012 NAHL junior hockey team lead play-by-play

RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHITEWINGS
2012 Baseball Lead Play-by-Play Broadcaster, Media Director, Webmaster

JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS, WKPT, Kingsport, TN
1997 Minor League Baseball Lead Play-by-Play Broadcaster (Solo)

FIELD REPORTING:

ESPN RADIO
Tennessee Volunteers Football

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH RADIO NETWORK
Football Sideline Reporter

SPORTSFAN RADIO NETWORK
College Football and National Hockey League Games

SPORTSWRITING EXPERIENCE:

Saturday Down South (Investigative Features)

Athlonsports.com (Pittsburgh Steelers, Pitt Panthers, South Carolina Gamecocks football writer)

Fifteen years of prestigious writing accomplishments, featuring beats covering the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Steelers, University of Pittsburgh Panthers, and the Wheeling Nailers; feature writing, blogs, editorial and columnist positions including:

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

METRO NEW YORK

SI.COM

BASEBALL DIGEST

WHEELING INTELLIGENCER

RIVALS.COM- PITT WEBSITE PANTHER-LAIR.COM

Primary author of PENNSYLVANIA SPORTS TRIVIA (2011), Overtime Books.

EDUCATION:

East Tennessee State University , Johnson City, TN
  • B.A. in Communications/Broadcasting 1996

OTHER:

  • Member of the Society of American Baseball Research, 1992-present
  • Media relations employee, Point Park College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1989-92
  • Varsity soccer player, Point Park College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990
  • Varsity baseball outfield, University High School , Johnson City, TN, 1988-89

REFERENCES:

Jerry Bonkowski
nbcsports.com and Sirius

Terry Shields
Assistant Sports Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Peggy Snuffer
General Manager, West Virginia Radio Corporation

Tim Epling
General Manager, West Virginia Miners