Calderwood Announced As New Voice Of The Beach Bums
April 11, 2007 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The Traverse City Beach Bums are pleased to announce the hiring of Tim Calderwood as Director of Media and Broadcasting.
Calderwood brings a diverse baseball broadcasting and media background to the Beach Bums in 2007. For the past three years Calderwood has served as the Sports Information Director and play-by-play announcer at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. The past two summers he has worked in collegiate summer baseball, serving as the voice of the NECBL's Sanford Mainers in 2006 and the CICL's DuPage Dragons in 2005.
He brings a tremendous passion for the sport of baseball as well as professionalism to the Beach Bums family. "We feel we found the right person to take over where Chad left off," said John Wuerfel, Beach Bums CEO, "Tim is enthusiastic, outgoing and a true people person we believe our Beach Bums fans will enjoy listening to."
"I am extremely excited and feel fortunate to have the opportunity to bring all the Beach Bums action to the airwaves this summer," Calderwood said. "This is truly a dream come true. I had a tremendous visit to Northern Michigan last weekend and look forward to creating memories in the foreseeable future."
A Chicagoland native, Calderwood graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois with a degree in broadcast communications in 2003. In addition to earning several awards, during college he also served as a broadcast intern with the Schaumburg Flyers of the Northern League when Flyer games were broadcast on the North Central radio station.
In addition to his time at Loras, Calderwood has also interned with the Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) and the Chicago Rush (Arena Football). He has also written for local newspapers.
Although Calderwood assumes his new position on the first of May, he will be on hand for the 2nd Annual Beach Bums Fan Fest April 21.
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