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Biography

Arbogast is the child of legendary radio DJ and cartoon voiceover Bob Arbogast. Throughout the 1960s Bob was a jazz DJ, and chief comedy writer for Gary Owens and Dick Whittinghill for the old KMPC-710 AM. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Bob Arbogast (b. ... Gary Owens (born Gary Altman on May 10, 1936) is a disc jockey and voice actor born in Mitchell, South Dakota. ... This article should belong in one or more categories. ...

Education

Arbogast attended John Marshall High School in Los Angeles. The basketball team he was on became league champion (in the Northern League, a CIF-Los Angeles city-section sports league), though he saw little court time himself. He also was a track-and-field competitor during high school. John Marshall High School is a Los Angeles, California-based high school. ...

He later attended the Los Angeles City College and the University of Southern California. The LACC location in 1922, when it was the campus of UCLA. Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ...

Broadcasting

He began his broadcasting career in 1978 working for KLIX radio in Twin Falls, Idaho, KCIN in Victorville, California, KTIP in Porterville, California and KPRO in Riverside, California before landing his first big job as the radio announcer as the first radio play by play announcer for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers in 1984. The year before, Arbogast joined station KNX as a sportscaster and part-time newscaster, where he remained for 12 years. He was also the radio voice of UC-Riverside for a few years while at KPRO. Among other things, Arbogast provided coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics and was the public address announcer at Dodger Stadium from 1990 until 1993. He also worked with station KFI , KRTH, KHJ and was a news director at now-defunct K-News AM 540/1260 in 1996. After the demise of K-News, Pete joined KFWB News 98 where he remained until moving to Cincinnati in 1997. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Motto: People Serving People Coordinates: , Country State County Twin Falls Founded 1904 Incorporated 1904 Government  - Type council-manager  - Mayor Lance W. Clow  - City Manager Tom Courtney Area  - City 12. ... Victorville is a city located in the Victor Valley of western San Bernardino County, California, USA. According to the U.S. Census Bureaus 2000 census, the city has a total population of 64,029. ... Porterville is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. ... Nickname: Location in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Riverside Government  - Mayor Ron Loveridge Area  - City  78. ... NBA redirects here. ... Clippers redirects here. ... The 1984-85 NBA Season was the 39th season of the National Basketball Association. ... KNX is a Los Angeles, California, clear channel radio station operating on 1070 kHz with 50,000 watts of power from a transmitter site in Torrance, and a key West Coast station for the CBS Radio Network. ... Music sample: Olympic Fanfare and Theme ( file info) — composed by John Williams for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Problems listening to the file? See media help. ... Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California at Chávez Ravine. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1990 throughout the world. ... // This year in baseball Events January - Reggie Jackson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, receiving 94% of the vote. ... KFI is an AM radio station that began operating on March 31, 1922 as one of the United States first high-powered, clear channel stations. ... KRTH is a radio station located in Los Angeles, California broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on 101. ... KHJ can refer to multiple things: KHJ-AM, US radio station Airport code for Kauhajoki Airport in Finland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... KKGO is owned by Mount Wilson Broadcasting, and is known on the air as Country 540 and 1260, and airs a much needed country music format that L.A. lost back in August 2006. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... KFWB is a Los Angeles, California AM radio station operating on 980 kHz with 5,000 watts of power from a transmitter site near Lincoln Park in Los Angeles, California. ...

"Arbo", as he is nicknamed, however is best known as the radio play by play voice of the University of Southern California's football team, which he has followed since the early 1960s. He announced both football and men's basketball games for USC from 1989 until 1995 (replacing the legendary voice of USC Sports, Tom Kelly, who moved to television). Before that, he was the play-by-play announcer for women's basketball, and while attending USC he did play-by-play for USC Football on the campus' radio station KSCR. Arbogast has attended USC games since age 8, and has been to every home game from that point until 1988, when he missed one due to his commitment with the Summer Olympics in Seoul for CBS Radio and KNX. The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... People named Tom Kelly include: Tom Kelly (baseball) Tom Kelly (engineer) Tom Kelly (Ireland) Tom Kelly (musician) Tom Kelly (UK) Tom Kelly (USA) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Arbogast was replaced as the voice of the Trojans by Larry Kahn who purchased the radio rights to football and basketball from KNX -- then named himself as the play-by-play announcer. Pete however went on to broadcast several college football games nationally on the CBS radio network for two seasons, including a few games involving USC, as well as working with now-defunct news station KNNS/KNNZ AM 540/1260, and a short stint with the then-Los Angeles Ice Dogs of the now-defunct International Hockey League. KNX is a Los Angeles, California, clear channel radio station operating on 1070 kHz with 50,000 watts of power from a transmitter site in Torrance, and a key West Coast station for the CBS Radio Network. ... KKGO is owned by Mount Wilson Broadcasting, and is known on the air as Country 540 and 1260, and airs a much needed country music format that L.A. lost back in August 2006. ...

One highlight during this time was the 1995 USC-UCLA broadcast, where he called the game on CBS Radio alongside Tom Walsh, with his successor Larry Kahn broadcasting the game on the Trojans Radio Network, and his predecessor Tom Kelly calling the game on Prime Ticket; one of the few times three Trojan voices broadcasted a football game similtaneously.

In 1997, Arbogast, having done auditions for radio jobs with the NBA's Sacramento Kings and NFL's Arizona Cardinals, landed his first NFL announcing job, as the play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Bengals, replacing departed Paul Keels who moved on to Ohio State. Arbogast, who was paired with analyst Dave Lapham was replaced in 2000 by Brad Johansen when his contract was not renewed, and he eventually returned to Southern California soon thereafter. Arbogast did manage to attend the USC-Notre Dame contests in nearby South Bend, Indiana while in Cincinnati. The 1997 NFL season was the 78th regular season of the National Football League. ... The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. ... City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, The Birds, Big Red, The Buzzsaw Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt Owner Bill Bidwill General manager Rod Graves Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952... NFL redirects here. ... City Cincinnati, Ohio Team colors Black, Orange and White Head Coach Marvin Lewis Owner Mike Brown Mascot Who Dey League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1968-1969) Western Division (1968-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC Central (1970-2001) AFC North (2002-present) Team... Paul Keels is the current play-by-play announcer for Ohio State Universitys football and mens basketball teams. ... Dave Lapham (born June 24, 1952 in Melrose, Massachusetts), is a former professional football offensive lineman for the National Football Leagues Cincinnati Bengals from 1974 to 1983 and the United States Football Leagues New Jersey Generals (1984). ... Brad Johansen is the current play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Bengals, along with color commentator Dave Lapham, and the Xavier University mens basketball team on Fox Sports Net Ohio. ...

Pete returned as the football only announcer in 2001 (replacing Lee Hamilton, who broadcasted Trojan games from 1998-2000 on XETRA Sports 690; Rory Markas continued on as the men's basketball announcer). Some have objected to what they perceive as Arbogast's bias in favor of USC especially attacking calls by the referees that go against the Trojans, very similar to Tom Kelly's style. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Lee Hacksaw Hamilton is a well-known sports talk radio host based in San Diego, California. ... // USC athletics participates in the NCAA Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference and has won 106 total team national championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... XETRA-AM are the call letters of a border-blaster radio station licensed to the Tijuana / Rosarito area of Baja California, Mexico, with additional studio facilities in Burbank, California. ... Rory Markas (born in Chatsworth, California) is the lead radio play-by-play sports broadcaster for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team and the mens basketball team of the University of Southern California, both carried on Los Angeles ESPN Radio-operated station, KSPN. Markas is currently in...

On broadcasting sports, Arbogast says: "I always want the team for which I broadcast to win. Especially so with USC. I want to, and believe I do call a factual and exciting description of the game at hand. Easy to follow and full of accurate calls and information. But no one can mistake that I want my Trojans to win. Impartiality is for news reporters. In sports, we have our passions, and I don't mind showing mine, ever." Pete echoed these same sentiments when he was in Cincinnati broadcasting games for the Bengals, and still keeps up with the Bengals on occasion, as well as the Rams and to an extent.^{[citation needed]}

In recent years, Arbogast auditioned for radio announcing jobs with the San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Lakers. Chargers redirects here. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ...

As of 2007, Pete Arbogast is the play-by-play announcer for the USC football and women's basketball teams, and since 1967, is a youth sports coach away from broadcasting. On February 26, 2006, Arbogast recorded his 1,000th victory as a coach.^{[citation needed]} Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ...

In 2008, Arbogast will begin broadcasting Trojans baseball games, mostly on the Trojans internet website usctrojans.com. He also hosts an hourlong broadcast on the website, titled The Heritage Hour and has handled play-by-play on other sports, including water polo.

He is also the public address announcer for all high school sporting events at John Marshall High School.

On April 14, 2006, Pete was released from KMPC 1540 AM by station manager Roger Nadel as the USC switched broadcasting rights from KMPC to KSPN. His play-by-play job with USC was never in jeopardy,^{[citation needed]} as he is employed by the university to broadcast their football games. He attends USC football practice daily, as he has done since every year while holding the position. He has accepted a full time job working within the USC athletic department (as an independent contractor) as of June 2007. He is signed to broadcast USC Football until at least 2012.

ESPN 710 is located on the same frequency as the old KMPC 710, where his father worked during the 1960s. KMPC-1540 is known to the Los Angeles and Orange County area as 1540 The Ticket. It is owned and operated by the radio division of the Sporting News magazine, although some of the networks daily programming does not air on the station, except in certain situations. ...

He and partner Paul McDonald, the former USC All-American quarterback, were the lead play-by-play voices on the pilot for the NBC/Universal television show Friday Night Lights. Paul McDonald (born February 23, 1958 in Montebello, California) is a retired quarterback. ... Friday Night Lights is an award-winning American television serial drama adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and David Nevins from a book of the same name. ...

On September 19, 2006, Pete served as the guest public address announcer for the game between the Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium -- his first behind the P.A. mike there in 14 years. He has been a lifelong fan of the Dodgers, along with the aforementioned Rams, Los Angeles Kings and Lakers.

Not forgetting his earlier roots in Chicago, Arbogast on occasion follows the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

Personal life

Arbogast "dabbles" in unique sports such as geocaching, orienteering, and body surfing. In 2005, he finished 14th in his age group at the World Body Surfing Championships. In 2006, he missed qualifying for the quartrfinals by a mere 6 ponts. He is also an avid runner, and although he had two spring 2005 knee surgeries done by USC team Dr. James Tibone, he and his fiancee ran the Long Beach half-marathon in October of 2006, the day after the USC at Arizona State game. The two latr ran the Las Vegas half-marathon in December, and compete regularly in events around Southern California as well as in summer all-comers track and field meets. A Geocache in Germany Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called geocaches or caches) anywhere in the world. ... The international orienteering symbol. ... Bodysurfing is the art and sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard. ...

His children with first wife Linda, Stephanie and KC, are in college and daughter Veronica attends Valencia High School and plays basketball and volleyball, sings and is in musical theatre. He lives with his wife Jennifer Swan, who has two school age children. She is an art teacher and writer. The two were married in August, 2007 on the beach near their home in Venice, California.

Pete has coached youth sports since 1967, and his teams have amassed a winning percentage of over .640 He coached and is friends with Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid. He has also been a long time YMCA camp director and counselor, is a white ragger in the YMCA rag program, and is an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. He inducts new members into the International Association of Turtles at every opportunity. City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team colors Midnight Green, Black, White, and Silver Head Coach Andy Reid Owner Jeffrey Lurie General manager Tom Heckert (official) Andy Reid (de facto) Fight song Fly, Eagles Fly Mascot Swoop League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1933–present) Eastern Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952... For the football (soccer) player, see Andy Reid (footballer). ... Logo The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. ...

Trivia

In recent years, Pete began using his broadcast opening phrase, "Thank you and how do you do, everyone?" and closes his broadcasts with his sign-off, "Fight on, everybody!" He has copied the phrases "Don't go wandering off just yet" and "How do you do!" from Dodger's announcer, Vin Scully. The latter phrase has also been used first by a few other announcers, most notably CBS's Verne Lundquist and Dallas Mavericks announcer Chuck Cooperstein. For the American architecture historian, see Vincent Scully. ... Verne Lundquist (born July 17, 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American sportscaster, currently employed by the CBS television network. ... The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are an NBA basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. ...

One of Arbogast's famous soundbytes was during the 2005 USC-Notre Dame contest, known as the "Bush Push", when USC QB Matt Leinart scored with help from Reggie Bush with three seconds left in the game, to give the Trojans the win. A year later, Arbogast had fun with his homerish call of a blocked field goal returned for a touchdown during a USC rout, shouting "That'll teach you to go for three!" during a game against Stanford.

Arbogast, who is not a fan of stadiums using corporate names, is also known for refusing to refer to older stadiums by its current name, such as U.S. Cellular Field, Monster Park, and Angel Stadium, referring to these three by its old names (New Comiskey Park, Candlestick Park, and Anaheim Stadium respectively). U.S. Cellular Field a. ... Monster Park (colloquially Candlestick, after its original name of Candlestick Park, and sometimes just simply The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California. ... Angel Stadium, originally Anaheim Stadium and later Edison International Field, is a Major League Baseball stadium located in Anaheim, California, and home to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League. ...

An example: The Angels will be playing the White Sox later on at Comiskey Park, or whatever they're calling the stadium now, we call it Comiskey around here.

Pete is also known for using the phrase 10 past 7 during games that start at 7:10 in the evening.

Beginning in the 1990s, Arbogast invented a term in which when UCLA and Notre Dame loses, and USC wins on the same football week. It is called a perfect day, and to commemorate the perfect day, Arbogast and other Trojan fans would gather outside the Coliseum to share a toast to that perfect day.