SAN JOSE, Calif. - San José State radio veteran Kevin Richardson, 12-year NFL veteran Jason Fisk, and former college football standout, longtime journalist, and retired head high school football coach Buck Roggeman will call the 2024 football season on the Spartan Media Network on 860 AM KTRB and sister station 1220 AM KDOW.
The Spartans' first two games, Aug. 29 at 7:00 p.m. and Sept. 14 at 4:00 p.m. (PT), will be broadcasted on 1220 AM KDOW due to KTRB scheduling conflicts, with the remainder of the games on the Spartans’ flagship, KTRB.
"We are looking forward to a new era of football here at San José State under the direction of first-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo," said Senior Deputy Athletics Director Scott MacDonald. "We explored additional opportunities to bring our football and basketball games to our fans through different audio platforms, but after listening to some of our key constituents, we were able to work with Playfly Sports to get the Spartans back on KTRB radio."
This is the third season in which 860 AM KTRB is the flagship station for San José State Athletics. Richardson will handle play-by-play duties for the Spartans, and Fisk and Roggeman will rotate analyst duties as the season progresses.
"I am excited about my 17th year on the mic for San José State football," said Richardson. "New head coach Ken Niumatalolo brings a disciplined style of football that I am looking forward to calling in 2024 as the Spartans look for their third bowl game in a row."
Richardson began broadcasting for SJSU football in 2008 and, during his time, has called 174 football games, including the Military Bowl, Cure Bowl, Arizona Bowl, and Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Richardson played football at Stanford and had 289 tackles to his credit, including leading the Cardinal in tackles in 1987.
All broadcasts begin 30 minutes before kickoff with a pregame show and will end with a 30-minute postgame show.
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Jason Fisk
- Analyst for Air Force, Washington State, Nevada, Oregon State and UNLV games
- Drafted in 1995 by the Minnesota Vikings and played there from 1995-1998 and also played for the Tennessee Titans from 1999-2001, San Diego Chargers from 2002-2004, Cleveland Browns in 2005, and the Saint Louis Rams in 2006
- He played in Super Bowl XXXIV and had a sack of Rams’ quarterback Kurt Warner
- For his NFL career, Fisk played in 177 games and had 381 total tackles and 19 sacks. Fisk also coached at UC Davis and Davis High School after his NFL career
- Currently, he is a teacher at Chartwell School in Monterey County, where he works with children with dyslexia and other associated learning differences
Buck Roggeman
- Played college football as a defensive lineman at Stanford
- Received his master’s degree in journalism from USC
- Roggeman worked for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, Orange County Register, and the Monterey County Herald as a writer
- After his career as a writer, Roggeman returned to football as a high school teacher and coach, where he worked for 14 years, with seven of those as head coach at Pacific Grove High School, where he won six league titles and one section title
- Roggeman's dad, Tom, was a career college coach with stops at Purdue, University of Arizona, USC, and Cincinnati. Buck’s brother, Rock, played college football at Notre Dame and went on to be a college coach
- Currently, he is an assistant superintendent at Pacific Grove High School
The broadcast is also available on the KTRB website: 860amtheanswer.com.
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