I didn’t know anybody at the station. So, I contacted them the old fashioned way of snail mail!! I mailed my letter and resume to the General Manager and the Director of Sales outlining my years of experience as a radio statistician. The Director of Sales, Dean Radla, forwarded my information to the Director of Operations, David Ostmo.
David and I played phone tag for a few days. When I finally spoke to him, he told me he was impressed with my background; we talked about high school football in general and during our conversation, he offered me the job! I was super excited and accepted immediately. That was the easiest job interview I have ever had!!!!! Wow!!! I am a television statistician!!! I called my parents and gave them this great news.
I finally got to meet David in the production truck at the first game. When I arrived at the TV booth, I met Dean first, he was the color man and I thanked him for forwarding my resume. A few minutes later, I met Ernie Zuniga, the play-by-play man. Ernie is also the morning news anchor on KABB. They made me feel so comfortable and I felt really good. My nerves disappeared quickly as the night went on.
After that first game ended, my parents even got a few calls from friends who heard my name mentioned or saw my name on the ending credits!!!
Yes, there is a camera in the TV booth and I am aware when it is on!!! I always ask Ralph, the camera operator if I am in the way!!!! I think my butt was on camera once but they quickly switched to another camera!
