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Prorodeo radio network overview
The
ProRodeo Radio Network (PRRN) is the premiere Rodeo and
Western Lifestyle radio and internet broadcast network.
PRRN was
founded in 2004 by two professional broadcast and
syndication companies, Jeff Tracy’s Lead ‘Em to Water
Productions and Huntsman Entertainment.
PRRN is the official radio network of the Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association (PRCA) and has licensed the exclusive
“play-by-play” radio rights to selected events.
The inaugural network broadcast included chute-to-chute
coverage of the 2004 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las
Vegas. The broadcast was carried on over 30 stations and
there were 50,000 total fans who listened to the streaming
coverage on the internet.
In 2005
PRRN established ProRodeo Today, a daily rodeo news brief,
which was syndicated on over 100 stations. The 2005
Wrangler National Finals was carried on a radio network of 4
million listeners. For each finals performance, an average
of 13,000 fans listened to the coverage via the internet.
Additionally, daily finals updates were carried on Armed
Forces Radio and Television Service internationally.
Tracy
continued to build PRRN’s vision in 2006 by partnering with
World-Champion Cowboy Luke Branquinho and
production/syndication company Impact Radio Networks of
Nashville, TN.
Broadcast overview
ProRodeo
Radio Network’s live coverage of the 2006 Wrangler National
Finals will begin on November 30th at 6:30 pm.
Fans will be able to access every performance of the ten-day
finals on over 100 radio stations across the US and on the
internet at ProRodeoRadio.net. For the second year, PRRN
will provide daily updates from the finals to the Armed
Forces Radio and Television Service.
Each
broadcast will kick off with a brief pre-rodeo analysis
including injury reports. During the course of each
performance, competitors will be noted for such honors as
the “Best Catch of the Day” and “Best Time of the Night.”
For the weekend performances, the broadcast will follow the
TV schedule.
Links to PRRN’s broadcast will also be featured on Steve
Kenyon's website, rodeoprofiles.com and on the PRCA's
website at prorodeo.com.
Broadcast Team
Listen to a live broadcast, 'Ryan Champion'
The
broadcast will be anchored by PRRN founder Jeff Tracy, with
announcers Luke Branquinho and Amanda Miller covering the
action behind the chutes. Additionally, well-known PRCA
announcers Steve Kenyon and Bob Fiest
will be
providing color commentary during the broadcast.
Jeff Tracy, PRRN Founder and
Managing Partner
Veteran
broadcaster and horseman Jeff Tracy is the managing partner
and voice of PRRN. For over 20 years, Tracy has shared his
love of horses, cooking and the western lifestyle with
millions through his TV and radio programs. An Oregon
native, Tracy is an accomplished horse show judge and former
five time national champion in Western Pleasure, English
Pleasure and Halter showing.
In 1991,
Tracy began producing a radio program called Horseman’s
World that first aired on an all-sports radio station in
Oregon. Eventually, Tracy formed his own company to produce
and market Horseman’s World called Lead ‘Em To Water
Productions. Today, the show is heard in over
40 markets across the
western United States.
In addition to Horseman’s World and ProRodeo Radio,
Tracy has become a widely recognized cowboy cook, with his
own regional cable cooking show. His lifelong passion for
cooking inspired him to create a combination of spices
marketed under the brand name 5/C (Clear Creek Cowboy
Cooking Company).
Luke Branquinho, PRRN Partner
2004 PRCA
World Champion Steer Wrestler and Pro Cowboy Luke Branquinho
is a supporting partner in ProRodeo Radio Network.
In addition to working with the broadcast team, Branquinho
will be competing in the finals again this year.
The 26
year old Branquinho is a four time finals qualifier. He
joined the PRCA in 2000 and was named “Rookie of the Year.”
In his career he has earned over $700,000 and titles at such
rodeos as the Calgary Stampede, Southwestern Livestock Show
and Exposition, Pace Picante Rodeo Classic, Pioneer Days
Rodeo and American Royal.
Branquinho and his wife Lindsay reside in Los Alamos,
California.
Amanda
Miller, PRRN Reporter
For the
third straight year, Amanda Miller from Red Bluff,
California will be joining the broadcast team. Miller comes
from a prominent rodeo and horse raising family in Northern
California.
Miller will
be roaming throughout the Thomas and Mack Center bringing
listeners live interviews with rodeo contestants and fans.
Steve Kenyon, Guest
Commentary
Steve
Kenyon has been a PRCA member announcer for 15 years. Some
of his career highlights as an announcer include major
rodeos such as the Columbia River Circuit's Finals Rodeo and
the Turquoise Circuit Finals. Kenyon is also the host of
the radio program Rodeo Profiles and the website
rodeoprofiles.com.
Additionally, Steve writes for
several rodeo publications.
Bob Feist, Guest Commentary
Bob Feist
from Lodi, California has one of the most familiar voices in
the sport of rodeo. In addition to announcing several of the
country’s top rodeos, Feist has spent the last 29
years producing the Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping in
Reno. In 1986, Feist founded the monthly publication the
Roper’s Sports News. With a circulation of over 20,000
the publication is considered by many to be the “bible” of
team roping.
Listen to live broadcast, 'Zeb
gets tossed'
More Information
For
broadcast sponsoring and advertising information, contact
jeff@prorodeoradio.net.
Sponsorship opportunities include Western Lifestyle, Tough
Enough to Wear Pink and Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund packages.
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