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Podcast: Last Word On Sports Media Podcast
Episode: John Wiedeman Blackhawks Radio P X P Announcer | Tell Me A Story I Don't Know
Description: John Wiedeman didn’t begin his sports broadcasting career until age 31 but he had a vision: becoming the voice of the Chicago Blackhawks. Fast forward from the early 90’s to 2006 when suddenly, the Blackhawks fired long time popular play by play announcer Pat Foley. Wiedeman, then working the radio for the New York Islanders was stunned by the news. He decided to apply for the radio opening, was offered the job and has been a fixture ever since. (Foley was rehired on the TV side in 2008 and retired after last season).Wiedeman has seen it all from an emer...