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2010 CURVE RADIO NETWORK
“We’re thrilled to be back on WVAM,” said General Manager Rob Egan, who from 2006-2008 served as drive time host of “Front and Center” on the station before assuming GM duties with the Curve in 2009. “Sports fans in Altoona know that WVAM is the place to go on the radio dial for terrific sports coverage on a local, regional and national basis and it was simply an easy decision to continue what has been a fantastic partnership with Forever Broadcasting.” Most Curve games will be preceded by “Sports Central” a weekday drive time show from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. that is simulcast on WQWK-AM, 1450 in State College and hosted by longtime Altoona Curve beat writer, Cory Giger. Each weekday during the baseball season, Giger will preview the night’s Curve games and on many occasions will provide extended pre-game show coverage leading up to Curve broadcasts. Sports Central will also be the outlet in which fans can tune in to hear extended, live in-depth interviews from Curve players, coaches and broadcasters. In 2010, Curve fans will also hear a new voice contributing to the broadcasts. Mike Passanisi will join the Curve’s broadcast team as a play-by-play announcer/studio host. Passanisi will call the middle three innings of each home game and serve as a studio host for all 71 road games this season. Passanisi comes to Altoona after a three-year stint at Savannah (A – New York Mets) where he called games for the Sand Gnats. He joins lead play-by-play announcer Dan Zangrilli, who enters his third season in the Altoona booth. In addition to airing games on WVAM, the Curve and Forever Broadcasting will continue their partnership with several cross-promotional events and marketing efforts. The Curve will have season-long presence on Forever’s six stations in the Altoona area: Froggy 98, Rocky 104.9, WALY 103.9, Hot 100, The Big 1290 WFBG, and ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Curve staff will regularly join several of the stations’ personalities to promote upcoming games and events in “Curve, PA.” Forever Broadcasting will also gain exposure to Curve fans throughout the region with promotional events at Blair County Ballpark that will showcase their stations’ popular on-air personalities. “It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Carol Logan, Dave Davies, and the entire Forever team in continuing and strengthening our relationship,” said Egan. “We’re looking forward to a terrific season and our partnership with Forever will play a big role in getting the word out about the fun we’re having in ‘Curve, PA’.” Voice over and imaging work on all 2010 Curve Broadcasts provdied by Kelly Pidgeon. Visit Pidegon's official website by clicking the link below: 
2010 Broadcast Team  Dan ZangrilliDan Zangrilli enters his fifth season broadcasting professional baseball and his third with the Altoona Curve. Prior to joining the Curve broadcast booth, Dan spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons with the State College Spikes, working alongside the Penn State Nittany Lions football and basketball broadcaster, Steve Jones. Since 2007, Dan has also worked as sports update anchor at CBS Radio Properties News Radio 1020, KDKA-AM and Sports Radio 93.7 “The Fan” (KDKA-FM) in Pittsburgh covering the Steelers, Penguins and Pitt Panthers. In January 2009 Dan also assumed the role as the team’s Director of Communications, taking over for the team’s longest-tenured employee at the time, Jason Dambach. In that role, he oversees the production of the team’s annual media and information guide, the Curve Game Day Program and all other printables for the team, handles all media inquiries, maintains and produces all content for AltoonaCurve.com, the team’s official website, along with writing all press releases for the organization. Zangrilli, 24, is a 2007 graduate of Clarion University with a degree in Mass Media Arts & Journalism, and a minor in Athletic Coaching. From 2003-2007 the Pittsburgh native served as the lead broadcaster for Clarion University men’s and women’s basketball. Zangrilli also served as television broadcaster for Clarion football during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. While in Clarion, Zangrilli was a morning show host at WCUC-FM for two years while also serving as either the station’s General Manager or Sports Director for four years. Dan began his sports broadcasting career in 2000 with the Pittsburgh-based MSA Sports Network broadcasting high school football, basketball and baseball in the WPIAL (District 7).  Mike PassanisiMike Passanisi joins the Curve for the 2010 campaign after spending the past three seasons calling games for the Savannah Sand Gnats (A - New York Mets) of the South Atlantic League. He will call the middle three innings of all 71 Curve home games and serve a studio host and update anchor while the team is on the road. Prior to his time in Savannah, Passanisi worked with the San Diego Surf Dawgs of the Golden Baseball League and had the privilege of providing color analysis for Jose Canseco’s last comeback hurrah in 2006. A graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Journalism and a minor in history, Passanisi has been a warm-weather man his entire life and is spending his first extended period of time in the northeast. During his time at San Diego State he helped out in the San Diego State Media Relations Department and has worked at the NCAA Tournament, McDonald’s High School All-American Game and the AFLAC All-American Game. He also served as the public address announcer for the softball team and as a fill-in PA announcer for the women’s basketball team during his time with the Aztecs. Passanisi is a native of Penngrove, California, which is located about an hour north of San Francisco, but has lived in San Diego, California and Savannah, Georgia. In all his cross-country travels, he has visited nearly every state except for the ones in the extreme north. |
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