Emotional Tendencies
Windows Opened or Closed Voice of KU Comes Through
Bv Bill Waller
On a recent Skywriters' Tour of the Big Eight cities, one of the members of the tour came up to Tom Hedrick and said, "I didn't hear your Saturday night broadcast because I didn't have my window open."
IN ADDITION to being announcer for KU football games, Hedrick is the announcer for the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have the largest radio network, 42 stations, in the American Football League.
No matter if your window is open or closed, Tom Hedrick, the voice of KU football, is one of the busiest men on campus.
He also teaches an announcing course at KU. This semester, his course, Speech 47, has one of the largest enrollments since it has been offered. Hedrick makes at least 50 speeches a year. He also has three daily sports shows, two in Lawrence and one in Topeka.
All this hard work has reaped many benefits for Hedrick. This year, he was nominated by Baker University as one of the outstanding young men in America, Hedrick has won the award for being the Top Sportscaster in Kansas for the last five years.
HEDRICK GRADUATED from Baker University in 1956. He worked at radio station KTCP for three months before coming to KU to do graduate work. He attended KU for a year while working at KLWN as a staff and sports announcer.
Hedrick then took a break from school to spend six months in the U.S. Army. He returned to KU and received his Master's in the summer of 1958. Hedrick wrote his thesis on sportscasting.
In 1958, Hedrick went to Kilgore, Tex., where, in a six-month period, he broadcasted 140 football and basketball games. The next year, Hedrick went to
KWBW in Hutchinson and broadcasted 120 games in one year. This includes the National Junior College Basketball Tournament.
HEDRICK CLAIMS he still works as hard now as when he first started in the business. He spends 10 to 15 hours a week preparing for a football game and five to six hours a week for a basketball game.
He says he still gets an upset stomach before every game. He has a tendency to get emotional.
After KU's loss to Iowa State this fall, he had a sideace because KU didn't win. He has listened four times to a tape of KU's football victory over Oklah-
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