Dewayne Cook Email & Phone Number

Dewayne most recently worked for Ottumwa Radio Group located in Ottumwa, Iowa. He began working at Ottumwa Radio in January 2020 serving as the Operations Manager/Sports Director/Play-by-Play Broadcaster for six radio stations within the Group's family of stations. Taking over in this job role during a pandemic year has been both challenging and eye-opening. Being the youngest full-time employee, while simultaneously being tasked with being 'second-in-command,' is an experience Dewayne relished and thrived in. Some of Dewayne's work responsibilities included overseeing a full-time staff of five in Continuity, Marketing, News, and Traffic; Ensuring each station remains FCC compliant; Gathering and reporting local/regional sports stories for listeners; Providing play-by-play in baseball, basketball, football, and volleyball for Van Buren County High School. In April 2021, Dewayne was hired for a freelance play-by-play opportunity with the NJCAA for the postponed 2020 Division II Volleyball National Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was able to broadcast 17 matches via Internet streaming on the NJCAA Network. He was asked to return for the 2021 Division II National Championships the following November. Prior to his time in Ottumwa, Dewayne first made the move to the Midwest in Summer 2016 as a MultiMedia Broadcaster/Assistant News Director at KSID Radio in Sidney, Nebraska. About a year-and-a-half later, Dewayne took over as the full-time News Director, while also handling play-by-play duties for five area schools baseball, basketball, football, and volleyball prep sports. His biggest work accomplishments to-date include earning the Nebraska Broadcasters Association (NBA) Gold Award for Best Play-by-Play in 2017-18, then the following year winning the NBA Gold Award for Best In-Depth or Investigative Story or Series, and the Silver Award for Best In-Depth Sports Story or Series. Dewayne graduated from the University of Florida in 2015 with his Bachelors of Science in Telecommunications. He grew up in Pensacola, Florida, before attending college in Gainesville from 2012-2015.

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  University Of Florida

  Telecommunications