Joe Block Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Greater Pittsburgh Area

- TV and radio play-by-play broadcaster on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and the Pirates Baseball Network.- Involved in community efforts coordinated through Pirates Charities, public / educational speaking and service projects.

Greater Milwaukee Area

- Play-by-play broadcaster for all 162 games, plus Spring Training, working with Bob Uecker on statewide Brewers Radio Network.- Active contributor to outreach efforts via hands-on service projects, community and school speaking and emceeing charity events.- Maintain an active social media presence- Work closely with flagship WTMJ on events and sales and.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Co-host, long-running radio post-game call-in show "DodgerTalk," and regular pre-game contributor on KABC-AM in Los Angeles- Broadcast select Los Angeles Dodgers spring training games (2011) on regional networks Fox Sports West and PrimeTicket. Games also aired nationally on MLB Network

Greater New Orleans Area

- Radio studio host of pre-game, halftime, post-game, post-game call-in and weekly specialty shows for the multi-state New Orleans Hornets Radio Network- Backup radio play-by-play broadcaster- Active volunteer with Hornets' community initiatives, NBA Cares and independent outreach objectives- Contributor on Hornets TV pre-game show

Greater New Orleans Area

- Freelance play-by-play broadcaster for Cox Sports Television, a regional TV network based in New Orleans that spans nine Southeastern states> Play-by-play, Sun Belt football package, 2010> various college basketball and baseball play-by-play and color assignments in Sun Belt and SWAC

Greater Atlanta Area

- Freelance play-by-play broadcaster for CSS, a regional TV network available in 13 states and reaches more than 50 million homes> Play-by-play for various C-USA, SEC, ACC football, men's/women's basketball and baseball assignments> Georgia Tech football play-by-play (tape delay), 2006-08> Southern League baseball play-by-play and color, 2003-05> College.

World Wide Web

Co-founder and co-editor of CalloftheGame.com, widely considered the premier sports broadcasting industry source for job news, networking and advice from established professionals. At its peak, free website attracted 2,000+ unique visitors daily and sold only related industry advertising to sustain viability.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

- Top-50 market sports talk host on 50,000-watt 1010XL.- Previously, independently-brokered "The Block Party" on WIOJ-AM 1010 and ESPN 1460 in Jacksonville, Fla.

- Director of Broadcasting and lead play-by-play broadcaster for Los Angeles Dodgers’ Class AA affiliate (2003-05). Broadcast all 140 games on WFXJ-AM, home and road. Worked with color analyst on home games, solo on the road.- Engineered all broadcasts, home and road, wrote and maintained formats, logs, commercial accounts. Operated as chief liaison.

Montreal, Canada Area

Guest play-by-play and color analyst for select Montreal Expos road games broadcast on CKGM-AM “The Team” 990.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Hosted and wrote live TV pre-game show for 50 games in 2002 on Comcast (350,000 homes) and KSTC-TV 45 (2 million).- Lead play-by-play announcer and broadcast engineer for all 90 games on KCCO-AM 950 Minneapolis/St. Paul in 2001.

Regular radio play-by-play and color analyst fill-in (2000-01) and full-time TV play-by-play broadcaster on CSS (2001-02).

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Hosted, wrote and produced five-minute pre-game and 45-minute post-game call-in show for all 142 game broadcasts for Tampa Bay Devil Rays' Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.