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      • Jim Zabel was an American radio and television broadcaster best known for serving as the play-by-play announcer for Iowa Hawkeyes football and men's basketball games for 48 years on WHO Radio.
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  2. "I'm fundamentally an optimist," explained Zabel, the iconic radio personality who today becomes the 195th member of the Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame and the final...

  3. May 24, 2013 · In a career spanning nearly seven decades at WHO radio in Des Moines, Zabel was the colorful play-by-play voice for more than 6,100 sporting events, including six Rose Bowls, 26 NCAA basketball...

  4. My name is Jim Zabel. I've been sports director of WHO Radio since 1944. And obviously we're honored and excited today to have the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, who sat behind this microphone on many occasions from 1933 to 1937 when he had my job.

  5. www.wikiwand.com › en › Jim_ZabelJim Zabel - Wikiwand

    Jim Zabel (September 5, 1921 – May 23, 2013) was an American radio and television broadcaster best known for serving as the play-by-play announcer for Iowa Hawkeyes football and men's basketball games for 48 years on WHO (AM) Radio.

  6. May 23, 2024 · May 23, 2013 – Legendary Iowa radio broadcaster – Jim Zabel – dies. An iconic presence on the airwaves across Iowa, Zabel called over 6,000 sporting events during a career highlighted by serving as one of the primary voices of Iowa Hawkeye football and men’s basketball.

  7. May 24, 2013 · Longtime WHO radio and TV sportscaster Jim Zabel passed away Thursday afternoon. He was 91. Dubbed the “Voice of Iowa,” he spent 65 years on WHO radio and TV having joined in 1944.

  8. May 24, 2013 · IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jim Zabel, who broadcast University of Iowa athletic events for 50 years, passed away Thursday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 91. Information regarding a memorial service in Des Moines will be released when finalized.

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