Q&A with Ronnie Wald


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Ronnie Wald
 
For Ronnie Wald, 2008 will mark his 30th year in broadcasting as the internet broadcast voice of the CIF Baseball Championship from Dodger Stadium and of Sonoma State athletics on waldcast.net. Ronnie has also broadcast Cal State Fullerton basketball and baseball, Pepperdine basketball, San Diego State baseball, Cal State Northridge football, baseball and basketball, University of San Diego, UC Riverside and for five straight seasons in the CCAA for Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Stanislaus, Monterey Bay and Cal State Dominguez Hills. In fact, Wald is the "Dean of CCAA Broadcasters" dating back as the voice of the CSUN Matadors on KGIL-AM in 1984. Also, Wald has called play by play for the Visalia Oaks and Bakersfield Blaze in baseball's California League.

Now, in his fourth decade in broadcasting, Ronnie's credits include three NCAA tournaments, Big West tournament, WAC playoffs, seven NCAA regionals, seven COA championships, the College World Series (Div. II) and has been heard 'around the world' on Armed Forces Radio. Wald also aired the NAIA basketball finals in Kansas City where he broadcast a record seven games in one day! Additionally, Ronnie has added the last five CIF/Southern Section Baseball Championships to his credits--from the Big A in Anaheim. In 2005, Wald set an all time Stretch Internet high school basketball listener record with his call of the CIF Div. I girl's final from Arco Arena in Sacramento. In  television, he served as a producer of 'Dr. J's Sports Focus' program seen on ESPN as well as directing an ABC/Word golf instructional featuring senior PGA multi-millionaire Kermit Zarley.

Ronnie, a former student body president, is a graduate of Cal State Northridge and L.A. Pierce College. Also, he can be found in laradio.com's prestigious listing of all Los Angeles' radio personalities for the past 50 years. In 2003, Ronnie and Waldcast.net were honored by the California State Legislature for an "exemplary record of community service" and "professional leadership" in over two decades of broadcasting in the Golden State and from the LA Community College District, Wald earned the "Chancellor's Distinguished Honor Award." He is also a 20-year member of the American Sportscasters Association.

Says former Oakland A's, NBC and World Series broadcaster Monte Moore, "Ronnie is a credit to sports broadcasting. I am always proud to make a positive statement about him and his very impressive Waldcast.net."

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