Talk:Gary McKillips
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Gary McKillips (born January 10, 1945 in Cleveland,Ohio) is a veteran sports broadcaster and public relations executive. He also acts and has appeared as sportscaster Jack Whitaker in the ESPN/ABC movie special, Ruffian, released in 2007.
SPORTS MEDIA
McKillips has served as a sportswriter for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland,Ohio and has called more than 500 play-by-play broadcasts of football and basketaball for stations in Albany (NY) area (primarily for WIZR Radio in Johnston and WTRY in Albany), and Atlanta ((WFOM)). He also reports on Atlanta pro and collegiate sports for a variety of networks and local stations including Associated Press Radio Sports, XM Satellite Radio, MLB Radio and WIP Radio in Philadelphia. He is a member of the advisory board of the American Sportscasters Association (ASA) and a regular contributor to ASA's on-line and print newsletters.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
His public realtions activities have included stints as vice president, corporate and sports PR for Turner Broadcasting System; vice president of public affairs for Contel, a nationwide telecommunications firm; and head of PR for the University of Tennessee and Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA); former presdient of PRSA's Georgia Chapter; chair of PRIME, Public Realtions in Management Education; and a member of the public relations advisory board of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC).
PERSONAL
McKillips resides in Atlanta, is married and has three sons, one in St. Louis, one in San Francisco and one in New York City. His wife, Anne, is a consultant in the employee benefits industry.
External links
American Sportscasters Association advisory board, www.americansportscastersonline.com/ Milo Hamilton: To Cooperstown and Back by Gary McKillips, www.americansportscastersonline.com/milohamiltonarticle.html Gary McKillips on Internet Movie Data Base www.imdb.com/name/nm2343474/ Gary McKillips member of Georgia Public Relations Order of the Phoenix, www.prsageorgia.org/awards/p_orderofthephoenix.cfm Gary McKillips Public Relations Society of America, College of Fellows, www.prsa.org/leadership/cof/members.html Gary McKillips Miami Herald audio report, www.miamiherald.com/857/story/268097.html
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