RIP Bill Mercer

[Baron Scicluna]

Longtime reporter and broadcaster in Texas. He informed Lee Harvey Oswald that he was being charged with murdering JFK.

And he was also the voice of World Class Championship Wrestling during its 1980s heyday with the Von Erichs.

He lived to age 99. RIP

Bill Mercer, legendary sports announcer and broadcast journalist, dies at 99

"Truly the Godfather of DFW sports broadcasting," Dallas Cowboys broadcaster Brad Sham wrote about Mercer.

www.wfaa.com

 

[Flip Wilson]

I found a signed copy of his memoir at an antique store in Clifton, Texas, a couple of weeks ago, and started reading it last week. I watched a lot of WCCW over the years, and I can just hear his voice as I'm reading what he wrote. He was very good at what he did.

 

[Twirling Time]

Bill Mercer became a broadcasting professor at the University of North Texas and that school produces a lot of on-air talent that works in the Metroplex. He influenced certainly hundreds of broadcasters. RIP.

Lots of AM drive shows will be holding warm tributes in the morning.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Longtime reporter and broadcaster in Texas. He informed Lee Harvey Oswald that he was being charged with murdering JFK.

And he was also the voice of World Class Championship Wrestling during its 1980s heyday with the Von Erichs.

He lived to age 99. RIP

Bill Mercer, legendary sports announcer and broadcast journalist, dies at 99

"Truly the Godfather of DFW sports broadcasting," Dallas Cowboys broadcaster Brad Sham wrote about Mercer.

www.wfaa.com

That is one helluva career. RIP.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

The voice of the Dallas Sportatorium! May he rest in peace.

Speaking of World Class, this is one of the best sports documentaries I've seen.