Achieving Childhood Dreams with Sports Broadcaster, Marc Zumoff

He has one of the most iconic voices in Philadelphia sports history. On August 17, 1994, Marc Zumoff was named the television voice of the Philadelphia 76ers, fulfilling his childhood dream. His career spanned four decades and includes covering the Rio Olympics in 2016 for NBC, assorted assignments for Turner Sports, NBA-TV, the Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Union and various other pro, college and high school events. He’s also been an anchor, producer and reporter and spent the first five years of his career as a radio newsperson.

In this episode, “Zoo” talks candidly with Todd Stephens about catching the bug for broadcasting as a sixth-grader growing up in Northeast Philadelphia. He recalls practicing play-by-play announcing with his tape recorder and being driven by his passion to make it as a broadcaster.

As a 19-time Emmy Award Winner, he is also one of the most decorated broadcasters in Philadelphia history having been named The National Sports Media Association’s Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year three times, the Bill Campbell Award from the Philadelphia Sportswriters Association, and the 2022 recipient of The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters highest award of distinction, the Gold Medal. He is also a member of the Temple University School of Media and Communications Hall of Fame, the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame, and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Marc currently serves as the associate director of the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media at his alma mater, Temple University. He is the co-author of the textbook Total Sports Media. And he is working with Maccabi USA as the chairman of Maccabi Media, a program which sends more than a dozen aspiring sports media professionals to cover the Maccabiah in Israel, South America and Europe.

Marc lives at the Jersey Shore with his wife of 40 years, Debbie. They are the parents of two adult sons.

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