Congratulations to Steve Dale

Steve Dale becomes "The Voice of the Red Raiders"
John Harris moves to the Texas Tech Television Network

Oct. 19, 2006
Lubbock, Texas - Texas Tech Men's Basketball is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Dale as "the Voice of the Red Raiders" beginning with the home opener against Sam Houston State on November 11. John Harris will continue to be an important part of Red Raider Basketball with his move to the Texas Tech Television Network to provide color analysis for home and road games.
Since the retirement of legendary broadcaster Jack Dale on July 24, 2003, John Harris was the primary play-by-play announcer for the Red Raiders. John was assisted by Mark Finker as the play-by-play voice when Harris was not available. Both John and Mark have done outstanding work for Texas Tech.
Steve Dale, a 25-year veteran of sports broadcasting, will attend practices and interview players and coaches in addition to his play-by-play calls for all of the Texas Tech Men's Basketball games. He is the eldest son of Hall of Fame Texas Tech Broadcaster Jack Dale. Steve has worked extensively with local and area high school football, basketball, and baseball programs. He has called the play-by-play for numerous high school state championship football and basketball games and has worked many high school all-star baseball games.
"I'm honored and grateful to have the opportunity to work with the Red Raiders and especially with Coach Knight. We hope our broadcasts give fans the same thrill and excitement that Jack Dale did for fifty years," Steve declared.
Steve is the co-host of Jack Dale Sportsline on Sports Radio 1340, with Jack Dale every morning from 7 AM to 9 AM Monday thru Friday. Jack and Steve have been doing the show for twelve years. Steve and Jack currently own Sportsline, a local sports programming and production company providing a variety of programs on KKAM-AM in Lubbock. Steve has been married to Abby for 29 years and they have three children: Stephen 23, Jared 21, and Lauren 18.
John Harris continues to provide radio color commentary for Texas Tech football, a position he has held for the past 21 seasons. He has served as the host and producer of several Texas Tech Basketball coaches' shows and college football play-by-play for ABC Television. He also received the Best Sportscast in Texas award for his work with KAMC-TV in Lubbock.


John will work with veteran Dave Shore on the TTTN broadcasts. Ted Chidester will provide the game analysis on the radio with Steve. All of the Texas Tech men's basketball games are broadcast on KKAM Radio (1340AM), the flagship station for the Red Raiders.