Dan Roche is a sports anchor and reporter for

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and

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in Boston for over 20 years.

Early life and education

Roche was born in Methuen, Massachusetts. He attended and

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and then enrolled at

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. When the college shut down in 1983, Roche transferred to

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...

. He graduated from

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with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1987. During college, he joined WAER-FM as a freshman and was mentored by Sean McDonough, who was a senior at Syracuse.

Career

Roche's early career included stints at WCCM, WCGY, WHDH, and WRKO. Roche was also a color commentator with

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on a Worcester bowling show in the early 80's. From 1994-2000, before joining WBZ-TV, Roche worked at WBZ Radio. Here he was a midday sports anchor,

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studio host, and co-hosted talk shows with

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and

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. Roche joined WBZ-TV in October 2000 as a weekend sports anchor and reporter. Since 2003, he has hosted "Red Sox This Week" on sister station WSBK (''myTV38''). Roche also served as WSBK's field reporter during Red Sox games from 2003-2005. Roche also serves as a reporter on Patriots Game Day and Patriots 5th Quarter. He has been nominated twice for an Emmy Award for Best Sports Reporter in New England. Since 2013, he has done

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preseason games as a play-by-play announcer. Roche has appeared on many radio programs for 98.5 the Sports Hub. Including

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. Dan won Toucher and Rich's 98-Mile rap battle contest on August 16, 2016 performing live at Toucher and Rich's 10th Anniversary Show, winning over current 98.5 Sports Hub host,

radio color commentator and former

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backup quarterback,

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. Roche was National Sports Media Association Sportscaster of the Year in 2014 and the Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year in 2017.

Personal life

Roche lives in

Andover, Massachusetts Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646."Andover" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th ed., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 387. As of th ...

with his wife Pam and their two children.

References

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