George William Dunham (born June 28, 1965); is an American radio personality and member of the ''
Musers'' in
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
,
Texas
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. Dunham co-hosts the show with long-time friend and college roommate
Craig Miller, along with their co-host
Gordon Keith.
A 1988 graduate of the
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...
, Dunham served as the football play-by-play commentator for the school's Mean Green Radio Network from 1994 until 2014. His first on-air experience was at
KNTU
KNTU (88.1 FM) is the campus radio station of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The signal of the station covers much of the Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex of North Texas with an alternative rock format. Any University of Nort ...
, the
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...
campus radio station. His son was offered and accepted a football scholarship to attend UNT beginning in fall of 2010. Dunham talks about his past and playing football in junior high against hated rival Fredericksburg when he played special teams at Llano Junior High. Dunham's junior high football coach commonly referred to a player at Fredericksburg, calle
Pie Eater Anthony Lynn
Anthony Ray Lynn (born December 21, 1968) is an American football coach and former running back who is the assistant head coach and running backs coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played in t ...
, LA Chargers head coach and former Texas Tech running back during a radio interview on Thursday, June 20, 2019 asked Dunham about Pie Eater the former punter at Fredericksburg Junior High. Dunham is a 1983 graduate of
Carrollton R. L. Turner High School
R. L. Turner High School is a public high school located in Carrollton, Texas, Carrollton, Texas, (United States, USA) in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school serves portions of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Texas ...
.
Dunham started his professional broadcasting career at
KRLD working as a sports reporter for
Brad Sham
Brad Michael Sham (born August 16, 1949) is an American sportscaster who is known as the "Voice of the Dallas Cowboys". Sham is currently the play-by-play announcer on the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network.
Biography
Sham has been with the Cowboys sin ...
and
Chuck Cooperstein
Chuck Cooperstein is an American sports radio personality based in Dallas, Texas.
Biography
Cooperstein is the radio voice of the Dallas Mavericks, and has been since 2005. He has also worked for Westwood One on its college football and basketbal ...
.
Dunham has twice been a finalist for National Major Market Personalities of the Year in the
NAB Marconi Radio Awards :''"Marconi Award" links here. Note that in the Netherlands, the radio academy awards are also called Marconi Awards.''
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.
Co-hosts and callers frequently refer to Dunham by the numerous nicknames that he has acquired over the course of his broadcasting career. These including "Georgio," "Jub-Jub," "Jub," "The Jubinator," "The General," "Jah," "The Big Man," "BC Georgie", and "International Chirp Chirp."
Other appearances
From 1999 to 2009, Dunham served as the public address announcer for the
Dallas Cowboys
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at
Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium was an American football stadium located in Irving, Texas, a suburb west of Dallas. Opened on October 24, 1971, it was known for its distinctive hole in the roof, the result of abandoned plans to construct a retractable roof (Cowboy ...
. When the team moved to
AT&T Stadium
AT&T Stadium, formerly Cowboys Stadium, is a retractable roof, retractable-roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. It serves as the home of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), and was completed on May 27, 2009. I ...
and changed flagship stations in 2009, he was replaced by local DFW DJ
Jody Dean
Jody Dean (born 1959) is an American journalist and author and a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. During his career, Dean has worked with, interviewed, or performed with thousands of public figures, actors, musicians, authors, artists, and ...
. This is referred to often on the Ticket, as several characters during skits will jokingly refer to Dunham as "Jody".
Dunham did color commentary and play by play for University of North Texas football and basketball games from 1990 to 2014.
He also provided play-by-play commentary for the Arena League's
Dallas Desperados
The Dallas Desperados were a professional arena football team based in Dallas, Texas. The Desperados played in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008.
The franchise began play in as an expansion team, and have post ...
.
Emergency Brake of the Week
Dunham is the host of the show's weekly "Emergency Brake of the Week" segment. The segment highlights moments during the past week of programming on the station in which a host or guest made a confusing, odd, or inappropriate comment that disrupted the broadcast. The moments are then voted on by listeners via phone.
References
External links
Dunham & Miller pageon
The Ticket website
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American radio personalities
Radio personalities from Dallas
People from San Antonio
College football announcers
College basketball announcers in the United States
1965 births
Living people
Arena football announcers
University of North Texas alumni