Jim Day (born December 30, 1965) is an American television sports broadcaster currently affiliated with

Bally Sports Ohio Bally Sports Ohio is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and is operated as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of Ohio, with a focus on professio ...

and the Cincinnati Reds of

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

. Apart from Reds' broadcasts, he is known for Jim's Day Off, an advertising campaign in which he explores the "must see" attractions in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Early career

Jim Day began his professional career in 1988. During this time, he managed to work his way on-air for a network affiliate in a Top 35 market, while still in college. Day spent seven years working in many roles at WSYX-TV, Channel 6. After spending two years away from television while traveling the country with the American Basketball League, he returned to television. Day spent five years in Tampa, Florida working for the ABC-affiliate

WFTS-TV WFTS-TV (channel 28), branded as ABC Action News, is a television station licensed to Tampa, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by the E.W. Scripps Company alongside Bradenton-licensed Ion Te ...

as the understudy of

Ted Koppel Edward James Martin Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is a British-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for ''Nightline'', from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005. Before ''Nightline'', he spent 20 years as a broadc ...

. He later went to Ohio to work for

Fox Sports Ohio Bally Sports Ohio is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and is operated as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of Ohio, with a focus on professio ...

. He currently resides in

Westerville, Ohio Westerville is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, Franklin and Delaware County, Ohio, Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. A northeastern suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, the population was 39,190 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...

along with his wife.

FSN Ohio

Jim returned to Ohio in 2000 and has been with

ever since. He currently hosts "Reds Live," the pre-game and post-game shows of the Cincinnati Reds. During the 2011 season, Day filled in as play-by-play announcer for the first time. He also filled in as play-by-play announcer in 2013, and has done so from 2016–2021. Day has also worked for the News Department of Fox Sports and has covered every major sport for the Network. Recently he served as lead host for "FSN Live at the BCS Championship". Day hosted Musketeers Live 2010-2011 for

broadcasts of

Xavier Musketeers men's basketball The Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represents Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Big East Conference, and are coached by Sean Miller. Xavier has appeared in the NCAA tournament 28 times ...

. Prior to that he was the host of Blue Jackets live for

Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...

broadcasts on Fox Sports Ohio. Fox Sports Ohio announced for 2014, Day will work all 145 games as sideline reporter and provide reports for pre- and post-game coverage.

Awards

Jim began his post-high school career at

Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the ...

, and finished his degree at

Otterbein College Otterbein University is a private university in Westerville, Ohio. It offers 74 majors and 44 minors as well as eight graduate programs. The university was founded in 1847 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ and named for United Bre ...

where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Day is a native of

and a Westerville South High School graduate.

References

External links

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Fox Sports Ohio
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