After 55 Years As A Broadcaster In L.a., Randy Rosenbloom Is Leaving Town

It’s clip to uncover memories, laughs and crazy times from Randy Rosenbloom’s 55 years arsenic a TV/radio broadcaster successful Los Angeles. He’s hopping successful a car adjacent Sunday pinch his wife, saying goodbye to a North Hollywood location that’s been successful his family since 1952 and driving 3,300 miles to his caller location successful Greenville, S.C.

“When I locomotion out, I’ll astir apt break down,” he said.

He graduated from North Hollywood High successful 1969. He sewage his first paid occupation successful 1971 calling Hart hoops games for NBC Cable Newhall for $10 a game. It began an escapade of a lifetime.

“I ne'er knew if I overachieved aliases underachieved. I conscionable did what I loved,” he said.

Randy Rosenbloom (left) utilized to activity pinch erstwhile UCLA coach John Wooden for TV games.

(Randy Rosenbloom)

John Wooden, Jerry Tarkanian and Jim Harrick were among his master commentators erstwhile he did play by play for assemblage hoops games. He called volleyball astatine nan 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games for NBC and rowing successful 2004. He’s worked much than 100 title precocious schoolhouse events. He did play by play for nan first and only Reebok Bowl astatine Angel Stadium successful 1994 won by Bishop Amat complete Sylmar, 35-14.

“There were astir 5,000, 6,000 group location and I retrieve reasoning cipher watched nan game. We ended up pinch a 5.7 TV standing connected Channel 13 successful Los Angeles, which is higher than astir Lakers games.”

He conducted interviews pinch NFL Hall of Famers Gale Sayers and Johnny Unitas and boxing greats Robert Duran, Thomas Hearn and Sugar Ray Leonard. He’s worked pinch shot greats Steve Garvey and Doug DeCinces. He called games pinch erstwhile USC coach Rod Dedeaux. He was successful nan power booth for Bret Saberhagen’s 1982 no-hitter successful nan City Section title crippled astatine Dodger Stadium. He was a nightly sportscaster for KADY successful Ventura.

Randy Rosenbloom, left, pinch his volleyball broadcast partners, Kirk Kilgour and Bill Walton.

(Randy Rosenbloom)

He was nan sound of Fresno State shot and basketball. He besides did Nevada Las Vegas shot and hoops games. He called vessel games and Little League games. He was a nationalist reside announcer for hoops astatine nan 1984 Olympic Games pinch Michael Jordan nan prima and did nan P.A. for Toluca Little League.

Nothing was excessively mini aliases excessively large for him.

“I loved everything,” he said.

He called astatine slightest 10 East L.A. Classic shot games betwixt Garfield and Roosevelt. He was location erstwhile Narbonne and San Pedro tied 21-21 successful nan 2008 City title crippled astatine nan Coliseum connected a San Pedro touchdown pinch 1 2nd left.

Probably his astir notable communicative came erstwhile he was doing power play-by-play astatine a 1998 assemblage vessel crippled successful Montgomery, Ala.

“I look down and a elephantine tarantula is crawling up my pants,” he said. “My colour man took each nan property notes, wadded them up and deed nan tarantula for illustration swinging a bat.”

Did Rosenbloom show nan assemblage what was happening?

“I stayed calm,” he said.

Then location was nan clip he was successful nan property container astatine Sam Boyd Stadium and a bat flew successful and attached itself to nan woody property container correct adjacent to him earlier flying distant aft he said, “UNLV wins.”

Recently, he’s been putting together precocious schoolhouse TV packages for LA36 and calling recreation shot hoops games. He’ll still support doing a power gambling show from his caller home, but he’s cutting ties to Los Angeles to move person to grandchildren.

“I’m retiring from Los Angeles. I’m leaving nan market,” he said.

Hopefully he’ll proceed via Zoom to do a play podcast pinch maine for The Times.

He’s a existent master who’s versatility and activity ethic made him a reliable prosecute from nan property of 18 done his existent property of 74.

He’s a personnel of nan City Section Hall of Fame and nan Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He erstwhile threw nan changeable put 51 feet, 7 1/2 inches, which is his declare to fame astatine North Hollywood High.

One clip an ESPN schematic earlier a show spelled his sanction “Rosenbloom” past changed it to “Rosenblum” for postgame. It was worthy a bully laugh.

He ever adjusts, improvises and ad-libs. He expects to bask his clip successful South Carolina, but he amended watch retired for tarantulas. They look to for illustration him.