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With Emmy-Award winning Marc Zumoff handling the play-by-play duties and former NBA All-Star Steve Mix behind the microphone as color analyst for their ninth season together, fans will once again receive top-notch local coverage of the Sixers this season. Comcast SportsNet and WPSG (UPN 57) will combine to telecast 72 regular-season Sixers contests in the Philadelphia area. On a national level, the Sixers will also be prominent, appearing six times on WPVI, seven times on ESPN, three times on ESPN2 and eight times on Turner Sports.

This season, along with the 76ers, Comcast SportsNet will broadcast over 300 live professional and amateur sports events including Flyers, Phillies and Phantoms games. Comcast SportsNet combines action packed play-by-play coverage along with insightful sports news and talk programming to form the best regional sports network in the country.

For the sixth-consecutive season, the Sixers have teamed up with WPSG UPN 57. This year, UPN 57 will air an eight-game television slate. The Sixers have formed an outstanding partnership with the flagship station of the Paramount Stations Group, which began broadcasting Sixers games in 1996-97 after a five-year hiatus.

In addition to the outstanding on air personalities, the Sixers broadcast team also has exceptional behind the scenes the talent. Producer Shawn Oleksiak returns for his ninth season leading 76ers broadcasts. The five-time Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award winner had been nominated for an Emmy in each of his first eight seasons. Oleksiak also serves on the NBA broadcast advisory committee.

Marc Zumoff
Emmy-Award winning Marc Zumoff returns for his ninth season as the Sixers play-by-play announcer and his 21st as a part of the 76ers broadcast team. Zumoff, a Philadelphia native, was named play-by-play announcer on Aug. 17, 1994. He has won an Emmy for best sports play-by-play broadcaster seven of the past 10 years.

Zumoff has done play-by-play and sideline reporting for Turner Sports' coverage of the NBA, including both regular season and playoff games, as well as the network's coverage of the 1997 Goodwill Games. Zumoff also did play-by-play for NBA-TV'S coverage of the FIBA World Championships this past summer from Indianapolis. In addition, he is one of the play-by-play announcers for CN8's coverage of college football.

Prior to joining the Sixers broadcast team full time, Zumoff was a part of the now-defunct Prism Sports Network. He has done play-by-play for a variety of events and teams in the region including, the Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia Big Five, Villanova and Princeton University football and basketball, and the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Following his graduation from Temple University, Zumoff worked his way into the play-by-play spot for the Philadelphia Fever which helped lead to his break with Prism. During his days at Temple, Zumoff announced Owl football and basketball games which was followed by a brief stint in 1977 at WBUD Radio in Trenton, NJ.

Zumoff, who spends his summers hosting the 76ers Summer Hoops Tour, lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife Debbie and their two sons Jake (13) and Pace (9).

Steve Mix
Steve Mix returns for his 16th season with the 76ers and ninth as the full-time color analyst, providing insight to the game that only a former player can provide.

Mix, a former 76ers forward and NBA All-Star, played 13 seasons in the NBA and ABA from 1969 to 1983. He logged time in 787 games where he scored 8,355 points for an average of 10.6 points per game. In his nine seasons with Philadelphia (1973 to 1982), Mix played on three teams that advanced to the NBA Finals (1977, 1980 and 1982). He holds the 76ers single-season steals record of 212 set in 1973-74 and finished fourth all-time in career steals (851). He also went to the NBA Finals with the LA Lakers in 1983 where he finished his playing career.

Mix joined the Sixers broadcast team in 1987-88 analyzing road games on WPHL TV-17. However, he can lay claim to starting his broadcasting career in 1975 when after breaking his ankle in the second half of the season, he joined the legendary Bill Campbell for the radio broadcasts, finishing out the season behind the mic. After his playing career was completed, Mix began doing analysis for the University of Toledo basketball team on WSPD TV-13 and then for the Detroit Pistons on WKBD TV-50.

A native of Toledo, Ohio, Mix played four seasons for the University of Toledo. Mix and his wife Maryalice have four children, Derrick (31), Stephanie (24), Courtney (20), and Andrew (18).

Sixers Radio Announcer - Tom McGinnis

Tom McGinnis begins his eighth season as the voice of the Sixers Radio Network. In addition to handling all the play-by-play duties, he also serves as the 76ers Director of Radio Broadcasting. His responsibilities include overseeing the team's radio network, serving as a team spokesman at various events and assisting with community relations efforts including the successful Summer Hoops Tour.

McGinnis, who grew up in Spring Valley, Ill., received a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northern Illinois University in 1984. Also, he played point guard his first two years in college at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. McGinnis’ broadcasting background includes seven years of local television experience, four years of play-by-play in the CBA and two years calling professional hockey games. He moved to Philadelphia from Cleveland, Ohio in the summer of 1995. McGinnis and his wife, KYW-TV anchor Robin Rieger, reside in suburban Philadelphia.

76ers Radio Network
City	Frequency	Station
Philadelphia, PA	610 AM	WIP (flagship)
Avalon, NJ	98.7 FM	WCZT
Atlantic City, NJ	1490 AM	WUSS
Lancaster, PA	1390 AM	WLAN
Lebanon, PA	1270 AM	WLBR
Wilmington, DE	1290 AM	WJBR
York, PA	1350 AM	WOYK