William W. Schonely (June 1, 1929 – January 21, 2023),[1][2][3] nicknamed "The Schonz", was an American sports broadcaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers for almost three decades, from the team's launch in 1970 until 1998.[4] A native of Pennsylvania, he worked in radio in Louisiana and Seattle before settling in Portland, Oregon. In addition to his work for the Blazers, he was a sportscaster for Major League Baseball games, several minor league baseball teams, college sports, National Hockey League games, and junior ice hockey.
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^"Longtime Trail Blazers broadcaster Bill Schonely dies at 93". ESPN. Associated Press. January 21, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^Canzano, John (September 5, 2012). "The Voice of a City: Bill Schonely, legendary Trail Blazers broadcaster, will receive the Curt Gowdy Media Award at the Hall of Fame". The Oregonian. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
junior ice hockey. Schonely was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the second and first surviving child of Walter and Juanita Schonely (née Hoch). A stutterer...
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Saturday and Sunday games were broadcast by KGO radio. Jim Gordon, BillSchonely and Bill McColgan each did play-by-play alone on multiple games. Meanwhile...
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shoots, short, no good! AND THE GAME IS OVER! THE GAME IS OVER! — BillSchonely, Blazers' play-by-play radio announcer June 5, 1977 Portland, now leading...
broadcasters for the Pistons and the Trail Blazers with George Blaha and BillSchonely as the lead broadcasters. The Pistons would not make a fourth consecutive...
Blazers' rallying cry is "Rip City", coined by play-by-play announcer BillSchonely during their inaugural season. The team holds the NBA record for most...
is the studio analyst. The original radio announcer for the team was BillSchonely, who served as the team's radio play-by-play announcer from 1970 until...
introduction montage (which was notable as it marked premiere of the intercutting, Bill Feigenbaum created CGI rendering of Boston Garden, used by CBS through the...
Wheeler was placed in the difficult position of replacing broadcaster BillSchonely, the team's radio play-by-play announcer since its inaugural season...
their numbers retired by teams they did not play for, and only one player (Bill Russell) had his number retired league wide. Key: † Inducted to the Basketball...
front office in marketing and served as a commentator with broadcaster BillSchonely. Steele later worked as a broadcaster for the NBA on CBS and as a head...
Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart, 4 June 2009 BillSchonely, Portland Choir & Orchestra, conducted by Edward Higgins, June 2015...
future major league manager Tom Kelly (eighth round) and starting pitcher Bill Parsons (seventh round). Seattle affiliated with one minor league club during...
grown with the National Football League (beginning in 1956). In 1967, BillSchonely did West Coast National Hockey League coverage for CBS. Perhaps, the...
1963. p. 10. "Bill Raftery". CBS News. February 20, 1999. Retrieved March 26, 2017. Bucholtz, Andrew (2016-03-08). "CBS/Turner film on Bill Raftery, produced...
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