About Bruce Martyn
Born 1930. Bruce Martyn is an American sports journalist.
Bruce Martyn (born June 24, 1929) is a former American sportscaster. He is best known for being the radio voice of the Detroit Red Wings from 1964 to 1995.
After attending what is now known as Lake Superior State University and later dropping out of the University of Michigan, Martyn returned to his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan to begin his broadcasting career at WSOO-AM in 1950 doing play-by-play for the Sault Ste. Marie Indians of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association.
In 1953, Martyn moved to Pontiac where he worked as a morning disc jockey and the sports director at WCAR-AM. After ten years, he moved to TV and the UHF station WKBD-TV in Detroit to be the sports director.
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Who is Bruce Martyn?
American sportscaster
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Bruce Martyn was born in 1930 in Sault Ste. Marie.
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Bruce Martyn is a sports journalist.
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