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Dec 15, 1992 · Dec 15, 1992 Updated Jan 25, 2015. Jim Thacker, the veteran sportscaster who helped usher in the era of televised ACC basketball, died Tuesday of a stroke while attending a meeting in...
Mar 16, 2021 · Courtesy of WSAZ-TV. Editor’s Note: This is the 383rd in a series of articles recalling vanished Huntington scenes. HUNTINGTON — Born in Chicago, Jim Thacker grew up in Henderson, Kentucky ...
Jan 27, 2023 · That would be Jim Thacker and Billy Packer, the voices of the ACC’s syndicated weekly basketball broadcasts. Their commentary, along with the catchy “Sail with the Pilot” jingle of commercial sponsor Jefferson Pilot, became the soundtrack of a generation. Not to mention the golden age of ACC basketball.
Packer's broadcast teammates included Curt Gowdy, Jim Thacker, Dick Enberg, Al McGuire, Gary Bender, and Brent Musburger. From 1991 to 2008 he worked alongside Jim Nantz and Verne Lundquist (usually during pre- Championship Week while Nantz was covering the NFL and/or golf).
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Mar 8, 2003 · Play-by-play broadcasters like Harville, Simpson, Dan Daniels, Woody Durham, and Jim Thacker, and analysts like Bones McKinney, Billy Packer, and Jeff Mullins were brought in to handle the on-air while directors like John Young from WUNC-TV, Norman Prevatte from WBTV in Charlotte, and Frank Slingland from NBC-TV in Washington called the shots ...
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Jan 27, 2023 · Legendary ACC Basketball and CBS College Basketball announcer Billy Packer gone at age 82:Jim Thacker and Billy Packer had us all watching ACC Basketball games - Greensboro Sports. Posted on January 27, 2023 by Andy Durham.
Apr 4, 2024 · Jim Thacker, the play-by-play voice of ACC basketball for a generation of television viewers and a generous benefactor to the conference, will be posthumously honored with the 2010 “Skeeter”...
