Blean Calkins
Blean Anson Calkins (August 11, 1921 – March 16, 2003) was a sports radio broadcaster for over 30 years. He was President of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) from 1978 to 1981,[1] and served on the NSSA Board with such contemporaries as Curt Gowdy, Chris Schenkel, Keith Jackson and Ray Scott. He was named Iowa's Sportscaster of the Year four times.[2]
Calkins broadcast Iowa Hawkeyes basketball and football home games along with Iowa high school athletics on KWPC out of Muscatine for over 30 years.[1] Calkins also did morning drive sports on album rock 99 Plus through most of the 1980s, and sold advertising on at KFMH and KWPC.[3]
Awards
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Blean Calkins was married to Bonnie Calkins, and had a son, Doug.[4] His wife died in 1998, and he died in his sleep at home in Muscatine in 2003, at the age of 81.[1] He had been living with a heart ailment since suffering a massive heart attack in 1989.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Doxsie, Don (March 20, 2003). "Boy's tourney was his favorite event". Quad-City Times. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "Blean Calkins". The Muscatine Journal. December 18, 1999. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Maly, Ron (April 23, 1978). "Sportcasting is a sideline for Iowan Blean Calkins". The Des Moines Register. p. 124 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Calkins Honored". The Muscatine Journal. March 10, 1982. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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