Midterm Preface - Bob Barry

His career spans 55 years of Oklahoma radio play-by-play history. He has narrated many of the great OU plays of the last several decades with his unique play-by-play style, adding in a dash of Oklahoma charm.

Bob Barry is putting the finishing touches on his 50th season of broadcasting play-by-play football, but he began way before that when an incident left him confined to his bed to recover from his injuries.

In 1961, OU Coach Bud Wilkinson picked him out of 13 other contenders to be the play-by-play man for Sooner football and basketball. He then left the friendly confines of the Sooner broadcasting booth to call games for the University of Tulsa for a season (1972-1973) and broadcasted for the Oklahoma State Cowboys from 1974-1990. Barry then rejoined the Sooner family for the 1991 season and has been a Sooner treasure ever since.

Beginning in 1966, when he was not behind the microphone at a football game, Barry was anchoring for KFOR News Channel 4. In 1970, he was named the station's sports director, a position he held until 1997. He continued with KFOR as a sports anchor until Dec. 2008, marking the end of his television broadcasting career.

With his extensive career, Barry has learned a thing or two. Here he has some advice for upcoming journalists