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Newspaper merger leads to a radio career

Josh Suchon decided to quit as the Oakland Tribune’s A’s beat writer and become a radio sports announcer in Modesto after the great Bay Area newspaper merger, the Modesto Bee reports. Instead of writing exclusively for the Oakland Tribune, he also had to answer to editors at the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times, with each having their own idea about the perfect angle.

Suchon, 34, has just completed his first year as the voice of the Modesto Nuts minor league baseball team. He also hosts a daily sports talk show and calls high school football games. He’s shown here preparing to do such a game on Nov. 9. (Photo credit: Ted Benson, The Modesto Bee)

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