Dave Rivera
Dave was a multi-sport athlete at Lorain Admiral King playing basketball and football.
Dave a graduate of the Ohio Media School in 2017. Dave had a strong social media presence with a particular interest in local high school sports. That presence brought Dave to the attention of the stations and in 2018 he joined WOBL & WDLW.
Through the years he has become a valuable multiple tool contributor to the sports crew with play by play and color commentary duties. In the Fall of 2025, Dave became the Sports Director. Dave also is a full time Marketing Specialist. Dave manages the social media presence of the station's sports coverage on Twitter and Facebook.
Max Drummond
Max played football the majority of his life starting with youth football through high school at Tallmadge city schools. While in high school he earned two varsity letters for football, and in his senior year was voted First-Team All-Conference at the center position.
Eventually, Max graduated from Heidelberg University with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, focusing on Communications. During his time at Heidelberg he served on gameday staff as well as production for a variety of the school’s sports, he also was a color analyst for all home football games for the Student Princes’ in the fall of 2022. At the same time he was able to complete a graduate program with the school securing his MBA.
Max conducted an internship with WOBL studios over the summer of 2022 and then went on to be a part of Friday night football broadcasts on WOBL through stat keeping and spotting. Max works in the Newsroom with WOBL & WDLW and spent his first full season in 2023 with WOBL WDLW Sports performing multiple roles on Friday nights for football broadcasts like play by play, color commentary, and live updates from stadiums in addition to stat keeping. During the high school football season, he will provide color commentary on one of the Lorain County Sports Network video live stream games on YouTube. Then on Saturday afternoons he will cover the future stars of Friday Night Lights, doing play by play for JR LC 8 football video live streaming on the Lorain County Sports Network YouTube channel as well. In the Fall of 2025, Max became the Assistant Sports Director.
Gary Tollett
Gary started as an intern with WOBL Radio in 2001 and left a few years later. In 2020 I returned as an Account Executive, later becoming the General Sales Manager. His wife, Renee’ then purchased WOBL and WDLW in 2021.
Growing up as a kid Gary played baseball in Elyria playing for coaches such as Gene Lageza, the Brubaker family, Todd and Kevin, who truly made me love the competiveness of sports. He called several things from youth baseball, stock car racing, high school basketball, parades and most recently youth boxing.
With all of that it’s the Friday Night lights experience that drives him back in the booth every week. Not only does he get to do play by play for high school football I get to sit alongside one of my best friends of several years, Brian DeVito. No matter what, the one thing I’ll always appreciate is our support local radio can provide to high school kids and the community.
John Guzik
John was a multi-sport athlete at Southview and started in sports radio reporting for the Jim Allen Sports Show.
He entered the radio business full-time after earning a Master’s Degree from Syracuse University in TV/Radio Management. He has over 30 years in TV and radio both on-air and in management including Operating Partner of a pair of stations in North Carolina. Away from the studio, he’s been involved in youth sports as a dad, coach, committee co-chair of the Avon Lake Youth Baseball Federation, and as a referee and umpire in sports ranging from Flag Football, to high school varsity basketball and men’s fastpitch softball and baseball.
He joined (rejoined?) the WOBL/WDLW sports team in 2019 and, after anchoring the inaugural year of Lorain County Sports Network's live coverage on YouTube.
Brian Devito
Brian was a multi-sport athlete and class of 2017 Hall of Famer at Brookside High School. He still holds the Lorain County record for interceptions in a season with 10. He went on to play college football at Tiffin University. He continues to be the color analyst alongside Play by Play Gary Tollet, with decades of knowledge and experience in sports. Away from the booth, Brian coaches his 2 sons in football, basketball and baseball and is one of the Directors in the Jr. Cards programs.
David Grendzynski
Dave Grendzynski’s career began in television. He worked as a producer in Augusta, Georgia, Columbus, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio.
After earning three Regional Emmy Awards in news, he won an Associated Press Award for his coverage of the 2007 American League Championship Series. He's also covered The Masters, an Ohio State National Championship game, was the host of his own sports talk radio show, and was in "The Q" when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA title in 2016.
In addition to providing play-by-play for Ohio high school football regular season and playoff games, he is now a writer and content manager for KINEXON Sports, and hosts the "The Xtra Edge Podcast."
Andy "Bull" Barch
Andy “Bull” Barch has been a play-by-play announcer, media professional and radio personality for the last 25 years and has been covering Lorain County High School sports since 2017. Bull joined the WOBL/WDLW sports team in January of 2024. He was the voice of the Lake Erie Crushers for 12 seasons (2011-2023).
Prior to his tenure with the Crushers, Barch served seven seasons in minor league baseball as a radio announcer, and director of media relations. Before he broke into baseball, Andy attended Bowling Green State University where he conducted several play-by-play broadcasts of BGSU athletics. He graduated from Bowling Green in 2003.
Bull made his debut in professional baseball in the Summer of 2003 with the Jamestown Jammers, a New York-Penn League (Short Season) affiliate of the Florida Marlins. He spent the following six seasons (2004-2009) with the West Virginia Power, a Class-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates (‘09), Milwaukee Brewers (‘05-08) and Toronto BlueJays (‘04) in the South Atlantic League. During his tenure as the “voice of the Power”, Andy called over 800 baseball games, including the 2009 South Atlantic League All-Star Game. He called two South Atlantic League Championship Series in 2007 and 2008. Barch also hosted a daily talk show titled “Bull on Baseball”. In 2009, Ballpark Digest named him the runner up for their Broadcaster of the Year Award.
In 2010, he came back to the Cleveland area where he was born and raised, to be the Director of Sports Information and radio voice of Notre Dame College Athletics in South Euclid, Ohio.
Bull left Notre Dame in 2017 to host an afternoon drive talk show on AM 930 WEOL in Elyria called “Bull’s Eye on the Afternoon.” In 2020, he represented the station at “Indians Radio Week” down in Goodyear, Arizona where he covered the Tribe for a week during spring training and called a Big League Spring Training Game with Jim Rosenhaus. In his tenure with the station he hosted many pregame talk shows at Rocket Mortgage Field House covering the Cleveland Cavaliers, and several pregame talk shows at Progressive Field Covering the Indians. While he no longer hosts the afternoon drive, he still works for the station covering high school football, basketball, baseball and softball games.
Mark "Munch" Bishop
Mark "Munch" Bishop, brings over 45 years experience to WOBL and WDLW
Born and raised in Cleveland later moved to Solon where he graduated from Solon High School in 1970.
He went on to graduate from The Ohio State University with a BA in sociology/criminology, then moved on to grad school there before attending Capital University Law School.
Sports was always the gigantic passion for "Munch," He "started doing sports on the regular" at WLVQ (Q-FM-96) in Columbus, circa 1979, "Munch the Morning Madman" was born.
Bishop, has served as a host, announcer on ESPN, ABC and NBC affiliates, FOX Sports Radio and TV, SportsChannel, iHeartRadio and Good Karma Brands - all of which says nothing of his many marketing and promotions turns with all of those organizations over the years. He has done college and high school football, basketball plus soccer (indoor and outdoor) play by play.
An honored professional, Bishop has received the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters' Lifetime for Excellence Award, the Marino Award from the Friend of the Homeless in Columbus, the Honored Friend award from the Greater Cleveland Peace Officers Memorial Society and was bestowed The Chuck Heaton Award from the Press Club of Cleveland. He is also a proud graduate of the FBI's Citizen Academy.
Munch is loving life and currently hosts shows on News Talk 1480 WHBC along with reporting on Pro, College and HS sports plus is a featured writer at NEO SPORTS INSIDERS along with calling Lake Erie Cushers games on the Home Team Network & Rock Entertainment Sports Network.
Edwin Vereen
Edwin was a multisport athlete at North Myrtle Beach High (SC) playing Football, Track and Field, and Wrestling and Lettering in all three sports. Edwin was completing his studies at Ashford University where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications in 2019.
Edwin began his Sports Media career as a writer for Kee On Sports Media Group in 2021 as he covered High School football in Lorain County. Later that year Edwin joined WOBL WDLW Sports and began his on-air career doing color commentary for High School basketball.
In 2023 Vereen added another skill set when he became the LiveStream Video Producer for the Inaugural Season of the Lorain County Sports Network YouTube Channel during the 2023-24 HS Football and Basketball season, where he continues to thrive.
Edwin is an avid podcaster, videographer, and a Mental Health Advocate.
David Q
After graduating from Southview High School in 1988 and later from The Ohio Center for Broadcasting, David began his radio career at WOBL in 1996 as a sports engineer. He also sharpened his on-air skills, quickly becoming “America’s most beloved radio personality” hosting weekend shows. In 2015, David moved into the studio and became a producer of both football and basketball broadcasts.
Sam Sovacool
Sam was a graduate of Westlake High School and during his time attained three varsity letters and two captains honors on the men's track and field team. He ran the hurdles and was most successful running the 200m dash. After high school Sam eventually found his calling to radio. In 2021 he went to the Ohio Media School and that's how he found WOBL/WDLW. Sam interned in April of that year and eventually became a part of the crew at radio ranch.
David Chopcinski
David Chopcinski was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio a graduated from Lorain Catholic in 1987. He then went on to the University of Toledo, where he earned two Associate degrees, one in Architectural Engineering and the other in Civil Engineering Science.
David’s love for photography started back in high school. Over the pass 7 years, David has captured still photography for football, volleyball, basketball, softball, baseball and track for several local schools, but loves the athletes in the SWC, the most. He has also captured images thru credentials from two local internet media pages, NEOSI and currently Kee on Sports. Those credentials took him to the University of Toledo Football, Baldwin Wallace Football and Softball, the USFL (reg. Season, playoffs and Championship), the MAC Championship in Detroit at Ford Field, the Cleveland Monster, the Cleveland Charge, The Cleveland Guardians and The PBA (Pro Bowlers Association). He is also a licensed drone RPIC (remote pilot in command), that he acquired in August of 2022.
David’s full time job is a heavy highway construction surveyor for Kokosing, where he travels a lot for work and has slowed down his high school activity. So he has added Dramatic Sports Portraits to his style of photography, (lights, camera, FOG!) Which allows him to still shoot local athletes. He is also in the process of building his Real Estate Photography business.
You can find samples of his images and reach out to him at his webpage, www.eciphotography.biz
Jared Viancort
Jared grew up right here in Lorain County. Graduating from North Ridgeville High School in 2019 playing baseball and wrestled for the Rangers.
Jared went on to the University of Mount Union where he wrestled for the Purple Raiders and got a bachelor's degree both in Media and Spanish.
Whether Jared is doing something in English or Spanish, with a strong background in social media and interest in sports Jared fell in love with sports broadcasting because he loves bringing excitement and energy to the fans in any way possible.
He was part of RSM (Raider Student Media) where he broadcasted many different sports for the college and around the area for Mount Union's radio station 91.1 WRMU including Softball, Baseball, and Football. Also while at Mount Union Jared was an Intern for the USHL (United States Hockey League) Junior Hockey team the Youngstown Phantoms where they one their first Clark Cup in franchise history in May of 2023. After that Jared went to Ohio Media School where he got a sports degree.
He is also a wrestling coach for Bay Village High School.
Duke Antczak
Duke Antczak is a young-ish (how old is too old to be young?) media production professional. Duke has experience working with seasoned industry professionals in many leadership positions where he has led teams to a successful outcome. He has been working on building up my small video production company SLA Video Productions where we produce human interest stories primarily for older adults.
Duke is also the lead producer for the Akron City Football Club home games. During his career, he has produced major projects such as a documentary, a monthly talk show, a monthly cooking show, soccer games, basketball games, commercial productions, and many more interesting pieces. In his final two years of schooling in 2020 and 2021, he was captain of the speech and debate team, yearbook editor, Link Crew commissioner, bass drumline captain, producer, director, host, and radio personality. Duke is also a huge NASCAR fan.
Paul Williams
While writing was my main occupation with the Chronicle, Journal, Plain Dealer etc., I did do extensive radio work with ESPN 850, mainly covering the Cavs-Indians-Browns.
I know you guys already have pretty much any and all pieces needed to continue growing this amazing company, I just want to throw my name in that hat for ANYTHING that can help me grow with you, prove myself and just become a true asset to the team.
It's not my place as the newcomer but I also have so many ideas and plans that I have been working on independently that I hope, at some point, I can bring to the table.
Growing up in Lorain, going on to play sports through college and then joining the media/journal side of things as an adult, I've been blessed to gain unique and vast experience within this field and it's an honor and a dream of mine to continue growing, contributing and being a part of the sports scene in our area.
From covering little league sporting events to being in the Cavs locker room the entire 2016 year, getting exclusive interview with figures such as Kobe Byrant, I am comfortable in any setting within this industry.
Ben Parsons
Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Ben Parsons spent my entire life surrounded by a community that lives and breathes sports.
A proud graduate of Clearview High School, I went on to sharpen my broadcasting skills at Ohio Media School, where I completed their Sports Media program. My journey into sports media began with a hands-on internship at WOBL last season, where I gained valuable experience covering local teams and learning the ins and outs of the industry.
At just 22 years old, I’m grateful for every opportunity that’s come my way and motivated to keep growing in this field.
As we gear up for another thrilling high school football season, I couldn’t be more excited to be part of the action.
My passion for sports runs deep—whether it’s calling the big plays, diving into team stats, or connecting with fans who love the game just as much as I do. I’m looking forward to being a voice you can count on all season long and bringing energy, insight, and hometown pride to every broadcast.
Let’s make this season one to remember!
Johnny G
North Ridgeville’s own Johnny G. is breaking into the radio industry by the way of local radio. A graduate of North Ridgeville High School, Kent State University and the Ohio Media School, Johnny brings many intangibles and a willingness to learn new skills which makes him an asset to the WOBL/WDLW family.
Johnny’s fine tuning his on-air skills, as the Country Music Junkie, with a weekly Saturday radio show from 7-9AM. Working as a board operator during our broadcasts of the Guardians and high school football while also working as a part time account executive.
Johnny is excited to be at WOBL/WDLW and is excited to learn all aspects of the radio trade.
