Video bio of Sam Simmermaker, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2008.
Producer: Susan Bartlett;
Narration: Susan Bartlett;
Post-Production: DreamVision Media Partners;
On Jan. 1, 2010, Sam Simmermaker celebrated 50 years of broadcasting on WCSI-AM in Columbus, Indiana. Listeners and fans alike can identify Sam by his trademark call —‘‘Holy Cow!’’— during his play-by-play call of local high school basketball, football and baseball games. By 2015, Simmermaker had handled more than 3,500 live ball games. He began his career at WKAM-AM in Goshen, Indiana. From 1958 to 1963 he did Indianapolis Indians games for WTTV-TV. Simmermaker has been honored as an inductee in both the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers