Bill Shanks
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Bill Shanks is a sports broadcaster and writer.
Shanks hosts "The Bill Shanks Show" on WPLA
Fox Sports 1670 in Macon. He is also a columnist for The Macon Telegraph and hosts a weekly high school football show called The End Zone on WMGT-TV
41 NBC. Shanks is a writer and the publisher of The Atlanta Baseball Show.com, which is a part of the scout.com network. His work there is also syndicated on FoxSports.com
. Shanks also covers the Braves for Fox Sports South.com. He interviews Braves' players and minor leaguers and provides regular audio podcasts. In 2006 Shanks was one of the co-hosts of the Braves Wrap-Up Show on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
Shanks started his daily radio show in March 2007 on WIFN 105.5 The Fan in Macon. The show was canceled due to Cumulus cutbacks on February 9, 2009. Six weeks later, on March 23, 2009, Shanks' show was back on the air on the Clear Channel affiliate.
Shanks wrote a book called Scout's Honor: The Bravest Way to Build a Winning Team. It is both his answer to Moneyball and the story of how the Braves became the successful organization that they are today. From telling how John Schuerholz
rose through the ranks to telling about the tales of individual Braves prospects, from Jeff Francoeur
, Brian McCann, Adam LaRoche
, John Smoltz
, and Adam Wainwright
.
He has provided Braves' reports on radio stations in Athens on WRFC
, Brunswick, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Mobile, Huntsville, Florence, Birmingham, and on WGST and WCNN in Atlanta.
Shanks, originally from Waycross, Georgia, is a graduate of the University of Georgia
. He was a television sports anchor at WBSG
in Brunswick, Georgia and WGXA
in Macon, Georgia. He also had a sports production company and produced and hosted weekly television shows with the Atlanta Braves
, the Atlanta Hawks
, and the Atlantic Sun Conference
.
Shanks hosts "The Bill Shanks Show" on WPLA
WPLA
WJGH is a classic hits formatted radio station located in Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
Fox Sports 1670 in Macon. He is also a columnist for The Macon Telegraph and hosts a weekly high school football show called The End Zone on WMGT-TV
WMGT-TV
WMGT-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Georgia that is licensed to Macon. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter on GA 87/U.S. 23/U.S. 129 Alternate along the Bibb and Twiggs County line. The station is the flagship of owner Morris...
41 NBC. Shanks is a writer and the publisher of The Atlanta Baseball Show.com, which is a part of the scout.com network. His work there is also syndicated on FoxSports.com
Foxsports.com
Foxsports.com provides sports news, scores, sports statistics, sports and entertainment video, sports fantasy leagues and fantasy information. Launched in July 2001, it is a unit of Fox Interactive Media, which also includes other News Corporation online businesses, including MySpace, IGN...
. Shanks also covers the Braves for Fox Sports South.com. He interviews Braves' players and minor leaguers and provides regular audio podcasts. In 2006 Shanks was one of the co-hosts of the Braves Wrap-Up Show on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.
Shanks started his daily radio show in March 2007 on WIFN 105.5 The Fan in Macon. The show was canceled due to Cumulus cutbacks on February 9, 2009. Six weeks later, on March 23, 2009, Shanks' show was back on the air on the Clear Channel affiliate.
Shanks wrote a book called Scout's Honor: The Bravest Way to Build a Winning Team. It is both his answer to Moneyball and the story of how the Braves became the successful organization that they are today. From telling how John Schuerholz
John Schuerholz
John Schuerholz is the President of the Atlanta Braves of the National League. Before joining Atlanta, he spent twenty-two years with the Kansas City Royals organization, including nine as the club's General Manager. Among the teams he has built are the 1985 Royals and 1995 Braves, both world...
rose through the ranks to telling about the tales of individual Braves prospects, from Jeff Francoeur
Jeff Francoeur
Jeffrey Braden Francoeur , nicknamed "Frenchy", is a Major League Baseball right fielder who now plays for the Kansas City Royals. Francoeur is known for a strong throwing arm.-Minor league career:...
, Brian McCann, Adam LaRoche
Adam LaRoche
David Adam LaRoche , is a Major League Baseball first baseman. In 2011, the Washington Nationals signed him to a two-year deal...
, John Smoltz
John Smoltz
John Andrew Smoltz is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and active sportscaster. He is best known for his prolific career of more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, in which he garnered eight All-Star selections and received the Cy Young Award in 1996...
, and Adam Wainwright
Adam Wainwright
Adam Parrish Wainwright is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was drafted 29th overall by the Atlanta Braves in the 2000 amateur draft. He made his major league debut for the St...
.
He has provided Braves' reports on radio stations in Athens on WRFC
WRFC (AM)
WRFC is a sports radio station licensed to Athens, Georgia, USA. The format was easy listening until the late 1960s, when it changed to a light rock format. The station was previously owned by Southern Broadcasting of Athens, Inc. until June 2008, when it was purchased, along with its sister...
, Brunswick, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Mobile, Huntsville, Florence, Birmingham, and on WGST and WCNN in Atlanta.
Shanks, originally from Waycross, Georgia, is a graduate of the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
. He was a television sports anchor at WBSG
WPXC-TV
WPXC-TV is the Ion Television television station in the Jacksonville, Florida, market, but licenced to serve Brunswick, Georgia. Owned by Ion Media Networks, the station broadcasts on digital channel 24. In addition, the station has a low power repeater in Jacksonville, WPXJ-LP, on channel...
in Brunswick, Georgia and WGXA
WGXA
WGXA is the Fox affiliated television station for Central Georgia that is licensed to Macon. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter on GA 87/U.S. 23/U.S. 129 Alternate along the Twiggs and Bibb County line. The station can also be seen on Cox channel 2...
in Macon, Georgia. He also had a sports production company and produced and hosted weekly television shows with the Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
, the Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
, and the Atlantic Sun Conference
Atlantic Sun Conference
The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference operating in the Southeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I; it does not sponsor football. The conference was established in 1978 as the Trans America Athletic Conference...
.