Dan Long (broadcaster)
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Dan Long is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 broadcaster
Presenter
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 and sports commentator
Sports commentator
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

. He is also the founder, owner, CEO and host of DL Sports Media, an Internet
Internet
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-based sports broadcasting outlet.

Personal life

Daniel Kane Long was born at The Valley Hospital
The Valley Hospital
The Valley Hospital is a fully accredited, acute care, not-for-profit hospital serving approximately 440,000 people in 32 towns in Bergen County and adjoining communities. Its current bed capacity is 451. In 2010, 51,497 individuals were admitted to Valley, 72,188 people were treated in the...

 in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 24,958. Ridgewood is an affluent suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately northwest of Midtown Manhattan.The Village of Ridgewood was...

. He lives currently in Paterson
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson is a city serving as the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third largest city and one of the largest cities in the New York City Metropolitan Area, despite a decrease of 3,023...

, Passaic County, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, and is a resident of the city's historic Eastside Park
Eastside Park
Eastside Park is a residential neighborhood in the Eastside of Paterson, New Jersey east of downtown. Once the home of the city's industrial and political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson. In recent years, people have begun moving back into the...

 neighborhood. He is a graduate of Saint Anne School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States and a suburban municipality in the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 32,457. Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March...

 and Bergen Catholic High School
Bergen Catholic High School
Bergen Catholic High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade...

 in Oradell, New Jersey
Oradell, New Jersey
Oradell is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,978. The borough's territory includes a dam on the Hackensack River that forms the Oradell Reservoir...

, an all-boys high school respected for its academic and athletic programs.

College Broadcasting

After graduating from Bergen Catholic, Long enrolled at Providence College
Providence College
Providence College is a private, coeducational, Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city. With a 2010–2011 enrollment of 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students, the College specializes in academic...

 in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

. While at Providence, he hosted "The Sports Fix," a weekly sports program broadcast on the student-run radio station WDOM 91.3FM
WDOM
WDOM is a radio station licensed to Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The station is currently owned by Providence College.-Station history:...

.

In 2005, Long transferred from Providence to Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

 in Washington, DC, enrolling in the university’s American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...

 program. While at Georgetown, Long continued his broadcasting career both in radio and television. He was the lead Play-by-Play Announcer and Studio Host for sports programming at WGTB Radio
WGTB
WGTB is a student-run internet radio station at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The station was originally founded as an AM station in 1946 by Rev. Francis Layden, SJ, moving to FM in 1960. In the late 1960s and through the 1970s, the station attracted attention in the Washington, DC area...

, and was the Sports Director of Georgetown University Television (GUTV).

Through these capacities, Long became the Play-by-Play Voice of Georgetown Hoyas Football
Georgetown Hoyas football
The Georgetown Hoyas football team represents Georgetown University in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football. Like other sports teams from Georgetown, the team is named the Hoyas, which derives from the chant, Hoya Saxa...

, Women's Basketball, Men's Lacrosse and Women's Lacrosse
Georgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse
The Georgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse team competes in the NCAA Big East, a Division 1-A Conference. The first team was formed in 1977.-Current Team:The current Head Coach is Ricky Freid, who took over after Kim Simons retired following the 2004 season...

.

During his tenure at WGTB and GUTV, Long was able to assist the Georgetown University Athletic Department in the One Hundred Years of Georgetown Basketball project, writing articles on Hoyas legends Patrick Ewing
Patrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle...

 and Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson is an American professional basketball point guard and shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season...

, as well as serving as the Public Address Announcer for some Field Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

, Women’s Basketball and Women’s Lacrosse games. Long also followed the Hoyas Men’s Basketball team's run to the Final Four in the 2007 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball season...

, their first Final Four since 1985
1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year's tournament. It began...

. Long graduated from Georgetown University in May 2007.

Following his graduation from Georgetown, Long returned to New Jersey and joined the on-air personalities of WGHT 1500
WGHT
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, Pompton Lakes
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Pompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 11,097....

 as a sideline reporter for the station’s award-winning high school football coverage. He was able to report on games throughout Bergen
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...

, Passaic
Passaic County, New Jersey
Passaic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 501,226. Its county seat is Paterson...

, Morris
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the United States 2010 Census, the population was 492,276. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown....

 and Sussex
Sussex County, New Jersey
The County of Sussex is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey. It is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 Federal decennial census, 149,265 persons resided in Sussex County...

 counties, including state and former state champions Wayne Hills High School
Wayne Hills High School
Wayne Hills High School is a comprehensive community public high school, in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as one of the two high schools that are part of the Wayne Public Schools...

 (Wayne
Wayne, New Jersey
Wayne is a Township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, located less than from midtown Manhattan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069....

), Glen Rock High School
Glen Rock High School
Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Glen Rock Public Schools....

 and Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Don Bosco Preparatory High School
Don Bosco Preparatory High School is a private, Roman Catholic secondary school for young men, grades 9 through 12. Founded by the Salesians of Don Bosco, a religious order of priests and brothers, the school is situated on a campus in Ramsey, New Jersey, United States...

 (Ramsey
Ramsey, New Jersey
Ramsey is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located northwest of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 14,473....

).

DL Sports Media

Long founded and now works as the CEO of DL Sports Media, an Internet-based sports broadcasting outlet. At present, DL Sports Media is the official Internet broadcast home for Bergen Catholic Athletics through the Bergen Catholic Radio Network, covering football, soccer, basketball and wrestling events throughout the academic year. Long also serves as the play-by-play commentator for these events, as well as host for pre- and post-game shows complete with head coach and player interviews.

Long announced Bergen Catholic football games to over 16,000 listeners during the 2010 season, a 165% increase in listening audience from the previous football season.

New to the 2011 spring season, DL Sports Media now broadcasts Bergen Catholic home baseball games from the newly-dedicated Ridgefield Park
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 12,729 at the 2010 United States Census. Of 566 municipalities statewide, Ridgefield Park is only one of three with a village type of government in New Jersey, along with Loch Arbour and Ridgewood.The...

 section of Overpeck County Park
Overpeck County Park
Overpeck County Park is an county park in Bergen County, New Jersey, with major sections in Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park, and Teaneck, surrounding Overpeck Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River....

, and Long serves as the play-by-play announcer during these broadcasts.

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