After 41-years in broadcasting and 28 seasons of announcing Bulls basketball, Neil Funk concluded his broadcast career at the end of the 2019-20 season. He will be honored during "Neil Funk night" on Saturday evening as the Bulls take on the Thunder.
It actually all did start at a 1,000 watt radio station in Danville, Illinois, WITY, the voice of Illiana.
Neil Eugene Funk, fresh out of Syracuse University by way of the University of Illinois and Gettysburg College, signed on as an ad salesman who helped out with the station's broadcasts of high school, U of Illinois and Class A baseball broadcasts.