TOLEDO, OH - Veteran sports broadcaster Brent Balbinot is the new "Voice of the Rockets" as announced today by the University of Toledo Athletic Department and its exclusive multimedia rights holder, Learfield. Beginning this fall, Balbinot will serve as play-by-play broadcaster for football and men's basketball, and host the respective coaches' radio shows.
Balbinot, who brings nearly 25 years of sports broadcasting and related experience to Toledo, spent the last 12 years at his alma mater, the University of Iowa, serving as play-by-play voice for Hawkeyes' women's basketball and baseball. Balbinot also filled in at play-by-play for men's basketball, and held other related roles with Iowa over the years, including host of the call-in radio shows and complete oversight of the daily sports feature for Hawkeye Radio Network.