Southwest Regional Personality Bios
by FOXSports.com
Rhadigan came to Fox Sports Net from Dallas NBC affiliate KXAS-TV where he was a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor since 1990. He's won numerous broadcast awards, including a local Emmy for Best Sports Anchor, a Katie Award for Best Sports Feature, an Associated Press Best Sports Story award, a United Press International Best Sports Story award, and a National Headliners award.
While at KXAS-TV, Rhadigan also served as a reporter on the station's Texas Rangers telecasts and hosted the "Rangers/Stars Report" weekly magazine show. He was a regular contributor on KXAS-TV's Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars pregame shows and hosted the Rangers postgame show.
Before moving to Dallas, Rhadigan was a sports producer at Detroit CBS affiliate WJBK-TV, and a sports reporter/anchor at WJRT-TV in Flint, Mich. He also hosted local radio shows in Michigan.
A native of Brighton, Mich., Rhadigan earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Oakland (Michigan) University in 1983, where he was voted the school's Outstanding Male.
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Dana Larson is the weeknight anchor for Fox Sports Net's award-winning SOUTHWEST SPORTS REPORT. She also anchors FSN's HIGH SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT weekly magazine show and Friday night high school football scoreboard and highlight show HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD LIVE.
Larson joined Fox Sports Net in July 2002 after working 11/2 years at KXAN-TV in Austin. She started her broadcasting career in April 2000 as a weekend sports anchor/reporter for KWTX-TV in Waco.
She quickly has established herself as one of the region's top sportscasters. In 2003, Larson received her first award in only her fourth year in television, winning a Lone Star Emmy for Outstanding Sports Feature. She was recognized for her heartwarming story of Duncanville, Texas High School soccer player Michael Green, who was badly burned in a house fire as an infant.
Born in Denver and raised in Scottsdale, Ariz, Larson graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a bachelor of arts degree in communications.
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Ric Renner is a weekend anchor and reporter for Fox Sports Net's award-winning SOUTHWEST SPORTS REPORT.
Known for his off-beat, humorous style, Renner has kept audiences and athletes laughing with his lighter-side approach since starting his broadcast career in 1987 in Lafayette, La. He joined Fox Sports Net in July 2003 from WJXX-TV in Jacksonville, Fla. where he spent three years as sports director and weekday anchor for the ABC affiliate.
Renner has worked at several stations in the Southwest, including KLMG-TV in Tyler, Texas (1990); KATC-TV in Lafayette, La. (1987-1990); and KLAX-TV in Alexandria, La (1988-89). Other sports anchor stops include WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Mich. (1990-92); KTVN-TV in Reno, Nev. (1992-93); WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Fla. (1993-95); WRGB-TV in Albany, N.Y. (1995-97); and WNAB-TV in Nashville, Tenn. (1997). He also spent three years (1996-98) hosting ESPN's "Out of Bounds" half-hour international sports blooper show.
Renner's broadcast experience includes an extensive radio background as a play-by-play announcer, sports talk show host and disc jockey at several stations across the country.
A graduate of Syracuse University's esteemed S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Renner holds a bachelor of science degree in speech communications/broadcast journalism.
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Emily Jones joined FSN Southwest in August 2004 as weekend anchor and weekday reporter on the network's nightly SOUTHWEST SPORTS REPORT.
The former sports director at KCBD-TV in Lubbock, Texas, teams with Ric Renner on the Saturday and Sunday SOUTHWEST SPORTS REPORT shows and files reports on the weeknight sportscasts.
Jones spent six years at Lubbock NBC affiliate KCBD before moving to FSN Southwest. She started as a news anchor, reporter and producer in September 1998 and was elevated to sports director in May 2001. She anchored the station's two nightly sportscasts and oversaw the sports department.
A native of Plainview, Texas, Jones graduated from Texas Tech University in 1998 with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast journalism. She resides in Dallas.
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Kevin Eschenfelder anchors Fox Sports Net's nightly SOUTHWEST SPORTS TONIGHT show and calls play-by-play on regional college football and basketball telecasts.
SOUTHWEST SPORTS TONIGHT is a 30-minute program that serves dual purposes. It functions as a pregame show on nights when Fox Sports Net televises one of its many regional pro events, and complements the SOUTHWEST SPORTS REPORT regional news show on non-event weeknights.
Eschenfelder started with Fox Sports Net's Southwest affiliate (known then as Home Sports Entertainment) in 1984 as a statistician while a senior at Dulles High School in Houston. He worked his way on-air in 1987 covering college basketball for HSE. While honing his broadcasting skills and developing an on-air style, Eschenfelder's day job was as program manager for regional sports network Prime Sports Rocky Mountain, whose programming and technical operations facility was based in Houston.
Eschenfelder has called play-by-play for Southland Conference football and basketball, Southwest Conference basketball, Big 12 Conference basketball, and Texas High School sports. In addition, he has filled in as analyst on FSN Astros telecasts.
Eschenfelder started his broadcast career while attending Alvin Community College. He was the voice of Alvin High School and the Yellow Jackets on campus radio station KACC. He also called play-by-play for Houston Baptist University, and spent four years (1988-92) as the radio play-by-play announcer for Rice University.
Eschenfelder received a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston in 1990. In 1999, he ran in his first Houston Marathon.
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