BROADCASTING veteran Frank Beckmann has died at the age of 72.
Beckmann enjoyed an extensive career behind the microphone lasting 48 years.
He died Saturday night at a hospice center in Clarkston, according to reports.
His death comes just a year after he retired.
Beckmann was the only person to broadcast games for all four of Detroit’s major sports teams – the Tigers, Pistons, Red Wings and Lions.
Last year he revealed is favorite experience was spending 33 years in the Big House broadcast booth, announcing for Michigan Football – which included a memorable national championship.
“It was a tremendous part of my life and my career,” Beckmann said. “I guess I’ll forever be full of blue blood in my veins, is the bottom line, because you can’t be associated with those great people all those years and not have it sink in and become part of you.”
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“I don’t even realize how much I’m going to miss it yet. I don’t think I realize the depth of it,” Beckmann said ahead of his retirement. “I’ve loved this job. It’s been me all these years, and now suddenly I’m going to wake up tomorrow morning and do whatever I want this weekend and, better yet, on Monday, I can do it then too.”
Beckmann was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
“I promise I’ve gotten more return for doing this job than I ever could have given, and I’ve tried my hardest to give,” Beckmann said. “Thank you for the kind words and everyone who has listened to the radio show or broadcasts.”
Beckmann started with WJR in 1973 as the newsroom’s youngest ever reporter.
He became the station’s sports director in the mid-70s and was behind WJR’s “SportsWrap,” said to be the first-of-its-kind sports talk program.
Beckmann also spent 33 years calling University of Michigan football games, replacing Bob Ufer in 1981, according to his obituary shared by WJR.
He also served as an announcer for both Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions games.
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