As we close in on the start of the 2022 High School Football season, here are the "voices" you will hear on your iHeartRadio stations for our coverage this season.........Meet Cody Leist, who this fall will be our color analyst on 1490 WBEX coverage of Chillicothe Cavaliers football!!
CODY LEIST
ON AIR:
- Host of the Accurate Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing Scoreboard Show starting in 2021
- Filled in as color commentator for one Chillicothe boys basketball game in 2022
- Public Address announcer for Logan Elm basketball during 2007-2008 season
- Earned seven varsity letters in football (3), basketball (2), and baseball (2) at Logan Elm
- Provided color commentary for a baseball state semifinal in 2013
- (Briefly) provided play-by-play and color for Capital University women’s basketball in 2006
- Held on-air roles with Capital University’s student-run radio station (WXCU) and television program (CapVision)
OTHER RELEVANT CREDENTIALS:
- Member of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association (OPSWA) having written for newspapers in Circleville and Portsmouth (Ohio) as well as Maysville (Kentucky)
- Contributed to Friday Night Football (FNF) Magazine in 2017 & 2018
- Earned seven varsity letters at Logan Elm (Football – 3; Basketball – 2; Baseball – 2)
- Three-year member of the Capital University varsity football team (2006, 2007, 2009)
- Internships with WTVN-AM and the broadcast production department with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets