‘Parallel heartbreak’ hits Hokies’ radio duo
Mike Burnop (left) and Bill Roth pose for a portrait in their radio booth high above the field on the west side of Lane Stadium. | Daniel Lin, The Roanoke Times
This is the 25th season that Bill Roth and Mike Burnop have announced Virginia Tech football games together.
But it has been unlike all the rest.
The past few years, their off-air conversations were often not about the Hokies but about chemo-therapy.
Burnop’s wife, Ellen, and Roth’s sister Lynda were nonsmokers who were battling lung cancer.
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This is the greatest broadcast team in College football and maybe football period. I listen to a lot of football on satellite radio and none can compare. They are a true treasure for the Hokie Nation.
Comment by Local Guy — September 21, 2012 @ 8:35 am