Longtime native radio engineer Ted Nichols-Payne, who labored Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers video video games over higher than a 30-year career, died Sunday at age 56.
Jonah Javad
Messages of shock and unhappiness flooded social media inside the wake of the knowledge that longtime native sports activities actions radio engineer Ted Nichols-Payne died Sunday.
Nichols-Payne, 56, collapsed inside the Globe Life Space car parking zone sooner than Sunday’s Texas Rangers recreation, in step with the Associated Press. He later died at a hospital.
He had labored Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers broadcasts for higher than 30 years, first at KRLD-AM after which 105.3 “The Fan.”
“Ted Nichols-Payne has been a fixture inside the Texas Rangers dwelling radio gross sales area for most of the ultimate 30 years,” the Rangers talked about in a launch. “Ted’s dedication and a spotlight to factor made him an skilled engineer who equipped a wonderful technical prime quality to our broadcasts. All of us with the Rangers’ group ship our deepest sympathies to Ted’s family. He will certainly be missed.”
Rangers radio play-by-play voice Eric Nadel talked about “we’re all devastated.”
“Ted was a really perfect good pal and a type, compassionate and caring particular person,” Nadel posted on social media. “He so adored his three daughters. Can’t take into consideration what it can possible be like for all of us with out him. RIP Ted.”
The Cowboys radio crew, along with play-by-play voice Brad Sham, analyst Babe Laufenberg and sideline reporter Kristi Scales each offered reminiscences and condolences on Twitter.
“When people work collectively for a few years, they’re family,” Sham posted in a Twitter message. “We misplaced a member of the household in the meanwhile. The BELOVED engineer of @dallascowboys and @rangers radio broadcasts, Ted Nichols-Payne, died out of the blue at 56. We’re speechless. Wonderful at his job. Larger human. Gutted.”
Nichols-Payne was the primary engineer and technical director on Rangers radio broadcasts from 1995-2010, first on KRLD-AM after which on 105.3-FM “The FAN.” He resumed that perform when the Rangers’ English radio rights returned to 105.3 in 2015.
This story was initially revealed July 10, 2022 9:56 PM.
Stefan Stevenson has been masking sports activities actions for the Star-Telegram since 1997. He spent 5 years masking TCU athletics, which included two BCS bowls, two journeys to the college World Assortment and the switch to the Large 12. He has coated the Texas Rangers since 2014 and commenced reporting on the Dallas Cowboys in 2016.