Kugler Lands National Play-By-Play Job

KOZN (1620 AM) afternoon sports talk show host Kevin Kugler will soon be heard as the voice of NCAA college football broadcasts on the Westwood One Radio Network.

Kugler begins the season with the Virginia-Pittsburgh game Sept 2. He will be paired with Westwood One color commentator Terry Bowden.

Westwood One's broadcast schedule includes 14 regular season games, the Liberty Bowl in Memphis on Dec. 30, and the Hula Bowl in Honolulu on Jan. 28. The Kugler-Bowden team will also do the national broadcast of the Texas-Nebraska game in Lincoln on Oct. 21.

A press release issued by KOZN says Kugler will continue to co-host the daily "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" afternoon show on 1620 The Zone, with Mike'l Severe. Kugler has been on the program since its inception in 2000. He has been named the Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year for three consecutive years by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.