About Smoaky

David Smoak has three decades of experience covering sports in East Texas and now Central Texas, and is a graduate of Tyler Junior College ('79) and Stephen F. Austin State University ('81).

"Smoaky" became the program director, sports director, and talk show host for AM1660 KRZI Radio (ESPN) in Waco, Texas. He had been hosting a three-hour talk show, "Sportscenter Saturday" for ESPN Radio in Dallas during the spring, 2010.

David began his radio career in January, 1990, and hosted Sports Talk, a three-hour afternoon show on KTBB Radio in Tyler through July 1, 2009. He has hosted his talk show from Dallas Cowboys Training Camp, Texas Rangers Training Camp, The Masters, and every Super Bowl but one since Super Bowl XXVII.

He began his career in television, at KTRE-TV in Lufkin. He spent the first ten years of his career working in television fulltime, including what became a long stretch with KLTV-TV, Channel 7 (1984-1996). He became the lead sports anchor on KETK-NBC56 and KFXK-Fox 51 from February, 1997-February, 2000. He did some television analyst work for CBS-19 in Tyler from February, 2005-June, 2009. David's professional awards include the Associated Press Awards for Best Radio Sports Talk Show, Best Radio Play-By-Play, Best Television Sportscast, Best Television Sports Feature, and Best Television Serious Feature.

In 1988, David's human interest feature "Jamie's Season", won national acclaim, when he chronicled the final days of Jamie Sexson, the Marshall High School football teams ball boy, who eventually lost his battle with Leukemia. He also founded "David Smoak's Scholastic All-Stars" Program, which honored the best high school student-athletes throughout East Texas.

Smoak was honored by Tyler Junior College with their "Spirit Award," as part of their annual Circle of Honor Ceremony, and he's a member of the Selection Committee for both the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the Texas H.S. Football Hall of Fame.

David has been married to his wife, Cindy, since March, 1981 and they have two children, Craig, who is also in the broadcast business on 99.3TalkFM in Tyler/Longview and Jennifer, a graduate of Texas Tech University who is in the banking business.

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