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Since 1979, Holliday's distinctive voice has been synonymous with Terrapin football and basketball, serving as the school's play-by-play announcer for more than 1,075 games as well as the host of the school's coaches' shows. Considered Washington, D.C.'s most versatile broadcaster, he has announced for nine bowl games, five Olympics, the Washington Redskins, and the Masters. A 25-year veteran with ABC sports, his sports reports are heard mornings coast-to-coast on the ABC Radio Network. 

"For any of us who cover this game, it's a privilege to do college football," Holliday said. "When you're working with one program, you get to know the program. You have tremendous joy and pride when they go to a bowl game. And when it goes the other way, you feel the hurt that they feel. It's a job that everybody would love to have, and I feel privileged to do what I am doing and to be the voice of one institution for 27 years." 

A 2003 inductee into the Radio-Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Holliday penned a 2002 autobiography entitled "Johnny Holliday, from Rock to Jock," highlighting his transition from the nation's No. 1 Top 40 disc jockey in the 1960s to his current position as a renowned sports broadcaster. Holliday is also heavily involved in charity work, having raised over $1.5 million for various causes, and he has had a flourishing acting career with more than 30 leading roles in Summer Stock productions. Career highlights include playing the last record on 1010 WINS before the New York station went all news in 1965, emceeing the Beatles last concert, at Candlestick Park, in 1966 and spotting for Chris Schenkel during the Cleveland Browns - New York Giants' games in the early '60s.