Sam Farber hopes to change the strange recent history of Charlotte Hornets radio voices.
“Hopefully be a part of the Charlotte community and the Hornets community for decades,” said Farber, who is moving from Southern California to be the play-by-play announcer on Hornets broadcasts from flagship station, WFNZ-AM 610.
Farber knows that neither of his predecessors — Chris Kroeger and John Focke — lasted into a second season in that job. Kroeger was removed abruptly in March of 2019, just before a Hornets West Coast trip, and the team never publicly addressed why.