INDIANAPOLIS – Fifty years after serving as the first voice of the Indiana Pacers, that voice is back with the team.
The Pacers announced Thursday that Jerry Baker, the team's original radio voice, has been selected as the primary public address announcer at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for games during the upcoming National Basketball Association season.
Baker called Pacers games on the radio from team's inception in 1967 through 1972, then moved over to television for the Pacers from 1972-77. He also did Pacers telecasts in the '90s, capturing the Pacers' playoff runs through most of that decade.