Ray Walker, executive producer of the Penguins Radio Network since 1999 and an integral part of the team’s broadcasts, died Sunday morning after numerous health complications.
Root Sports play-by-play man Paul Steigerwald worked alongside Walker to start the Penguins Radio Network, which, at its peak, operated 24 hours a day.
“He was an irreplaceable part of the broadcast,” Steigerwald said. “He understood everything that went on. He was our saving grace on more nights than I care to remember.”
Walker had a studio in his basement that he used to edit and produce commercials and handle other radio work.