“Not many people are as good as Ralph at capturing the big moments, at transmitting the passion of what’s going on,” McKnight said. “He was an excellent big game broadcaster, and Troy played in a lot of big games in his time.”
Black remained an important voice in the Troy community for years after his career at the university ended. He has been an on-air personality at WTBF and was the public address announcer for Charles Henderson football and broadcast many high school football games. He was the Morning Show host at WTBF for years and he covered several Troy Parks & Recreation Dixie World Series championships for the station.