In April 1968 John Ward was named to replace George Mooney as the football voice of the Vols.
Mooney had called the Vols games for 16 seasons.
Ward, a Knoxville native, was a UT law school graduate and was a VP at Lavidge, Davis, and Newman.
Ward had already been the radio voice behind the mic at UT basketball games for 5 seasons.
At that time the Vols games were broadcast on WATE 620 AM radio.
...and back in the day (early 1950's)- John was the Sports Director at WKGN 1340, he provided PBP for high school football, pro football, and even Smokies baseball. In December 1954 he joined the Army!