Tom Ackerman
Tom Ackerman is Sports Director at KMOX. He also serves as the sports anchor on “Total Information A.M.”
In his 15th year at KMOX, Ackerman has worked as a host, reporter and producer since beginning his career at the radio station in 1997.
Ackerman, 36, has held play-by-play duties for University of Missouri men’s basketball, worked the sidelines on Missouri football broadcasts, and hosted pregame and postgame shows for the Cardinals and Blues. He’s traveled throughout the NFL as a reporter covering the Rams.
Nationally, Ackerman calls play-by-play of Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball games on television — and featured games on radio for Compass Media Networks, delivering play-by-play from such locales as Chapel Hill, NC and Syracuse, NY. Last season, he called Kansas State’s upset of No. 1 Kansas in Manhattan, KS.
Each year, Ackerman serves as Master of Ceremonies for the Jack Buck Sports Awards. The event takes place in downtown St. Louis at the Missouri Athletic Club, recognizing the top sports personalities in the St. Louis area. Ackerman emcees dozens of events each year, as well as conducting on-stage interviews at the popular Baseball Writers’ Dinner in St. Louis.
In September 2009, Ackerman performed as the soloist at Powell Symphony Hall, narrating the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “Blue Planet – Live!” He lends his voice to several charity dinners, including the National Sportsmanship Awards and the Variety Telethon. Ackerman has also served as the public address announcer for the Missouri-Illinois football game at the Edward Jones Dome.
Active in the community, Ackerman has a passion for helping St. Louis charities, volunteering for a number of organizations each year. He is also a board member of the St. Louis Sports Commission Associates, whose mission is to help make the region a better place to live, visit, work, and play through sports.
In 2004, Ackerman was included in the St. Louis Business Journal’s “30 Under 30,” which notes young professionals in the St. Louis metropolitan area who are on their way to establishing prominent careers. In 2003, the Riverfront Times named him St. Louis’ best reporter (Radio/TV) in its annual “Best of St. Louis” issue.
Ackerman began his broadcasting career calling play-by-play for Indiana University basketball, football, and baseball for WIUS-AM in Bloomington (1993-1997). He currently serves as Vice President of the IU Alumni Association’s St. Louis Chapter.
A St. Louis native, Tom is a graduate of Indiana University and St. Louis Country Day School. He and his wife, Angie, live in St. Louis with their daughters, Erika and Audrey.
Cardinals Allen Craig Getting Closer
Following his game with the Cardinals minor league club on Thursday morning in which he slugged a home run, Allen Craig talked with KMOX Sports Director Tom Ackerman about his progress.
Matheny: No News on Carpenter
The Redbird’s ace flew back to St. Louis on Tuesday for more re-evaluation to try to determine what may be causing weakness in his right shoulder and right arm.
Cards’ Carpenter Comes Back to St. Louis
KMOX Sports Director Tom Ackerman spoke with Cardinals GM John Mozeliak about Carpenter returning to St. Louis.
The Sports Hub: Blues, Frank Viverito, Cortland Finnegan & Mark Buehrle
Chris Kerber joined Ron and Maurice and talked about the Blues loss in Carolina, and the stifling goaltending from Cam Ward. Frank Viverito, president of the St. Louis Sports Commission joined Maurice and [...]
LISTEN: Rick Majerus on KMOX
Saint Louis University basketball coach Rick Majerus talks to KMOX Sports Director Tom Ackerman.
Rams to Play Patriots at London’s Wembley Stadium
The 2012 season marks the sixth-consecutive year in which Wembley Stadium has played host to a regular season NFL game. The league has held one regular season game in London each year beginning in 2007.
The Sports Hub: Gene Wojciechowski
The famous, or infamous depending on perspecitive, buzzer-beating shot by Christian Laettner in 1992 was certainly one of the more iconic moments in sports history.
The Sports Hub: Gary Pinkel
The Tigers are coming off a big win against Texas, but need one more to become bowl eligible. They host the Texas Tech Red Raiders this Saturday for Senior Day when 26 players will play one more time at Faurot Field.
ACKERMAN: Jack Buck’s 9/11 Poem Remembered
It was an emotional time when I heard the news that Osama bin Laden had died.
