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Family, Fans Gather to Remember Voice of Jayhawks

By Greg Echlin
Published August 26, 2019 at 5:00 AM CDT

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KPR) --  About 1,000 fans, friends, and family members gathered this weekend at the University of Kansas Lied Center to remember broadcaster Max Falkenstien, the "Voice of the Jayhawks." Falkenstien died July 29, 2019, at the age of 95. Falkenstien was remembered at Sunday's event by broadcasting partner Bob Davis, KU volleyball coach Ray Bechard, and KU basketball coach Bill Self.

Falkenstien called KU sports for 60 years, retiring in 2006. He was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame, the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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