Comcast SportsNet Hires Ray Ratto As Multiplatform Reporter

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Posted by admin | Posted in HD Programming, Media News, Sports | Posted on 16-07-2010

Jen Franklin, Senior Director of Digital Media for CSNBayArea.com and CSNCalifornia.com announced that Veteran sports journalist Ray Ratto has joined the network as a CSNBayArea.com Senior Insider.

Ray Ratto as a multiplatform reporter will be a columnist for CSNBayArea.com and CSNCalifornia.com contributing to the network’s signature programs SportsNet Central, Chronicle Live, Pregame Live, Postgame Live and other studio shows and will serve as a network correspondent at various local and national sporting events.

Ratto has been a fixture in Northern California sports pages since 1973, most recently with the San Francisco Chronicle (1986-1990, 2000-2010.) In addition, he has worked at the San Francisco Examiner (1973-1981, 1991-2000.) Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, California (1981-1986,) and The National (1990-1991.)

Ratto has also written national columns for CBS Sportsline and ESPN.com and is a frequent guest on local and national radio and television sports programs. He is an alumnus of St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. Ratto, 56, lives in Alameda with his wife, Beth, and their children Meredith and Christian.

Franklin added “Ray is one of the most accomplished sports columnists in the nation, and we are thrilled and honored to add his remarkable talents and his unique insights to Northern California’s most comprehensive sports news desk. We are committed to being the leading source for local sports news online and on television. The CSNBayArea.com Insiders and our growing roster of anchors, reporters and analysts will continue to deliver the most interactive and comprehensive local sports coverage in the region.”

Comcast Sports Group Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer Eric Grilly said “We are investing to build the leading local sports source in each market we serve, regardless of platform. Our strategy is to combine our growing news-gathering capabilities with peerless video and technology assets to give our audience the most informative, interactive and entertaining local sports experience. Adding Ray and other journalists of his caliber to our team is an important part of our formula for success.”

Ratto said “This is a fabulous opportunity, one I am very grateful to have been given despite the mountains of evidence of my unworthiness. To work with so many bright and energetic people on the ground floor of such an ambitious enterprise will surely be one of the highlights of what passes for my career.”

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