Renel Brooks-Moon
Brooks-Moon at AT&T Park in 2010
Born (1958-09-22) September 22, 1958
Oakland, California, United States
Occupation(s)Public address announcer, radio personality
Years active1986–present
EmployerSan Francisco Giants

Renel Brooks-Moon (born September 22, 1958),[1] known on-air simply as Renel, is the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants since 2000, and a former radio personality, having hosted shows on KMEL, KISQ, and KBLX.

Biography

Born in Oakland, California, Brooks-Moon was raised throughout the Bay Area. She attended Woodside High School from 1972–1976.[1][2] Brooks-Moon then attended Mills College, where she graduated in 1981 with a B.A. in English.[2]

In 1985, Brooks-Moon was working at KFRC as a sales assistant until PD Dave Sholin heard her singing at a station party and put her on the air as "Rockin' Renel Lewis", and in 1986, she joined "The Morning Zoo" of the radio station KMEL.[3]. In 1997, she joined KISQ, known later as "98.1 KISS FM", where she was a radio personality for over 20 years[4] until 2009.[3] A year later, she returned to KISQ to do their morning show, and had a noon-time role.[5] In 2016, she joined KBLX.[6]

In 2000, Brooks-Moon became the second full-time female public address announcer in Major League Baseball history when she joined the San Francisco Giants. Sherry Davis, who announced for the team for its last seven seasons at Candlestick Park (1993–1999), preceded Brooks-Moon, who took over for Davis when the Giants moved from Candlestick to AT&T Park in 2000.[7][8][9]

Brooks-Moon was recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame as the first female announcer of a championship game in any professional sport for her role in the 2002 World Series. Her scorecard from Game 3 is on display in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York.[10] 8 years later, the Giants won the World Series, when San Francisco defeated the Texas Rangers in 5 games. They won the World Series again in 2012 in a 4-game sweep over the Detroit Tigers, and won the 2014 World Series in 7 games over the Kansas City Royals.

In July 2018, Brooks-Moon served as the "Mistress of Ceremonies" at the inauguration of London Breed, the 45th Mayor of San Francisco.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Interview with Bay Area radio superstar Renel Brooks-Moon". ABC7 San Francisco. September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Woodside High School - Home". www.woodsidehs.org.
  3. 1 2 Fong-Torres, Ben (May 17, 2009). "Farewell to Renel and too many others". SFGate.
  4. ↑ "About Renel and Christie in the Morning". January 9, 2015. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Behind Renel's departure from 'Kiss' morning show". SFGate. October 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2016: Another year of ch-ch-ch-changes - SFChronicle.com". www.sfchronicle.com. December 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Priced out: She broke baseball's glass ceiling, but she couldn't keep her Bay Area home". August 24, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Renel Brooks-Moon Joins 102.9 KBLX-FM Weekends". Urban Insite. August 23, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ "KBLX/SF Taps Bay Area Radio Hall Of Fame's Renel Brooks-Moon For Sundays". All Access.
  10. ↑ "How One Giant Voice Is Influencing Generations Of Women". espnW. October 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ Hollyfield, Amy (July 11, 2018). "Swearing in ceremony held for London Breed". ABC7 News. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
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