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Aiming for the sports mic

Crescenta Valley High School grad wins guest spot on KTLA-TV Channel 5.

March 01, 2011|By Kelly Corrigan, kelly.corrigan@latimes.com
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He was onto the Dodgers when a judge stopped him. “Matt, by chance do you have any experience in radio? Your voice is phenomenal.” The others agreed.

“I do have radio experience, but my passion is in sports broadcast and I want to follow my dream again.”

Weeks later, several phone calls from his friends alerted Sizemore that he won the one-time guest spot when they saw the announcement on the news.

At KTLA, he worked on his script with senior sports producer, Ted Green.

“I was actually flummoxed that somebody could walk in off the street and be that polished,” Green said. “He was extremely self-assured without coming across as the least bit cocky. He was so at ease with the scripts and got along great with everybody.”

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His three-minute spot (on YouTube as ‘Matthew Sizemore’s KTLA Debut’) had his co-anchor, Steve Hartman say, “I think I’m going to leave right now. This guy. Right here. You’ll see plenty more of him.”

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