Bill Koch has broadcast high school sports including football and basketball games on Rockford radio since the mid 1990’s. Bill has a love and a passion for high school sports, and it was his dream to carry high school sports on WNTA. Bill is a life long resident of the Rockford area... a graduate of Christian Life High School, and a 20 year veteran of radio in the region. Sports have always been a part of Bill’s life, whether watching, participating or coaching. Bill grew up in Rockford with a love for radio and sports broadcasting. Bill has had the privilege and pleasure of broadcasting some of the most exciting local high school football and basketball games. One of the most recent “highlight games” were when the Belvidere Bucs defeated Chicago Robeson High School in a second play-off game in 2007 and a last-second controversial shot where Rockford Lutheran defeated Rockford Christian 44-42 in a regional championship game.

Ken DeCoster has broadcast high school football and basketball on Rockford radio since the early 1980's.Ken was a sideline reporter at the old Dyche Stadium at Northwestern University in 1982 when Guilford High School won a state football championship over Robeson High School from Chicago. Ken also covered East High School's state football title in 1985 and Belvidere's back to back football championships in the early 1990's.Ken was courtside in Champaign in 1993 when Guilford High School played Chicago King High School for the state basketball title. Ken has broadcast high school sports for WNTA since the fall of 2005.

Dean Ervin has over 25 years of broadcasting high school sports on Rockford Radio. Dean began broadcasting high school football games with Ken DeCoster and Bob Pressman in 1983. Dean's knowledge of football and his coaching and teaching ability began back in 1971. Dean began his coaching career with the Rock Valley Junior tackle program in 1971. Dean remembers coaching Lenard Bell on that team, who went on to play for the Jefferson J-Hawks, the University of Indiana, and was eventually drafted in the third-round by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1987.

Dean left the Rock Valley Junior tackle program to start the Ken Rock Junior tackle football program in 1973. Dean began coaching the lightweights and continued that responsibility through 1976, and received the Ken Rock Community Center “Volunteer of the Year” award that same year. In 1977, Dean left to coach the Hydro-line junior tackle team.

In 1981 Dean Ervin began his eight-year coaching career at Eisenhower Middle School. Dean was proud of many of his former players. He recalls the 1985 East Erabs Championship team, and the backfield of Tony Hunt, John Brown and Mark Melbourne. All played for and were coached by Dean Ervin on his Eisenhower team. All together, Dean Ervin won nine championships between all the teams he coached. The most losses he ever had in a single season were three. Dean believes that the first game of the season always sets and tone and many times dictates how your season is going to go. The “Dean of the Nic-10” - Dean Ervin has over 25 years of broadcasting high school sports in the broadcast booth, has been honored for all of his coaching abilities on the football field and in the broadcast booth, and received the Rockford Register Star’s Service Award for Broadcasting in 2004.

Dave joined the WNTA Sports broadcast team as a color commentator, and the host of Stateline Sports (Saturdays from Noon-1pm) after a long and very successful high school basketball coaching career. Dave coached basketball from 1978-2006 with an overall record of 122-24. Dave’s experience is truly amazing. He began his career coaching at Holy Family School as the boys head coach from 1978-1983. From 1983-1987, Dave coached the Rockford Special Olympics. For four straight years Dave led his Special Olympics team to the State Tournament with one fourth place finish, two third-place finishes, and a State Championship in 1987. From 1987-1992, Dave coached with Dean Ervin at Eisenhower Middle School, and took over as the boys head coach. The Eisenhower boy’s team was city champs in 1992 with a 26-3 record. From 1992-1993, Dave was the assistant coach of the Guilford Vikings where they finished 2nd in the state. From 1993-1999, Dave was the assistant coach of the Hononegah Indians. From 1999-2004 Dave was the assistant coach of the varsity girls Harlem Huskies, helping lead the Huskies to six regional championships, two sectional championships, and help lead them to a sweet 16 appearance in 2003 and 2004. From 2004-2006, Dave was an assistant coach with the Boylan Titans.

Jim Stone joined the WNTA Sports broadcast team as a football play by play announcer in 2007. Stone played as an offensive lineman for the Harden Calhoun Warriors back in the day, before face masks. Stone is thrilled to call Nic-10 Football games, Rockford Christian and Christian Life Football games when it does not conflict with his Rockford Ice Hogs hockey coverage.