Robert Olson
Inducted
October 29, 1994
The owner of WMPL and WZRK radio stations in Hancock, Michigan,
Bob Olson has been the voice of Michigan Tech athletics for a
quarter of a century. He is being inducted into the MTU Sports Hall
of Fame as a builder.
Olson began broadcasting MTU athletic events back in 1969 when
he purchased WMPL and WZRK and moved to the Copper Country from
Hurley, Wisconsin.
His first year in the area he broadcast men's basketball and
football, before adding hockey to the lineup in 1970-71.
Today, Olson's station has one of the most comprehensive
broadcast packages of any station in the nation, as WMPL and WZRK
carry MTU football, volleyball, hockey, men's basketball, and
women's basketball.
A true community-minded individual, Olson has also served as
president of the MTU Blueline Club (1987-91), as a member of the
MTU Community Advisory Committee, on MTU's Sports Promotion
Committee (1987-92), and on the Hockey Coach Search Committee
(1992).
In Addition, Olson is the originator of the WMPL College Hockey
Poll and his station also serves as the clearinghouse for all of
the country's college hockey scores.
