LVC broadcaster, traffic reporter John Wilsbach named Broadcaster of the Year

The voice of Lebanon Valley College men’s and women’s basketball and football for 20 years was named the 2025 Broadcaster of the Year.

John Wilsbach will be honored by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters in Harrisburg during the association’s annual luncheon on April 10.

Part of the 17-member Middle Atlantic Conference’s longest-running booth with Brian Keyser and Steve Leedy, Wilsbach is well-known in the Central PA region. The trio has covered numerous LVC athletic events, including the historic 2013 LVC football playoff season and 2011-12 women’s basketball NCAA quarterfinals season.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters,” Wilsbach said in a press release from the college. “Lebanon Valley College Athletics has been a noteworthy part of my sportscasting career. I treasure the many coaches, student-athletes, and exciting moments I’ve been associated with on the LVC broadcasts!”

He added that the opportunity “to meet, interview, and befriend numerous academic and athletic All-Americans, Tom Corbett [LVC Class of 1971, men’s lacrosse, and Pennsylvania’s 46th governor], and countless other distinguished Valley alumni is a rare gift.”

Wilsbach will be honored for a legendary career that includes providing insight into athletics at the high school, college, and professional levels, the release from LVC spokesman Tom Hanrahan said.

He is probably best known as the region’s traffic reporter since 1995, often using a Cessna airplane, on stations including WINK, WTPA, WSOX, WQXA, WSBA, WIOV, WARM, and 106.7, Wilsbach is also general manager of WMSS, where he teaches Middletown High School students about radio and covers the Blue Raiders football and basketball squads.

Wilsbach first came to the attention of the Central PA community as lead commentator for the Harrisburg Heat Professional Soccer Club, which he covered from 1991 to 2003 and again from 2012 to the present. He was team owner from 2013 to 2016, traveling thousands of miles to support the club. He also covered the Philadelphia Kixx throughout its 2007 MISL Championship season. He has also announced for the Hershey Impact, Philadelphia Kixx, Hershey Bears, and the Big 33 Football Classic.

Wilsbach was inducted as a sportscaster into the Capital Area Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of Fame in 2020 and Harrisburg Heat Hall of Fame in 2023. He served in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and Air Guard while attending Harrisburg Area Community College.