KTVU sports director Mark Ibañez's 43-year-career comes to a close at a peculiar time where he mostly broadcast from a makeshift-home studio that came to be known as The Vinyl Room.
OAKLAND, Calif."Music was my first love before sports. I was a Beatlemaniac," says KTVU's sports director Mark Ibañez. from his record-lined man cave, better known as the "Vinyl Room."
And it shows. He seems to have it all, but by his official count, there are approximately 500 long play records in his collection. He's displayed The Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’, Etta James, Michael Jackson’s ‘Off the Wall’, E-40, Dolly Parton, Maxwell, Madonna, Keb’ Mo’, Pink Floyd, Nas, Lionel Richie, Stevie Nicks, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, and of course, his favorites: The Beatles.
"It was about four years ago, my 94-year-old mom was cleaning out her house's attic and garage and asked, ‘What do you wanna do with the albums?’" He thought, "Damn, it would look cool to frame these or put them on the wall. I started to buy new vinyl." recent report For those paying close attention, Ibañez confirms his rotating arrangement of albums was based on musicians in the news, their notable birthdays, and untimely deaths.
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