Silver Circle - John Vasseur

John Vasseur has worked for over 26 years in the TV and video industry. Early in his career he worked on a nationally syndicated, Emmy Award-winning baseball children's show called, "The Baseball Bunch." This job opened the door to get an entry level position at Major League Baseball Productions in New York City. He worked for MLBP a little over 4 years and then about 6 years a the sister company Sports NewSatellite before returning to Arizona in 1993.

John worked in the freelance arena for Phoenix 11, the Diamondbacks and FOX Sports before being hired in 1997 as a full-time producer at FOX Sports Arizona. It was here that John created, produced and directed all of their magazine shows, including "Diamondbacks Poolside," Runnin' with the Sun Devil," Teein' Off with FOX Sports AZ,' and others. He was the first person at FOX Sports AZ to be nominated for an Emmy Award and the first to win a Telly Award. He was also the first Senior Producer when FSN began their daily news shows.

In 2003, John was picked to be the Producer of the first-ever locally produced TV show from a casino, "We've Got Your Game." This show was slated for 16 weekly show that would last 4 months. The run recently ended after 215 shows lasting four and half years, much of that success because of John Vasseur.

John has covered Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Finals, Final Fours, Stanley Cups, US Opens in both golf and tennis, All Star games, college bowl games and many others. John also enjoys giving back. He has produced the charity video for Santa Claus Classic and now the Christmas Classic for the last 10years. He has produced videos for prostate cancer, Thunderbirds Charities, The First Tee, Braeden's Playground and numerous charity golf tournaments.

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