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Read more about the WHVL Penn State Tailgate hosts.

• Jed Donahue

  

  Jed Donahue has been a broadcasting staple on the Pennsylvania sports scene for over two decades. Over that twenty-year span, he’s covered Penn State football and currently hosts the Toyota Saturday Football Jam with former Nittany Lions Rich Rosa and Eddie Johnson. The Jam, which is heard on 21 radio affiliates statewide, broadcasts from the All Sports Museum at Beaver Stadium on home game Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.

  Jed was also the "voice" of the PIAA football and basketball championships from 1987 to 2006 and retired from those duties to become VP/General Manager of broadcast properties for Nittany Media, Inc., in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

• Kenny Jackson

  

  Kenny Jackson was a wide receiver for the Nittany Lions from 1980-1983, was twice named a collegiate All-American (1982 and 1983) and played an integral role in Penn State’s first national championship in 1982. Following graduation, he enjoyed an eight-season career in the NFL, playing predominantly with the Philadelphia Eagles. He also served as a receivers coach for his alma mater from 1993 to 2000.

• Joanie Plake

  

  Joanie Plake joined the WHVL-TV team as a correspondent for the Penn State Tailgate Show. She and Blair took audiences into some of the best tailgates that surround Beaver Stadium on home game Saturdays.

  A Penn State alum, Joanie earned a Bachelors of Arts in communications arts and sciences and a minor in business in May 2007. During her time at Penn State, Joanie was a student athlete on the women's varsity lacrosse team from 2003 to 2007. Missing her entire junior season due to injury, she was voted team captain her senior year where she saw action in 10 games.

  Joanie is a Pittsburgh native and an avid Steelers’ and Pirates’ fan.

• Blair Thomas

  

  Blair Thomas was a running back for the Nittany Lions from 1986-1989, was named a collegiate All-American in 1989 and was the 1989 Heisman Trophy runner-up (to Andre Ware). Drafted by the New York Jets, his six-year NFL career also included stints with the New England Patriots, the Dallas Cowboys and the Carolina Panthers. Most recently, Blair served as the running backs coach for Temple University from 1998 to 2005.

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