Mel Proctor has been a television and radio sportscaster for 30 years, having worked for CBS, NBC, and TNT as well as serving as play-by-play announcer for the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres of the MLB and the Washington Wizards, New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA.

Proctor has also worked as an actor in films and television, including a recurring part of Barry Levinson's "Homicide: Life on the Street" on NBC.

Proctor is currently writing "I love the work but I hate the business," a humorous memoir of his broadcasting career.