Paul Porter

For other people named Paul Porter, see Paul Porter (disambiguation).

Paul Porter (born c. 1954) is an American public address announcer best known for his work for the Orlando Magic of the NBA.^[1]

Porter has served as the arena voice for the Magic since the team's inception in the late 1980s.

In addition, Porter is the former public address announcer of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1980 to 1984.

He was also the arena voice of NBA All-Star games in two different cities - 1981 in Cleveland and both 1992 and 2012 in Orlando.

He also serves as the PA announcer for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning and the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm.

Porter is a native of Cleveland and currently resides in Tampa, Florida.

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Preceded by Joe Tait	Cleveland Cavaliers Public Address Announcer 1980—1984	Succeeded by Howie Chizek

Orlando Magic

Founded in 1989 Based in Orlando, Florida

Franchise	Franchise Summer League Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Records Seasons Current season

Arenas	Amway Arena Amway Center

General managers	Williams Gabriel Weisbrod Smith Hennigan

D-League affiliate	Erie BayHawks Lakeland (beginning in 2017-18)

Administration	RDV Sports, Inc. (Rich DeVos, Owner & Chairman) Alex Martins (President) Rob Hennigan (General Manager) Frank Vogel (Head Coach)

Retired numbers	6

Hall of Famers	Chuck Daly Patrick Ewing Shaquille O'Neal Dominique Wilkins

Conference Championships (2)	1995 2009

Division Championships (5)	1995 1996 2008 2009 2010

Culture and lore	"Get Ready for This" (2 Unlimited song) Paul Porter Rudy D'Amico Stuff the Magic Dragon

Media	TV Fox Sports Sun Fox Sports Florida Radio WDBO Announcers David Steele Jeff Turner Dennis Neumann Richie Adubato

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