About Gary Cope
Hello, I'm Gary. If you've spent any time on my blog, then you already know that I am the proud father of an amazing little boy, Nic! Hence the title of our blog - Nic and Daddy. I am a Virginia Tech grad (Go Hokies!) and work for my alma mater. I am a former TV sports anchor (stay classy), former sports radio show host (Riding the Bench), former sports writer, columnist and editor (three-time VPA award winner), entrepreneur (cwimedia.com), business partner (AdvertiseVA.com), SEO pro (MYmoz), Virginia Tech Hokie fan (vthokiefans.com), and self-taught Web geek.
Bio...
From TV sports anchor to self-taught Web designer and search engine optimization professional, Gary has had quite the professional career since graduating from Virginia Tech in 1997. Armed with a degree in Communications, Gary moved to Michigan to work as the Iron Mountain bureau chief for WLUC-TV. After a short, and very cold, stint in the Upper Peninsula, Gary returned to Virginia where landed a videographer gig with WSLS-TV in Roanoke, but quickly worked his way up to sports reporter and anchor. He also co-produced Virginia Tech Sports Today during the 1998 season.
Gary left WSLS in September 1999 to take the sports reporter and weekend anchor job at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville. He spent two and half years at NBC29 before leaving television to become the sports editor for The Culpeper Star-Exponent and as a sports talk radio show host at WKAV in Charlottesville. After the managing editor of the paper abruptly resigned, Gary interviewed for the job, but Media General dragged its feet, so he accepted an offer from the state's top weekly paper, The Fauquier Citizen, where he went on to earn a Virginia Press Association award for his sports feature writing and two more VPA awards for layout and design.
Gary joined the corporate world as a communications specialist at SRA International, Inc., in Fairfax, VA. He moved back to the New River Valley with his son Nicholas in 2006. Gary currently works as Web editor for Virginia Tech. Gary also founded CWI Media, a small business providing Web, graphic and marketing development for small- to mid-sized businesses and organizations in 2005.
Gary is a native of Newport News, Va., but lives in Blacksburg.
