{"id":480826,"date":"2026-10-29T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480826\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:28:07","slug":"longtime-rodeohouston-announcer-bob-tallman-named-2027-grand-marhsal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480826\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime RodeoHouston announcer Bob Tallman named 2027 grand marhsal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; The legendary voice of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/rodeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo<\/a> is getting a big promotion for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p> Houston Rodeo 2027: Parade grand marshal announced <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/869472085_894537753649131_3291351681317733004_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-1fc0918c=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-1fc0918c=\"\">(Photo from RODEOHOUSTON) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodeohouston.com\/legendary-rodeo-announcer-bob-tallman-named-grand-marshal-of-2027-rodeo-downtown-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RODEOHOUSTON announced on Thursday<\/a> that Bob Tallman, their announcer of 45 years, will be leading the Downtown Parade as its grand marshal.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The organization shared a video on social media of Rodeo President and CEO Chris Boleman asking Tallman if he would be their grand marshal, and Tallman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/4444374989042470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">didn&#8217;t miss a beat with his answer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">&#8220;For 45 years, Tallman has been the distinctive voice of RODEOHOUSTON\u00ae, welcoming generations of fans with his iconic &#8220;Hello, Houston!&#8221; and bringing the action, athletes and stories of Rodeo to life,&#8221; the announcement reads. &#8220;With his unmistakable baritone and natural gift for storytelling, Tallman has become an enduring part of the RODEOHOUSTON experience and a celebrated ambassador for rodeo and Western heritage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Officials say Tallman was inducted into the RODEOHOUSTON Hall of Fame&#8217;s inaugural class in 2024 and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2004. He has also participated in 15,000 rodeo performances around the world and earned a dozen honors as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association of the Year.<\/p>\n<p> 2027 Downtown Houston Rodeo Parade Schedule <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodeohouston.com\/parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The 2027 Houston Downtown Rodeo Parade<\/a> officially launches the 2027 Rodeo season, which will run from March 2-21.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The parade is set to run on Saturday, February 27, 2027. It&#8217;ll start at 10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodeohouston.com\/rodeo-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">after the Rodeo Run<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/rodeo\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; The legendary voice of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is getting a big promotion for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,223,6795,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-480826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-rodeo","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}