Wednesday brought a big shift to the American sportscasting landscape, as Virginia Tech announced that longtime “Voice of the Hokies” Bill Roth is leaving the school after 27 years to join UCLA. Roth will be the play-by-play voice for Bruins football and men’s basketball, the same role he performed in Blacksburg.

Roth is an extremely revered figure in the sportscasting industry; the Pennsylvania native has been voted Virginia Sportscaster of the Year 11 times. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in April 2013, and is a Syracuse University alum, following in the footsteps of fellow sportscasters Bob Costas & Marv Albert, among others.

Virginia Tech is not the only “Power 5” school to announce a sportscasting opening in the last few weeks. LSU is looking for the next “Voice of the Tigers,” with the winning candidate scheduled to go through an orientation period in the fall before beginning tenure with the 2016 Tiger baseball season. Other Division I schools that have welcomed new play-by-play voices in recent years include Georgia Tech, Stanford, Montana State, and Clemson (Men’s basketball only).

Virginia Tech and IMG are currently conducting a nationwide search for the new “Voice of the Hokies.” Roth’s final broadcast in Blacksburg will be Saturday’s spring football game, where he will be honored after the first quarter. The school is establishing a scholarship in his name that will be given annually to a student-athlete interested in communication or broadcast journalism.