Wayne Brooks

Wayne Brooks has a sustained Las Vegas connection through the National Finals Rodeo. The PRCA’s 2026 media guide records thirteen NFR appearances through 2025, beginning in 2001. His work puts him among the voices who help an arena audience follow the competition, understand the stakes and recognize the people behind each ride or run.

Before announcing, Brooks competed in roughstock events. His official biography describes how that experience, together with a broadcasting background, shaped his approach to explaining rodeo and recognizing sponsors. A PRCA member since 1994, he also works as a commercial voice talent. Born in Prescott, Arizona, and raised in Wyoming and Colorado, his place in ArenaLV rests on repeated major-event work in Las Vegas.

The PRCA lists his Announcer of the Year awards in 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2016. Beyond the NFR, his assignments have included Reno, California Rodeo Salinas, Rodeo Austin, the Pendleton Round-Up and the Calgary Stampede. That broader circuit provides the professional context for the work Las Vegas fans hear each December.

On September 23, 2026, the NFR announced Brooks alongside Roger Mooney and Anthony Lucia for the December 3–12 finals at Thomas & Mack. The selection would be his fourteenth appearance; it is a scheduled assignment, not a completed event as of this profile’s October 15 update. His older personal biography retains an earlier appearance count, so the dated PRCA guide and NFR announcement are used for the totals here.