Gold's former jobs include hosting NASCAR Live on the Motor Racing Network and calling play-by-play for Arena Football League's coverage on TNN and NBC.

His first job with MRN was working turns 1 & 2 for the 1976 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in what he described as "basically an on-the-air audition.

From 1996 to 2000, Gold was the lead announcer for TNN's coverage of the Winston Cup Series, sharing the booth with analysts such as Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren, Chad Little and Phil Parsons.

Along with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Gold was called by CBS Sports to broadcast the play-by-play on a college basketball regional show, which included the universities of Georgia and South Carolina.

Gold was the first play-by-play announcer for the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Blazers basketball team for six years.

On August 30, 2011, Gold returned to the daily radio airwaves as co-host of a morning drive time (6am-9am CT) sports call-in show with former Auburn quarterback Stan White on WZNN in Birmingham.

It was announced on February 21, 2024, that Gold would not be returning as the radio broadcaster for the University of Alabama for the 2024 football season.

Beginning in the fall of 2003, Gold became a member of the SportsUSA Radio's Network coverage of the NFL.

In August of 2021, Gold was announced to be the primary play-by-play voice of the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G-League.

[7] Gold initially stated that he was not facing a serious illness and that he was merely addressing his declining ability to move around, which he attributed to orthopedic complications.

[8] In January 2023, Gold announced he had been diagnosed with cancer, although he said that it was a "treatable" form of the disease and that he was making progress in his recovery.

[9] Gold currently resides in Birmingham, as well as Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina with his wife Claudette and daughter Elise.

The award recognizes broadcasters with long careers on the air with direct ties to a specific school.

Gold is entering his 31st season calling Alabama Crimson Tide football games on its radio network.

Gold's third book, From Peanuts to the Press Box, tells his life story, a boy from Brooklyn, New York who went from selling peanuts at Madison Square Garden and now works in the press boxes and radio booths of America.