 In addition to the Bills, he also served as commentator for the Buffalo Bisons, Canisius College Golden Griffins, Buffalo Bulls and Niagara University Purple Eagles in the 1980s.Murphy spent some of his early career at WLVL in his hometown of Lockport, calling high school sports contests.His broadcast partner at WLVL, Frank Williams, would go on to a long career as a play-by-play announcer himself, spending over 30 years at WESB in Bradford, Pennsylvania, though Williams never advanced beyond high school sports.