Author: David J. Halberstam

David is a 40-year + industry veteran who served as play-by-play announcer for St. John's University basketball in New York and as radio play-by-play voice of the Miami Heat in South Florida. He is the author of Sports on New York Radio: A Play-by-Play History and The Fundamentals of Sports Media and Sponsorship Sales: Developing New Accounts.

Will Pro Football and Basketball Halls of Fame expand their recognition of top-class announcers?

By David J. Halberstam 01/25/2019 2

For years, basketball broadcasters have been carping about the lack of transparency covering the […]

Halby’s Morsels: As a kid, Romo loved John Madden; All-time Top 5 Super Bowl network TV analysts

By David J. Halberstam 01/24/2019 0

On CBS’ telephone press conference yesterday, Tony Romo said that growing up as a football […]

NYC taxis; noise, filth, cold drafts and a wobbly seat. No sports radio!

By David J. Halberstam 01/18/2019 1

So I left my home base in Fort Lauderdale yesterday, headed for New York. My […]

Peter King, Bob Ley, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Emrick elected to national broadcasters’ Hall of Fame

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2019 0

The National Sports Media Association announced its national and statewide awards yesterday. The organization will […]

Fifty years later, Super Bowl III, most super of ’em all. Namath’s guarantee. An amazing Curt Gowdy on NBC

By David J. Halberstam 01/10/2019 5

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 50 years. Just getting old, I guess. It was […]

Legendary sports media critic Rudy Martzke releases his popular Rudy’s

By David J. Halberstam 01/07/2019 0

Rudy Martzke ruled the space for years. He penned regular sports media columns for USA […]

Sponsors, advertisers and sports announcers, it’s where the dollars meet! Just ask Barbasol and others

By David J. Halberstam 01/04/2019 2

In 2004, Tom Murray sat in his conference room at Perio headquarters in Dublin, Ohio. […]

The Halby’s: CBS and NBC – NFL critiques – from Michaels and Nantz to Collinsworth and Romo; 7 Crews

By David J. Halberstam 01/03/2019 1

With the 2018 NFL regular season behind us, we ran a column yesterday assessing the […]

The Halby’s: Fox and ESPN, from Buck and Tessitore to Aikman and Witten; 9 NFL crews critiqued

By David J. Halberstam 01/02/2019 1

The NFL regular season is over and the month-long playoff run will begin to […]

The ’58 overtime thriller, 60 years ago today, is still ranked as the ‘Greatest game ever played’

By David J. Halberstam 12/28/2018 2

NFL’s greatest game ever played-NFL’s 1958 title game -won by Colts over Jets 23-17 in overtime—TV’s coverage of thriller.

Chuck Kaiton, an NHL radio Picasso, surveys the season and the teams that will contend for the Stanley Cup

By David J. Halberstam 12/26/2018 0

Before the holiday, I had a chance to catch up with Chuck Kaiton, a brilliant […]

2018: Halby’s sportscasting awards; The best and worst, 50 categories

By David J. Halberstam 12/24/2018 3

With apologies to Rudy Martzke, the ex-longtime national sports media critic, I humbly share my […]