Category: Announcers

Voices? When the NHL leaves NBC, ESPN and Turner will consider these game and studio announcers

By  05/04/2021 0

This article has been updated to reflect new reports of Turner’s plans for lead announcer. […]

Are network sports announcers worth the multi-millions they’re paid? Do they effect ratings?

By  03/18/2021 1

Much like coveted playing rosters of professional teams, network sports broadcasting jobs are limited […]

CBS/Turner announce 10 game crews for March Madness; New personnel and changes listed

By  03/11/2021 0

CBS/Turner released its announcer schedule for the NCAA Tournament. Here they are with my comments: […]

Adam Zucker, assertive studio host of CBS’ college sports is covering the Super Bowl this week

By  02/03/2021 0

Anyone reading this knows that CBS has this year’s Super Bowl. Yes, Tampa Bay’s […]

NHL: Kenny Albert and John Forslund will share NBC’s regular season load; Full list of all teams’ TV/Radio voices

By  01/20/2021 0

Now that the season has begun, NHL fans are listening and watching, be it radio […]

Ken Levine: Remembering Padres’ radio voice Ted Leitner who is retiring after 41 seasons in the booth

By  01/18/2021 0

My subject for today’s post is someone 99% have probably never heard of. But […]

With Doc Emrick retired, who’s on NBC’s radar to follow the master? A look at the top five candidates

By  10/29/2020 0

Hall of Famer Mike “Doc” Emrick announced his retirement last week after 40 years of […]

Rays’ broadcasters Andy Freed and Dave Wills are on site at WS; Dodgers and ESPN Radio do call remotely

By  10/26/2020 1

The Tampa Bay Rays are doing something different. They’re broadcasting the World Series live […]

Pac-12 voices open up on cancelled football season; Voices could lose significant compensation

By  09/04/2020 0

The Pac-12 and Big Ten postponed fall sports on August 11 through the end of […]

Shortened MLB season starts; List of local radio and TV voices; All face awkward sets of circumstances

By  07/27/2020 1

Think for a moment. For years, the best of the best, Vin Scully did […]

The NBA’s second wave: Marv Albert, Joe Tait, Al McCoy atop the dozen voices who started between 1961-76

By  07/07/2020 0

For millennial sports fans who watch games today by vocal commands on their SmartPhones, the […]

Longtime Lightning TV voice Rick Peckham wins Foster Hewitt Award from Hockey Hall of Fame

By  06/30/2020 0

Rick Peckham has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, the Hockey Hall of Fame’s top honor for broadcasters.