NFL Schedule

Have a strong appetite for the NFL? It’s a nice menu, starting with Buffalo at Detroit at 12:30p on Thanksgiving

I listened to the Westwood One radio broadcast last night. Announcers Ryan Radtke, the play-by-player, and his analyst Mike Golic did a nice job overall. Both men cut their teeth on radio. Radtke needs to pause more frequently, holler a bit less and slow down a bit more.

This past Monday night Westwood didn’t run the American national anthem (unless I missed, it but I don’t think I did). Still, it came back in time to air for the Mexican version. During the period that it was away the network ran spots. It’s these inexplicable priorities during the pre-game commentary was a flaw of the production team. Play the foreign anthem and not ours. Why?

Radtke delivers a rich word-picture but his tenor is a bit too exuberant and exhausting for my taste. His play-by-play, a bit quick, yet he’ll never put you to sleep.

*****

This long holiday weekend, Fox gets the doubleheader and CBS the single game. Thursday, each gets an afternoon matchup.

Thanksgiving Day and evening (distribution at 100 %  – ESPN 75 million subscription) 

Thanksgiving Early: Buffalo @ Detroit (CBS; Jim Nantz, Tony Romo) 12:30

Thanksgiving Late: NY Giants @ Dallas (FOX; Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen) 4:30

Thanksgiving Night: New England @ Minnesota (NBC; Mike Tirico, Jason Garrett, Tony Dungy, Melissa Stark) 8:20

Sunday Night: Green Bay @ Philadelphia (NBC) 8:20; Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Tony Dungy, Melissa Stark) 8:20 

Monday Night: Pittsburgh @ Indianapolis (ESPN) 8:15; Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Suzy Kolber

CBS SINGLE

Games run at 1PM except as noted 

Cincinnati @ Tennessee – Ian Eagle, Charles Davis (52% – 165 stations)
█ Baltimore @ Jacksonville – Andrew Catalon, James Lofton (6% – 11 stations)
█ Houston @ Miami – Spero Dedes, Jay Feely (8% – 16 stations)
█ LA Chargers @ Arizona (LATE at 4:15 PM) – Kevin Harlan, Trent Green (18% – 17 stations)
  Las Vegas @ Seattle (LATE at 4:05 PM) – Greg Gumbel, Adam Archuleta (16% – 31 stations)

FOX EARLY – 1PM

Tampa Bay @ Cleveland – Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma (38% – 75 stations)
█ Chicago @ NY Jets – Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston (28% – 57 stations)
Atlanta @ Washington – Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth (25% – 53 stations)
Denver @ Carolina – Chris Myers, Robert Smith (9% – 28 stations)

FOX LATE

LA Rams @ Kansas City – Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen (4:25 PM) (92% – 187 stations)

█ New Orleans @ San Francisco – Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez (4:25 PM) (8% – 52 stations)

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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.

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