Tag: Joe Tait

Broadcasters write-in: Do fans still feel a connection with their radio voices?; Praise of the late Joe Tait

By David J. Halberstam 03/14/2021 0

MY CONNECTION TO THE RADIO It was somewhere around 1968 or 1969. Growing up in […]

Joe Tait, iconic Voice of the Cavaliers, passes at 83; Arguably the NBA’s greatest radio voice ever

By David J. Halberstam 03/10/2021 3

The great Joe Tait passed, arguably basketball’s best ever radio broadcaster. Part of me died […]

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

By David J. Halberstam 07/07/2020 0

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

Tears of Appreciation: Costas, Enberg, Glickman, Scully and Joe Tait

By David J. Halberstam 05/22/2018 4

My mother, bless her heart, has a love for old classical music. When listening to […]

Kevin Harlan: The Energetic Radio Voice of the Super Bowl

By David J. Halberstam 01/30/2018 0

Loved by many for his high-octane play-by-play and disliked by some for overdoing it, Kevin Harlan will be calling his eighth straight Super Bowl on national radio this Sunday.

An NHL Radio Legend: A Q&A with the Inimitable Voice of the Carolina Hurricanes, Chuck Kaiton

By David J. Halberstam 01/15/2018 1

Future radio play-by-play announcers of all sports backgrounds can learn from Kaiton’s masterful work.