List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters

Some notable broadcasters:

[*] Ford C. Frick Award - Resource: MLB [1] The current cubs games are broadcast on WGN (AM)

1920s-1940s

• Hal Totten (1924-44)
• Bob Elson (1928-41) [*]
• Pat Flanagan (1929-43)
• Ronald Reagan (1933-36) "Giddy up! Hey dog, that one's for the gipper! For the gipper I tell ye!"
• Russ Hodges (1935-38)
• Charlie Grimm (1939-42; 1960) "My toof hurts"
• Jimmy Dudley (1938-41)
• Jack Brickhouse (1941-45; 1947-81) "Hey-hey!" "Weeeeee!" [*]
• Bert Wilson (1944-55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!"

1950s-1970s

• Bud Campbell (1950-53)
• Harry Creighton (1951-56)
• Gene Elston (1954)
• Vince Lloyd (1955-86) "Holy mackerel!"
• Milo Hamilton (1955-57; 1980-84) "Holy Toledo!!" [*]
• Jack Quinlan (1956-64)
• Lou Boudreau (1958-59; 1961-87) "Kiss it goodbye!"
• Lloyd Pettit (1963; 1965-1966; 1969-1970)
• Jim West (1971-1976)

1980s-1990s

• Harry Caray (1982-97) "It might be... it could be... it is!" "Holy cow!" "Cubs win!" [*]
  • In 1987, Caray suffered a stroke during the offseason leading to his absence from the broadcast booth for most of the first two months of the season. To fill the void, a series of celebrity guest announcers appeared on the WGN telecasts in his place.^[1]
• Steve Stone (1983-2001, 2003-2004)
• Dewayne Staats (1985-1989)
• Dave Nelson (1988-1989)
• Ron Santo (1990-2010) "Boy, oh boy..."
• Bob Brenly (1990-91 [radio]; 2005-present [TV])
• Thom Brennaman (1990-95)
• Pat Hughes (1996-present) "This ball's got a chaaaance...GONE!" "Get out the tape measure, LONG gone!"
• Dan Roan (1980s-present; substitute broadcaster and host of certain specials; WGN only)
• Josh Lewin (1997)

2000s

• Andy Masur (1998-2006); radio fill in and pre-post game host.
• Chip Caray (1998-2004) "Swung on and belted!" "Fisted!"
• Joe Carter (2001-02) "Like a deer with headlights!"
• Dave Otto (2001-02) "You gotta be some kind of strong..."
• Len Kasper (2005-present) "Way back! It's outta here!"
• Dan Plesac (2005-2008; substitute broadcaster; CSN Chicago only)
• Cory Provus (2007-2008); radio fill in and pre-post game host.
• Judd Sirott (2009-present); radio fill in and pre-post game host.
• Keith Moreland (2011-present)

References

1. ^ http://chicago.epguides.com/Cubs/guestannouncers.asp

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