List of World Series broadcasters

List of World Series broadcasters

The following is a list of national American radio and television networks and announcers that have broadcast World Series games over the years. It does not include any announcers who may have appeared on local radio broadcasts produced by the participating teams.

Television

Television coverage of the World Series began in 1947. Since that time five different men have broadcast eight or more different World Series as a play-by-play or color commentator. They are Tim McCarver (18 times), Mel Allen (11), Vin Scully (11), Curt Gowdy (11), Joe Buck (10), Joe Garagiola (9), and Al Michaels (8).

2000s

Notes

*Although Bryant Gumbel anchored NBC's pregame coverage for Game 5 of the 1980 World Series, he was not present at Kansas City's Royals Stadium. Game 5 landed on a Sunday, which created conflict with Gumbel's "NFL '80" hosting duties. As a result, Gumbel had to anchor the World Series coverage from NBC's studios in New York. Gumbel however, would be present in Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium for Game 6, which turned out to be the clincher for the Phillies.

*Earl Weaver was the #1 ABC analyst in 1983, but was also employed by the Baltimore Orioles as a consultant. At the time, ABC had a policy preventing an announcer who was employed by a team from working games involving that team. So whenever the Orioles were on the primary ABC game, Weaver worked the backup game. This policy forced Weaver to resign from the Orioles consulting position in October in order to be able to work the World Series for ABC.

*Tom Seaver provided periodic commentary during the 1982 World Series, but was not in the booth. Dick Enberg and Joe Garagiola traded off play-by-play duties (just like what Tony Kubek had done with Garagiola in NBC's previous World Series broadcasts) for NBC's coverage in 1982. Garagiola called the first three and last three innings. Enberg meanwhile, hosted the pregame show and then, called the middle innings.

*The 1984 World Series was scheduled to start in the National League park. But Major League Baseball actually had a contingency plan to instead start the World Series in the American League park in the event that the Chicago Cubs won the National League Championship Series against the San Diego Padres. This would have allowed the Wrigley Field-hosted (i.e. daytime) games to be held over the weekend. In return, only one prime time game (Game 3 on Friday) would have been lost. Wrigley Field wouldn't have lights installed until four years later.

*1985 marked the first time that all World Series games were aired in prime time. Because, 1985 marked the first year of the League Championship Series having a best-of-seven format, Game 1 started on a Saturday. Tim McCarver was practically a last minute replacement for Howard Cosell on ABC's coverage. Cosell was removed from the telecasts on the eve of the World Series (October 18), by order of Jim Spence and Roone Arledge (the then-Vice President and President of ABC Sports respectively) after the excerpts from Cosell's book ("I Never Played the Game"), which criticized colleagues at ABC, first appeared in "TV Guide".

*Game 6 of the 1987 World Series (played on Saturday, October 24) is the last World Series game to date not to be played in prime time. The game started at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Another weekend afternoon sixth game was planned for 1988, but since the World Series ended in five games, it was unnecessary.

*Game 3 of the 1989 World Series (initially scheduled for October 17) was delayed by ten days due to the Loma Prieta earthquake. The earthquake struck at approximately 5:04 p.m. Pacific Time. After about a 15 minute delay (ABC aired a rerun of "Roseanne" in the meantime), ABC was able to regain power via a backup generator. ABC's play-by-play man, Al Michaels (who was familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area dating back to his days working for the San Francisco Giants in the early 1970s) then proceeded to relay reports to Ted Koppel at ABC News' headquarters in Washington, D.C. Al Michaels would ultimately be nominated for an Emmy for his on-site reporting at the World Series.

1970s

Notes

*By 1950, World Series games could be seen in most of the country, but not all. 1950 also marked the first time that there was an exclusive network television broadcaster (NBC).

*1951 marked the first time that the World Series was televised coast to coast.

*1955 marked the first time that the World Series was televised in color.

1940s

1980s

1950s

1920s

Notes

*Note on 1921: KDKA coverage's was live, direct, and exclusive from the Polo Grounds. The 1921 World Series was broadcasted over radio stations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Newark, New Jersey, and East Springfield, Massachusetts. WBZ and WJZ's coverage was relayed to Newark, New Jersey and re-created by Tommy Cowan. Grantland Rice sent play-by-play reports/summaries to Cowan via the telephone.
*Note on 1922 through 1926 coverage: The World Series is available to any commercially operated radio station.
*The 1923 World Series featured the first true, stadium originated radio broadcast of World Series games. Bill McGeehan did the play-by-play honors at first. However, when McGeehan reportedly tired of the chore, he quit in the middle of Game 3. Shortly thereafter, Graham McNamee took over play-by-play duties.

ources

* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=153.0 1969-1975 MLB postseason TV schedule/announcers]
* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=154.0 1976-1984 MLB postseason TV schedule/announcers]
* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=155.0 1985-1993 MLB postseason TV schedule/announcers]
* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=156.0 1995-2000 MLB postseason TV schedule/announcers]
* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=157.0 2001-2006 MLB postseason TV schedule/announcers]
* [http://www.sportsbroadcasthistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=44.0 2007 MLB Playoff Announcer Lists (TV and Radio)]

External links

* [http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml A Comprehensive History of the World Series]
** [http://baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml World Series TV Analysis & Ratings]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ Baseball-Reference.com > Postseason]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/ps/index.jsp WorldSeries.com]
** [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=video World Series Video]


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