List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters

The following is a list of the television and radio networks and announcers who have broadcast the American Football Conference Championship Game throughout the years. The years listed concentrate on the season instead of the calendar year that the game took place. The forerunner to the AFC Championship Game (prior to the 1970 AFL–NFL merger) was the AFL Championship Game.

For more details on this topic, see List of AFL Championship Game broadcasters.

Television

2010s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analysts	Trophy presentation
2015	New England at Denver	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Tracy Wolfson and Evan Washburn	James Brown	Tony Gonzalez, Bill Cowher, Bart Scott and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2014	Indianapolis at New England	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Tracy Wolfson	James Brown	Tony Gonzalez, Bill Cowher, Bart Scott and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2013	New England at Denver	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Tracy Wolfson	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2012	Baltimore at New England	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2011	Baltimore at New England	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2010	N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz

2000s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analysts	Trophy presentation
2009^[1]	N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2008^[2]	Baltimore at Pittsburgh	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2007^[3]	San Diego at New England	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker	James Brown	Dan Marino, Bill Cowher, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2006^[4]	New England at Indianapolis	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots	James Brown	Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2005^[5]	Pittsburgh at Denver	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Greg Gumbel	Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Greg Gumbel
2004^[6]	New England at Pittsburgh	CBS	Jim Nantz	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Greg Gumbel	Dan Marino, Shannon Sharpe and Boomer Esiason	Greg Gumbel
2003^[7]	Indianapolis at New England	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Jim Nantz	Dan Marino, Deion Sanders and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2002^[8]	Tennessee at Oakland	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Jim Nantz	Dan Marino, Deion Sanders and Boomer Esiason	Jim Nantz
2001^[9]	New England at Pittsburgh	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Jim Nantz	Mike Ditka, Randy Cross, Jerry Glanville and Deion Sanders	Jim Nantz
2000^[10]	Baltimore at Oakland	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Jim Nantz	Mike Ditka, Craig James, Randy Cross and Jerry Glanville	Jim Nantz

1990s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst	Trophy presentation
1999^[11]	Tennessee at Jacksonville	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Bonnie Bernstein	Jim Nantz	Craig James, Randy Cross and Jerry Glanville	Jim Nantz
1998^[12]	N.Y. Jets at Denver	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Phil Simms	Armen Keteyian and Michele Tafoya	Jim Nantz	Marcus Allen, Craig James, Randy Cross and Brent Jones	Jim Nantz
1997^[13]	Denver at Pittsburgh	NBC	Dick Enberg	Phil Simms and Paul Maguire	Jim Gray and John Dockery	Greg Gumbel and Ahmad Rashād	Cris Collinsworth, Sam Wyche and Joe Gibbs	Greg Gumbel
1996^[14]	Jacksonville at New England	NBC	Dick Enberg	Phil Simms and Paul Maguire	Jim Gray and Randy Cross	Greg Gumbel and Ahmad Rashād	Cris Collinsworth, Mike Ditka and Joe Gibbs	Greg Gumbel
1995^[15]	Indianapolis at Pittsburgh	NBC	Dick Enberg	Phil Simms and Paul Maguire	Jim Gray and Will McDonough	Greg Gumbel and Ahmad Rashād	Mike Ditka, Joe Gibbs and Joe Montana	Greg Gumbel
1994^[16]	San Diego at Pittsburgh	NBC	Dick Enberg	Bob Trumpy	Jim Gray and Will McDonough^[17]	Greg Gumbel and Ahmad Rashād^[18]	Mike Ditka and Joe Gibbs^[19]	Greg Gumbel^[20]
1993^[21]	Kansas City at Buffalo	NBC	Dick Enberg	Bob Trumpy	O. J. Simpson and Will McDonough	Jim Lampley	Mike Ditka
1992^[22]	Buffalo at Miami	NBC	Dick Enberg	Bob Trumpy		Bob Costas	O. J. Simpson, Will McDonough and Buddy Ryan
1991^[23]	Denver at Buffalo	NBC	Dick Enberg	Bill Walsh		Bob Costas	O. J. Simpson, Will McDonough and Bill Parcells
1990^[24]	L.A. Raiders at Buffalo	NBC	Dick Enberg	Bill Walsh		Bob Costas	O. J. Simpson, Will McDonough

1980s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst	Trophy presentation
1989^[25]	Cleveland at Denver	NBC	Dick Enberg	Bill Walsh	Jim Donovan	Dick Enberg^[26]	O. J. Simpson, Bobby Beathard, and Ralph Wiley	O.J. Simpson
1988^[27]	Buffalo at Cincinnati	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Paul Maguire	Bob Costas	Ahmad Rashād, Gayle Gardner and Don Shula
1987^[28]	Cleveland at Denver	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Paul Maguire	Bob Costas	Ahmad Rashād and Don Shula
1986^[29]	Denver at Cleveland	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Bob Griese	Bob Costas	Ahmad Rashād, Paul Maguire and Don Shula
1985^[30]	New England at Miami	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Bob Griese	Bob Costas	Ahmad Rashād and Pete Axthelm
1984^[31]	Pittsburgh at Miami	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Ahmad Rashād	Bob Costas	Pete Axthelm and Bill Macatee
1983^[32]	Seattle at L.A. Raiders	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Ahmad Rashād	Len Berman	Pete Axthelm, Bill Macatee and Dave Marash
1982^[33]	N.Y. Jets at Miami	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Bob Griese and Ahmad Rashād	Len Berman	Pete Axthelm and Mike Adamle
1981^[34]	San Diego at Cincinnati	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Mike Adamle	Bryant Gumbel	Pete Axthelm
1980^[35]	Oakland at San Diego	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Mike Adamle, John Brodie and Len Dawson	Bryant Gumbel	Pete Axthelm

1970s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1979^[36]	Houston at Pittsburgh	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen	Bryant Gumbel and Mike Adamle
1978^[37]	Houston at Pittsburgh	NBC	Curt Gowdy	John Brodie and Merlin Olsen	Bryant Gumbel and Mike Adamle
1977^[38]	Oakland at Denver	NBC	Dick Enberg	Len Dawson	Lee Leonard and Mike Adamle
1976^[39]	Pittsburgh at Oakland	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Don Meredith	Bryant Gumbel
1975^[40]	Oakland at Pittsburgh	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis and Don Meredith	Jim Simpson
1974^[41]	Pittsburgh at Oakland	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis and Don Meredith	Jim Simpson
1973^[42]	Oakland at Miami	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis	Sam DeLuca
1972^[43]	Miami at Pittsburgh	NBC	Jim Simpson	Kyle Rote	Charlie Jones
1971^[44]	Baltimore at Miami	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis	Charlie Jones
1970^[45]	Oakland at Baltimore	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Kyle Rote	Charlie Jones

Radio

2010s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2015	New England at Denver	Westwood One	Kevin Harlan	Boomer Esiason and Dan Fouts	Mark Malone
2014	Indianapolis at New England	Westwood One	Kevin Kugler	James Lofton	Tony Boselli
2013	New England at Denver	Westwood One	Kevin Harlan	Dan Fouts	Tim Ryan
2012	Baltimore at New England	Dial Global	Kevin Harlan	Dan Fouts	Mark Malone
2011	Baltimore at New England	Dial Global	Dave Sims	James Lofton	Tony Boselli
2010	N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh	CBS/Westwood One	Dave Sims	James Lofton	Hub Arkush

2000s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2009	N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis	CBS/Westwood One	Kevin Harlan	Randy Cross	Mark Malone
2008^[46]	Baltimore at Pittsburgh	CBS/Westwood One	Dave Sims	Dennis Green	John Dockery
2007^[47]	San Diego at New England	CBS/Westwood One	Dave Sims	Bob Trumpy	John Dockery
2006^[48]	New England at Indianapolis	CBS/Westwood One	Marv Albert	Sam Wyche	John Dockery
2005^[49]	Pittsburgh at Denver	CBS/Westwood One	Marv Albert	Boomer Esiason	John Dockery
2004^[50]	New England at Pittsburgh	CBS/Westwood One	Marv Albert	Boomer Esiason	John Dockery
2003^[51]	Indianapolis at New England	CBS/Westwood One	Marv Albert	Boomer Esiason	John Riggins
2002	Oakland at Tennessee	CBS/Westwood One	Marv Albert	Boomer Esiason	Warren Moon
2001	New England at Pittsburgh	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Bob Trumpy
2000	Baltimore at Oakland	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Bob Trumpy

1990s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1999	Tennessee at Jacksonville	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Bob Trumpy
1998	N.Y. Jets at Denver	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Jack Ham
1997	Denver at Pittsburgh	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Jack Ham
1996	Jacksonville at New England	CBS/Westwood One	Brad Sham	Pat Haden
1995	Indianapolis at Pittsburgh	CBS/Westwood One	Howard David	Pat Haden
1994	San Diego at Pittsburgh	CBS	Howard David	Pat Haden
1993	Kansas City at Buffalo	CBS	Howard David	Pat Haden
1992	Buffalo at Miami	CBS	Howard David	John Dockery
1991	Denver at Buffalo	CBS	Howard David	Pat Haden
1990	L.A. Raiders at Buffalo	CBS	Jim Nantz	John Dockery

1980s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1989	Cleveland at Denver	CBS	Jim Nantz	Pat Haden
1988	Buffalo at Cincinnati	CBS	Jim Nantz	Pat Haden
1987	Cleveland at Denver	CBS	Dick Stockton	Pat Haden
1986	Denver at Cleveland	NBC	Mel Proctor	Dave Rowe
1985	New England at Miami	NBC	Mel Proctor	Dave Rowe
1984	Pittsburgh at Miami	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1983	Seattle at L.A. Raiders	CBS	Lindsey Nelson	Jim Kelly
1982	N.Y. Jets at Miami	CBS	Lindsey Nelson	Jim Kelly
1981	San Diego at Cincinnati	CBS	Lindsey Nelson	Jim Kelly
1980	Oakland at San Diego	CBS	Lindsey Nelson	Jim Kelly

1970s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1979	Houston at Pittsburgh	CBS	Tim Ryan	Jim Kelly

References

National Football League playoffs

Conference Tiebreakers

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NFL Playoff System

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1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

American Football League playoffs

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NFL on CBS

Related programs

Inside the NFL
The NFL on Westwood One Sports (commentators)
The NFL Today
Thursday Night Football (2014–present)

Non-NFL programs	Arena Football on CBS SEC on CBS (commentators)

Prime-time results	Monday night NFL games prior to 1970 Thursday Night Football results (2006-present)

Commentators

Postseason	AFC Championship Game NFC Championship Game Super Bowl

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	NFL Championship Game Playoff Bowl

Non-US based games	American Bowl Bills Toronto Series

Lore

Postseason lore	"The Block" "The Catch" "The Fog Bowl" "The Hail Mary" "The Instant Replay Game" "The Ice Bowl" "Mile High Miracle" Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy "The Tuck Rule Game"

Holiday lore	NFL on Thanksgiving Day Christmas games

Music

NFL Championship

Super Bowl

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	I (1966) II (1967) IV (1969)

NFC package carrier (1970–1993)	VI (1971) VIII (1973) X (1975) XII (1977) XIV (1979) XVI (1981) XVIII (1983) XXI (1986) XXIV (1989) XXVI (1991)

AFC package carrier (1998–present)	XXXV (2000) XXXVIII (2003) XLI (2006) XLIV (2009) XLVII (2012) 50 (2015) LIII (2018)

Pro Bowl

Website: NFL - CBSSports.com

NFL on NBC

Related programs

The NFL on NBC pregame show (Football Night in America)
NBC Sunday Night Football
NFL on NBC Radio
Thursday Night Football (2016-present)

College football programs	College Football on NBC (Notre Dame) College Football on USA

Other pro football programs	Arena Football League on NBC Canadian Football League World League of American Football on USA XFL on NBC

American Football League	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Baltimore Colts	1960 1961

Pittsburgh Steelers	1960 1961

Prime-time results	Monday night NFL games prior to 1970 Sunday Night Football results (2006-present)

Commentators

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	AFL Championship Game AFL All-Star Game NFL Championship Game

Preseason games	American Bowl

Lore

Postseason lore	"The Epic in Miami" "Ghost to the Post" "Immaculate Reception" "Red Right 88" "The Freezer Bowl" "The Drive" "The Fumble" "Beast Quake" "The Comeback" "The Interception"

Pre-AFL–NFL merger lore	"The Greatest Game Ever Played" "Heidi Game"

Sunday Night Football lore	"4th and 2" 16–0 "Butt fumble"

Music

Sunday Night Football	John Williams "I Hate Myself for Loving You" Faith Hill Pink Carrie Underwood

NFL Championship

AFL Championship

Super Bowl

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	I (1966) III (1968)

AFC package carrier (1970-1997)	V (1970) VII (1972) IX (1974) XI (1976) XIII (1978) XV (1980) XVII (1982) XX (1985) XXIII (1988) XXVII (1992) XXVIII (1993) XXX (1995) XXXII (1997)

Sunday Night Football era (2006-present)	XLIII (2008) XLVI (2011) XLIX (2014) LII (2017)

Pro Bowl

Website: NBC Sports - NFL News

National Football League on television and radio

Television broadcast partners

ABC (AFL)
CBS
Fox
NBC

Defunct networks	DuMont SNI

Monday Night Football

Results: Games prior to 1970; 1970–1989; 1990–2009; 2010–present

Sunday Night Football

ESPN
NBC
TNT

Results: ESPN; NBC; TNT

Pregame television programs

CBS
ESPN (Sunday
Monday)
Fox
NBC (former
current)

NFL Network

Thursday Night Football	Results (2006–present) 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game

NFL Films television programs

Other television programs

Radio broadcast partners

Defunct networks	Mutual NBC

Secondary partners	Absolute Radio 90s (UK) NFL Audio Pass Sirius XM TSN Radio (Canada)

Local broadcasters	Buffalo Bills Radio Network Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Cleveland Browns Radio Network Dallas Cowboys Radio Network Denver Broncos broadcasters Detroit Lions Radio Network Green Bay Packers Radio Network Jacksonville Jaguars Radio Network New England Patriots Radio Network New York Giants Radio Network New York Jets broadcasters Oakland Raiders broadcasters Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network Tennessee Titans Radio Network

Broadcasters by event

Pre-AFL–NFL merger	AFL All-Star Game AFL Championship Game NFL Championship Game Playoff Bowl

Postseason events	AFC Championship Game NFC Championship Game Super Bowl (lead-out programs)

International events	American Bowl World Bowl

Television broadcast technology

Other television information

TV markets	Fox affiliate switches of 1994 (Repercussions) List of major sports teams in the United States by city (TV markets) Primary television stations

Broadcast policies	Blackout policies Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961

Lists of National Football League broadcasters

American Football Conference

By event	AFC Championship Game

American Football League events	AFL Championship Game AFL All-Star Game

National Football Conference

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Pre-merger events	NFL Championship Game Playoff Bowl

National television

ABC/ESPN
CBS (commentator pairings • NFL Today • Westwood One Radio)
Fox (commentator pairings)
NBC (commentator pairings • pregame show)
NFL Network

By event	NFL Draft Pro Bowl Super Bowl

International events	American Bowl Bills Toronto Series World Bowl

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List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters

Television

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

Radio

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

See also

References