List of National League Championship Series broadcasters

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

National television

2010s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators Field reporters Pregame hosts Pregame analysts Trophy presentation
2015 TBS Ernie Johnson, Jr. Ron Darling and Cal Ripken, Jr. Matt Winer and Sam Ryan Casey Stern Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martinez and Dusty Baker Ernie Johnson, Jr.
2014 Fox (Games 1)
Fox Sports 1 (Games 2–5)
Joe Buck Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews Kevin Burkhardt C.J. Nitkowski, Eric Karros, Gabe Kapler and Frank Thomas Erin Andrews
2013 TBS Ernie Johnson, Jr. Ron Darling and Cal Ripken, Jr. Craig Sager Keith Olbermann Tom Verducci, Pedro Martinez and Gary Sheffield Ernie Johnson, Jr.
2012 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver Ken Rosenthal, Erin Andrews (Game 1–4, 6–7) and Chris Myers (Game 5) Matt Vasgersian Harold Reynolds, Eric Karros and A.J. Pierzynski Erin Andrews
2011 TBS Brian Anderson Ron Darling and John Smoltz Craig Sager Matt Winer David Wells, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Dennis Eckersley Matt Winer
2010 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver Ken Rosenthal Chris Rose Eric Karros and Mitch Williams Chris Rose

Notes

2000s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators Field reporters Pregame hosts Pregame analysts Trophy presentation
2009 TBS Chip Caray Ron Darling and Buck Martinez Craig Sager Ernie Johnson, Jr. David Wells, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Dennis Eckersley Ernie Johnson, Jr.
2008 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver Ken Rosenthal and Chris Myers Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy, Mark Grace, and Eric Karros Chris Myers
2007 TBS Chip Caray Tony Gwynn and Bob Brenly Craig Sager Ernie Johnson, Jr. Frank Thomas, Cal Ripken, Jr. and Ron Darling Ernie Johnson, Jr.
2006 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver and Luis González Ken Rosenthal Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy and A. J. Pierzynski
2005 Fox Thom Brennaman Steve Lyons and Bob Brenly Kenny Albert Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy Kenny Albert
2004 Fox Thom Brennaman Steve Lyons and Bob Brenly Chris Myers Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy Steve Lyons
2003 Fox Thom Brennaman Steve Lyons and Al Leiter Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy
2002 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy
2001 Fox Joe Buck (Games 1–2)
Thom Brennaman (Games 3–5)
Tim McCarver (Games 1–2)
Steve Lyons (Games 3–5)
Jeanne Zelasko Kevin Kennedy
2000 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver Keith Olbermann Steve Lyons Keith Olbermann

Notes

1990s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators Field reporters
1999 NBC Bob Costas[7][8] Joe Morgan Jim Gray and Craig Sager
1998 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly
1997 NBC Bob Costas[9] Joe Morgan[10] and Bob Uecker[11] Jim Gray[12]
1996 Fox Joe Buck Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly
1995 ABC (Games 1–2[13][14])
NBC (Games 3–4)
Al Michaels (Games 1–2)
Greg Gumbel (Games 3–4)
Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver (Games 1–2)
Joe Morgan (Games 3–4)
Lesley Visser (Games 1–2)
1994 Canceled due to 1994 strike.
1993 CBS Sean McDonough[15] Tim McCarver[16][17] Jim Gray
1992 CBS[18] Sean McDonough[19] Tim McCarver[20][21] Jim Gray
1991 CBS Jack Buck[22] Tim McCarver[23] Andrea Joyce[24]
1990 CBS Jack Buck[25] Tim McCarver James Brown[26]

Notes

1980s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1989 NBC[29] Vin Scully[30][31] (Games 1, 3–5)
Bob Costas[32] (Game 2)
Tom Seaver
1988 ABC Al Michaels[33][34] Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver[35]
1987 NBC Vin Scully[36] Joe Garagiola
1986 ABC[37] Keith Jackson[38] Tim McCarver[39]
1985 NBC Vin Scully[40] Joe Garagiola
1984 ABC Don Drysdale[41] Earl Weaver and Reggie Jackson[41]
1983 NBC Vin Scully[42] Joe Garagiola
1982 ABC Al Michaels Howard Cosell (Games 1, 3)[43] and Tommy Lasorda
1981 NBC[44] Dick Enberg Tom Seaver
1980 ABC Keith Jackson Don Drysdale and Howard Cosell

Notes

1970s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1979 NBC Joe Garagiola Tony Kubek and Don Sutton[68]
1978 ABC Al Michaels Don Drysdale and Johnny Bench[69]
1977 NBC Joe Garagiola (Games 1–2)
Jim Simpson (Game 3)
Dick Enberg (Game 4)
Tony Kubek (Games 1–2)
Maury Wills (Game 3)
Don Drysdale (Game 4)
1976 ABC Al Michaels Warner Wolf and Tom Seaver
1975 NBC Joe Garagiola (Games 1–2)
Curt Gowdy (Game 3)
Maury Wills (Games 1–2)
Tony Kubek (Game 3)
1974 NBC Jim Simpson (Game 1)
Curt Gowdy (Games 3–4)
Maury Wills (Game 1)
Tony Kubek (Games 3–4)
1973 NBC Curt Gowdy (Games 1[70]–2)
Jim Simpson (Games 3–5)
Tony Kubek (Games 1–2)
Maury Wills (Games 3–5)
1972 NBC Jim Simpson (Game 1)
Curt Gowdy (Games 3–5)
Sandy Koufax (Game 1)
Tony Kubek (Games 3–5)
1971 NBC[71] Curt Gowdy (Games 1–2)
Jim Simpson (Games 3–4)
Tony Kubek (Games 1–2)
Sandy Koufax (Games 3–4)
1970 NBC Curt Gowdy (Games 1–2)
Jim Simpson (Game 3)
Tony Kubek (Games 1–2)
Sandy Koufax (Game 3)

Notes

1969

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1969 NBC Jim Simpson (Game 1)
Curt Gowdy (Games 2–3)
Sandy Koufax (Game 1)
Tony Kubek (Games 2–3)

Notes

Surviving telecasts

For all of the League Championship Series telecasts spanning from 1969-1975, only Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series (Oakland vs. Detroit) is known to exist. However, the copy on the trade circuit of Game 2 of the 1972 ALCS is missing the Bert Campaneris-Lerrin LaGrow brawl. There are some instances where the only brief glimpse of telecast footage of an early LCS game can be seen in a surviving newscast from that night. For instance, the last out of the 1973 National League Championship Series as described by Jim Simpson was played on that night's NBC Nightly News, but other than that, the entire game is gone. On the day the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles wrapped up their respective League Championship Series in 1969, a feature story on the CBS Evening News showed telecast clips of the ALCS game (there's no original sound, just voiceover narration). This is all that likely remains of anything from that third game of the Orioles-Twins series. While all telecasts of World Series games starting with 1975 are accounted for and exist, the LCS is still a spotty situation through the late 1970s:

Local television

As previously mentioned, from 1969 until 1983, the Major League Baseball television contract allowed a local TV station in the market of each competing team to also carry the LCS games.

1960s

Year Teams Local TV Play-by-play#1 Play-by-play#2 Play-by-play#3 Color commentators
1969 New York (NL)-Atlanta WOR-TV (New York (NL))
WSB-TV (Atlanta)
Lindsey Nelson
Ernie Johnson
Bob Murphy
Milo Hamilton
Ralph Kiner


Bob Uecker

Notes

National radio

From 1969-1975, there was no official national radio network coverage of the League Championship Series. NBC only had the national radio rights to the All-Star Game and World Series during this period. Instead, national coverage was provided by local team radio broadcasts being syndicated nationally over ad hoc networks.

2010s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
2015 ESPN Jon Sciambi Chris Singleton
2014 ESPN Dan Shulman Aaron Boone
2013 ESPN Dan Shulman Orel Hershiser
2012 ESPN Jon Sciambi Chris Singleton
2011 ESPN Jon Sciambi (Games 1–3, 6)
Dave O'Brien (Games 4–5)
Bobby Valentine (Games 1–4, 6)
Buck Martinez (Game 5)
2010 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell

Notes

2000s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
2009 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2008 ESPN Dan Shulman Steve Phillips (Games 1–2)
Orel Hershiser (Games 3–5)
2007 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2006 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2005 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2004 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2003 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2002 ESPN Dan Shulman Dave Campbell
2001 ESPN Charley Steiner Dave Campbell
2000 ESPN Charley Steiner Dave Campbell

1990s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1999 ESPN Charley Steiner Kevin Kennedy
1998 ESPN Charley Steiner Kevin Kennedy
1997 CBS Gary Cohen Jerry Coleman
1996 CBS Jim Hunter Jerry Coleman
1995 CBS Jim Hunter Jerry Coleman
1994 Canceled due to 1994 strike.
1993 CBS Jerry Coleman[75] Johnny Bench
1992 CBS John Rooney Jerry Coleman
1991 CBS John Rooney Jerry Coleman[76]
1990 CBS John Rooney Jerry Coleman

See also

1980s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1989 CBS John Rooney[77] Jerry Coleman
1988 CBS Brent Musburger Jerry Coleman[78]
1987 CBS Dick Stockton[36] Johnny Bench
1986 CBS Brent Musburger[79] Johnny Bench
1985 CBS Brent Musburger[80] Johnny Bench
1984 CBS Harry Kalas[81] Ross Porter
1983 CBS Jerry Coleman Duke Snider
1982 CBS Jack Buck[82] Jerry Coleman
1981 CBS Jack Buck Jerry Coleman
1980 CBS Jack Buck Jerry Coleman

1970s

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1979 CBS Jack Buck Jerry Coleman[83]
1978 CBS Ralph Kiner Jerry Coleman
1977 CBS Ralph Kiner Jerry Coleman
1976 CBS Ralph Kiner Jerry Coleman
1975 Ad hoc Ralph Kiner Red Schoendienst
1974 Ad hoc Marty Brennaman Bob Gibson
1973 Robert Wold Radio Vin Scully[84] Bob Gibson
1972 WLW Al Michaels Joe Nuxhall
1971 Ad hoc Vin Scully Bob Gibson
1970 Ad hoc Vin Scully Bob Gibson

Notes

1969

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1969 Robert Wold Radio Bob Prince Gene Elston

Local radio

From 1969 to present, with the exception of the period between 1969-1975, the non-national radio broadcasts of the National League Championship Series we're broadcast on the flagship station and the radio network of the teams participating in the National League Championship Series.

2000s

Year Teams Flagship station Play-by-play#1 Play-by-play#2 Play-by-play#3 Color commentators
2002 San Francisco-St. Louis KNBR-AM (San Francisco)
KMOX-AM (St. Louis)
Jon Miller (Game 5), Duane Kuiper (Games 1-4)
Mike Shannon
Joe Angel
Joel Meyers
Duane Kuiper (Game 5)

Mike Krukow

2001 Arizona-Atlanta KTAR-AM (Arizona)
WSB-AM (Atlanta)
Greg Schulte
Pete Van Wieren
Jeff Munn
Skip Caray
Rod Allen and Jim Traber
Don Sutton and Joe Simpson

Notes

1980s

Year Teams Flagship station Play-by-play#1 Play-by-play#2 Color commentators
1989 San Francisco-Chicago (NL) KNBR-AM (San Francisco)
WGN-AM (Chicago (NL))
Hank Greenwald
Harry Caray
Ron Fairly
Dewayne Staats

Dave Nelson
1986 New York (NL)Houston

Notes

1960s

Year Teams Flagship station Play-by-play#1 Play-by-play#2 Play-by-play#3
1969 New York (NL)Atlanta WJRZ-AM/WABC-FM (New York (NL))
WSB-AM (Atlanta)
Lindsey Nelson
Ernie Johnson
Bob Murphy
Milo Hamilton
Ralph Kiner

Notes

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