Broadcaster Hour

Joe Castiglione is in his 38th season on Red Sox radio, the longest tenure of any Red Sox radio broadcaster and of any Boston broadcaster. Prior to coming to Boston, Castiglione called television games for Cleveland in 1979 and 1982 and for Milwaukee in 1981. The Ham- den, CT native has also announced television games for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and did college basketball on NESN for 6 years. During the offseason, Joe taught classes in broadcast journalism at Northeastern University for 29 years (1985-2013), at Franklin Pierce University for 15 years (1996-2010), and at Emerson College in 1996. Since 1990, he has also served as a Jimmy Fund staff member in fundraising. A graduate of both Colgate (undergraduate) and Syracuse Universities (graduate), Joe is the author of Broadcast Rites and Sites-I Saw It on the Radio with the Boston Red Sox, which was published in 2004, and Can You Believe It, 30 Years Inside Red Sox Baseball, published in 2012. Castiglione was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2014. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Pat Hughes is in his 23rd season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Cubs. He joined Cubs radio broadcasts in 1996 after spending the previous 12 years teaming with Bob Uecker on the Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network. Hughes began his baseball play-by-play career in the minor leagues, calling action for the San Jose Missions (1978-1981) and the Columbus Clippers (1982). He worked as a play-by-play voice for Marquette University's basketball team from 1988-2004, including working with Al McGuire during the 1996-2000 seasons. Hughes' collegiate play-by-play career also includes stints with Northwestern University, San Jose State University, the University of Wisconsin and ESPN. He worked in Minnesota in 1983 as the TV voice of the Twins and as the hockey host/interviewer on North Stars telecasts. Hughes was named the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year in 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He earned Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award honors three times (1990-1992). Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP. @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}

Dave Sims is in his 16th season with the Seattle Mariners broadcast team. He has won back-to-back Washington Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sports Media Association. Sims, who has play-by-play duties on Mariners television broadcasts, is familiar to sports fans for calling MLB and college basketball games on ESPN, as well as NCAA Basketball and NFL play-by-play on Westwood One. He co-hosts “Basketball & Beyond with Coach K” for Sirius XM with Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski, is a correspondent for MLB Network and calls Big East college basketball on FS1. The two-time Emmy Award winner also won the American Football Foundation's Outstanding Sportscaster Award in 2003 and the Big East Media Award in 2005. Sims began his career as a sportswriter for the New York Daily News prior to becoming a weekend sports anchor at WCBS-TV. In 1991, he joined ESPN as a play-by-play announcer for college basketball. From 1998-2014, he did NFL play-by-play, including Sunday Night and Monday Night Football, as well as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, for Westwood One. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Drew Carter is in his first year as a full-time play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN. Carter previously worked as a sports reporter/anchor for Birmingham's CBS 42 from August 2019-2021. He has also called Minor League Baseball with the Auburn Doubledays in 2018. Carter was the winner of the 2019 Jim Nantz Award by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America, as the most outstanding college sportscaster in the nation. Carter is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Pete Pranica has been the television play-by-play voice of the Memphis Grizzlies since 2004. Prior to joining Memphis, he spent time filling in on Detroit Pistons radio broadcasts, and was the full-time radio voice for the Portland Trail Blazers. Pranica was the winner of the 2017 Tennessee State Sportscaster of the Year. Pranica is a 1986 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Brian Boesch has been the play-by-play broadcaster for Michigan Wolverines men's basketball since 2019. Boesch also serves as the studio host for Michigan football and is the producer for the Michigan radio network with Learfield. Boesch also held broadcasting positions in Minor League Baseball with the Winston-Salem Dash, Frisco Roughriders, and Burlington Royals. Boesch is a 2011 graduate of Ohio University. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Ian Nicholas made his ESPN debut as the play-by-play announcer for the ESPN KidsCast for the MLB Little League Classic on Sunday August 22, 2021. Nicholas recently graduated from New Canaan High School in Connecticut, and will be attending Syracuse University as a Broadcast and Digital Journalism major at the Newhouse School of Communications in the Fall of 2021. Former play-by-play commentator for New Canaan HS Football, Baseball, Basketball (Men's and Women's), Lacrosse (Men's and Women's), Soccer (Men's and Women's), Volleyball (Men's and Women's), and more. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

50th Episode of Broadcaster Hour! Roger Hoover and Kyle Crooks team up for a free-flowing conversation touching on the first 50 episodes of Broadcaster Hour. They also preview their upcoming athletic years ahead at Florida and Alabama and what's ahead for the show. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Andy Demetra became the “Voice of the Yellow Jackets” on the Georgia Tech Sports Network in August 2016. In addition to serving as the play-by-play broadcaster for football and men's basketball on Tech's statewide radio network and Sirius/XM, Demetra hosts Georgia Tech football and men's basketball's radio call-in and television shows. He also periodically serves as play-by-play announcer for Georgia Tech women's basketball, baseball and softball telecasts, is the voice of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream's home telecasts and was the TV play-by-play voice for selected Chicago Bulls road games in 2018-19. Outside of his radio and TV broadcasts, he is the author of “Inside The Chart,” a weekly feature column for RamblinWreck.com, which won a 2016 South Carolina Press Association Award for “Best Series of Sports Articles, All Divisions.” He is also the host of the “Toddcast,” Georgia Tech's monthly podcast with director of athletics Todd Stansbury. Prior to his role with the Yellow Jackets, Demetra spent seven seasons as the Director of Broadcasting and play-by-play voice for the South Carolina Gamecocks, primarily covering men's basketball and baseball. His television play-by-play credits include SEC Network, Pac-12 Network and Fox Sports South. A native of Oak Brook, Ill., Demetra (pronounced duh-MEH-truh) graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University in 2003 with bachelor's degrees in broadcast journalism and Spanish literature. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Brad Sham is preparing for his 43rd season as the radio "Voice of the Dallas Cowboys." Sham has been with the Cowboys since 1976, when he was hired to be their color analyst alongside play-by-play man Verne Lundquist. When Lundquist left for CBS in 1984, Sham became the lead play-by-play man, a position he has held ever since (save for three seasons in the mid-1990s). During his absence from the Cowboys, Sham called Texas Rangers games on the radio with Eric Nadel between 1995 and 1997. Sham has done NFL play-by-play for the NFL on Westwood One, the NFL on Fox, TNT Sunday Night Football, and the NFL on CBS for one game in 2004. He has also worked games for NFL Europe and the Arena Football League's Dallas Desperados. Sham has extensive experience broadcasting collegiate sports, having done play-by-play for NCAA athletics, most notably the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and college football. He spent over a decade as the radio voice of the Texas Longhorns' football and basketball teams (mostly in the 1980s), which also aired on flagship KRLD and on the Mutual Southwest Radio Network. Sham has been in the booth for 26 Cotton Bowl Classics, calling play-by-play for 25 games and serving as the analyst for one. He has also served as a play-by-play broadcaster for the Big 12 Network basketball Saturdays, as well as for select ESPN Network Big 12 games.

Kevin Harlan is in his ninth season as the full-time voice of Monday Night Football on Westwood One and will call his ninth straight Super Bowl for the network. Harlan also currently calls play-by-play for CBS Sports' coverage of both the NFL and NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Harlan joined CBS Sports in 1998 as an NFL play-by-play announcer, after having served in the same capacity for Fox Sports since 1994. This is his 34th consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and with his additional role as play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT, this also marks his 31st season broadcasting the NBA. Harlan spent nine seasons (1985-93) as the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs and was the voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves for nine seasons as well. Harlan also called the Final Four on Westwood One from 2003-2007.

Josh Lewin has been the Voice of the UCLA Bruins since 2016, in a career that's seen him do it all in sports broadcasting. Lewin began his broadcasting career at the age of 16 with the Rochester Red Wings, the Baltimore Orioles' AAA affiliate in the International League. In 1994, he was the sports director at WBAL, the Orioles' flagship station. Lewin graduated from Northwestern in 1990 and has written three books, “Ballgame,” “Getting in the Game” and “You Never Forget Your First.” Lewin, who became the radio play-by-play voice of the San Diego Chargers in July 2005 and served in that capacity for 12 years, has an extensive broadcast history that includes 21 seasons as a Major League Baseball play-by-play announcer. From 2012-2018 he was part of the radio team for the New York Mets. Additionally, from 1996-2010, Lewin broadcast MLB regular and postseason games, NFL football contests and NHL games for FOX Sports. Also during that span, from 2002-10, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the Texas Rangers. Lewin also called Baltimore Orioles games on radio from 1995-96, Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV in 1997 and Detroit Tigers' games on Fox Sports Net Detroit from 1998-2001. In addition to the Chargers, his NFL experience also includes play-by-play on SportsUSA Radio. Collegiately, Lewin's broadcast experience includes Conference USA Football, CCHA Hockey, Southern Methodist and Michigan State basketball and the Big 12 Basketball Tournament.

Mark Boyle has completed a franchise record 31 seasons as the “Voice of the Pacers” on an extensive statewide network, and has broadcast more than 2,500 games during his NBA career. Before coming to Indiana, Boyle spent time in Minneapolis, St. Louis - where he worked in one of the most highly regarded sports departments in broadcasting at KMOX - and New York, where he was one of the original on-air voices at WFAN, the country's first all-sports radio station. In addition to his NBA experience, which includes work on the nationally broadcast NBA Game of the Week, he has worked in the NHL, spending two seasons with the Minnesota North Stars, and has covered the NFL, Major League Baseball and Big Ten football and basketball. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Brad Nessler is a college football and college basketball play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports. In May 2016, Nessler was named the lead play-by-play announcer for the SEC ON CBS beginning with the 2017 season. He is teamed with Gary Danielson and Jamie Erdahl calling the “SEC Game of the Week.” Nessler previously worked for CBS Sports from 1990-92 on college football, NFL, as well as men's and women's basketball. Before returning to CBS Sports, Nessler had an illustrious 24-year career at ESPN. From 1992-97, he called college basketball games and Big Ten football. Beginning in 1997, Nessler served as an analyst for ABC for various sports and events including college basketball, the Bowl Championship Series title game and most prominently with college football. From 2002-04, he served as an announcer for ESPN and ABC's coverage of the National Basketball Association. After ESPN began its coverage of Monday Night Football in 2006, Nessler served as a contributor calling various games between 2006-11. He most recently called the ESPN College Football Primetime game on Saturday nights and the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Ed Cohen calls the radio play-by-play action the New York Knicks. A native of Westchester, NY and graduate of Ithaca College's Park School of Communications, Cohen has spent the past 12 years serving as a play-by-play voice and announcer for networks that include NBC Sports, CBS Sports Network, Big Ten Network and NHL Network. His versatility has allowed him to call everything from college basketball to weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics on NBC. Cohen also served as the radio play-by-play announcer for Rutgers Scarlet Knights Women's Basketball from 2008-2014. Cohen started his career as the radio voice of the Manhattan College men's basketball team. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Andy Burcham is entering into his third season as the "Voice of the Auburn Tigers" and Director of Broadcast Operations for Auburn Athletics. Burcham serves as the play by play voice for Auburn Football, Men's Basketball and Baseball. Burcham co-hosts Tiger Talk. Burcham hosts The Auburn Tigers Today and the Talking Tigers Podcast. He also hosts a weekly show for Auburn Athletic teams during their seasons. Burcham came to Auburn after working for 12 years at Auburn Network, Inc. He was Station Manager for WANI Radio and served as host for Auburn Opelika This Morning. Burcham has also worked for Tiger Communications and Fuller Broadcasting in Alabama. Prior he worked for WCIL Radio in Carbondale, Illinois and WMLA Radio in Bloomington, Illinois. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Mike Watts is a multi-sport voice with experience at the network and local levels. Broadcast experience includes championship events for USL, Concacaf, ESPN, SEC, ACC, Big East and the A10. 2018 marked a new role as the NFL's youngest preseason voice (Bengals TV) at age 25. A championship broadcasting pedigree began at an even earlier age, the 2015 USL Cup Final at 22 years old. Simultaneously, Public Address provided opportunities in college and pro basketball at Madison Square Garden including select Knicks (NBA), Liberty (WNBA) and Westchester Knicks (NBAGL) games, as well as Fordham (Atlantic 10) and St. John's (Big East) games in NYC. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Dave Jageler enters his 16th season with the Nationals teaming with Charlie Slowes since 2006 to form the longest-running radio play-by-play duo in the District. Jageler has been at the mic for the Nationals historic run to the 2019 World Series Championship plus the Nationals' four National League East championships, three no-hitters and Max Scherzer's MLB record-tying 20-strikeout performance. Jageler joined the Nationals after spending the 2005 campaign as the radio and TV voice of the Pawtucket Red Sox of the Triple-A International League. Prior to joining Pawtucket, he worked in Boston co-hosting an afternoon talk show and serving in various capacities with the Boston Celtics radio network, including fill-in play-by-play. Jageler spent six years in Charlotte as the voice of UNC-Charlotte basketball and co-hosting a morning drive talk show. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Rich Waltz provides play-by-play for CBS Sports Network, Turner Sports, MLB Network, and FS1. A three time Emmy winner, Waltz is known for calling television broadcasts for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2017. In addition to his various baseball assignments, Waltz covered college football and contributed to numerous sports on ESPN including NCAA Basketball, Arena Football, NCAA College Softball World Series, Little League World Series Regional Finals and Major League Soccer. He has also served as play-by-play announcer for Tennis Channel, Raycom Sports, Pac-12 Networks and FOX Sports 1. Waltz is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, where he played college baseball. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Joe Block has worked as a TV and radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Pirates since 2016. Block has called Major League Baseball play-by-play for nine years, and 17 seasons of pro ball, previously working with the Milwaukee Brewers and in the minor leagues in Billings, Mont., Great Falls, Mont., Jacksonville, Fla., St. Paul, Minn., and Charleston, S.C. He also broadcast for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos, the NBA's New Orleans Hornets, and for various regional TV networks calling major college football, basketball and baseball since graduating from Michigan State University in 1999. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Currently a member of the Baltimore Orioles broadcast team, Geoff Arnold does play-by-play for the Orioles Radio Network as well as select work for the Orioles on MASN. To go with this, he serves as a content creator for the club's digital platforms. Prior to joining the Orioles, Geoff spent eight seasons calling minor league baseball and broadcasting college football, basketball, baseball and other Olympic sports on regional sports networks, digital platforms and for major market television stations. He continues to broadcast George Washington men's/women's basketball in the offseason on ESPN+ as well as the games for the Delaware Blue Coats, G League affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers, on radio and television. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Len Kasper is in his first season as a broadcaster for the White Sox ... partners with analyst Darrin Jackson on the White Sox Radio Network and ESPN Radio (1000-AM) ... spent 16 seasons (2005-2020) in the Chicago Cubs broadcast booth ... previously provided play-by-play for the Florida Marlins (2002-2004) and the Milwaukee Brewers (1999-2001)... named the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association in 2016 ... honored as the Harry Caray Sportscaster of the Year by the Pitch and Hit Club of Chicago in 2011... has helped raise financial support for several charitable initiatives through his interest in music ... graduated summa cum laude from Marquette University in 1993. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Paul Severino just wrapped up his third season as the television play-by-play voice of the Miami Marlins for FOX Sports Florida. Severino came to FOX Sports Florida from MLB Network, where he served as play-by-play announcer for MLB Network game telecasts, including MLB Network Showcase and the World Baseball Classic. During his seven years there, he hosted every studio show in MLB Network's lineup, highlighted by the Emmy Award-winning "MLB Tonight". Severino's broadcast experience extends beyond the diamond having been a studio host and play-by-play announcer for NHL Network. Prior to MLB & NHL Network, Severino served as an anchor and host across ESPN's programming. His roles included anchoring "SportsCenter", ESPNews, ESPN.com and ESPN3.com. He is a Bristol, Connecticut native and proud graduate of Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Rich Hollenberg joined ESPN in 2009, and works on men's college basketball games as a play-by-play commentator. He has been an NFL Network reporter and correspondent for 12 years and has served as the Fox Sports studio host for the Tampa Bay Rays since March 2014. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Ben Ingram just wrapped up his 10th season with the Atlanta Braves Radio Network, calling play-by-play alongside Jim Powell, Joe Simpson and Don Sutton. Ingram has hosted the Braves pregame and postgame shows since 2011, and has done play-by-play for select broadcasts. Prior to joining the Braves Radio Network, Ingram spent six season broadcasting minor league baseball with the Jackson Senators, Eugene Emeralds and Mississippi Braves. Ingram, a native of Madison, MS, graduated from Mississippi College and was named 2014 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by the Department of Communication. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Jon “Boog” Sciambi is the voice of Sunday Night Baseball for MLB on ESPN Radio. He has been the regular play-by-play voice on Wednesday Night Baseball telecasts for the network since the 2014 season. In 2020, Sciambi serves as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN's KBO League coverage. Sciambi joined ESPN full time in 2010 as the play-by-play voice for MLB on ESPN Radio, while continuing the same role for college basketball and MLB on ESPN, which he has done since 2005. Prior to joining ESPN full-time, Sciambi was the lead play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves on Fox Sports South and SportSouth (2007-2009). Previously, he served as host for 790 The Ticket in South Florida, and as voice of the Florida Marlins on WQAM (1997-2004). Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

We return this week to our "Best Of" series and take a look at great football play-by-play. This can be one of the toughest sports to master in play-by-play, especially on the radio. We hear tips and philosophies from many of our great Broadcaster Hour guests this week on the art of football play-by-play, and what you need to keep in mind for your next football broadcast. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Mike Morgan began calling college football games for ESPN in 2009 and has since added men's college basketball and college baseball games, including on SEC Network. Morgan also has called Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves, the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, in addition to his experience with the South Carolina Gamecocks basketball and baseball teams. Morgan has won five NSSA Sportscaster of the Year awards for his call of South Carolina Gamecock games. A native of Boca Raton, Fla., Morgan graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in broadcasting and telecommunications.Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Glenn Geffner just wrapped up his 13th season as one of the radio broadcasters for the Miami Marlins, his 24th in the Major Leagues and 29th in professional baseball as a broadcaster and front office executive. He previously called games for the Boston Red Sox—earning World Series rings in 2004 and 2007—and the San Diego Padres prior to returning to his native South Florida. Geffner is a proud graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Paul Keels has been the Voice of The Ohio State Buckeyes football and men's basketball teams since 1998 on the Ohio State Sports Network. Keels, a four-time NSSA Ohio Broadcaster of the Year, has also called games for the Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Pistons, University of Michigan basketball, and University of Cincinnati athletics. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Tony Castricone is entering his fourth season as the Voice of the Washington Huskies. He started calling Huskies basketball in 2017-18 before taking over as the football voice in 2018. Castricone previously was the radio play-by-play voice of Clemson men's basketball, and has been part of the Learfield IMG College family for the last 10 years. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Baseball broadcasting is an art form all to itself. To figure out how to do it well on both television and radio, we've had help from some of the best in the business! Hear baseball play-by-play tips from Adam Amin (Fox Sports), Tommy Thrall (Cincinnati Reds), Joe Davis (Fox Sports /Los Angeles Dodgers) Chip Caray (Atlanta Braves), Wayne Randazzo (New York Mets), and Andy Masur (Chicago White Sox). Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

The late John Ward was one of Roger Hoover's inspirations to get into broadcasting. He heavily influenced Broadcaster Hour guests Bob Kesling and Mike Keith, who worked with Ward for Vol Network broadcasts of Tennessee football. Neil Price, like Hoover, also grew up in East Tennessee with Ward's games constantly on the radio. These men give their thoughts on the legendary "Voice of the Vols" for Tennessee basketball for 34 seasons (1965-1999) and for UT football from 1968 to 1998 in this special tribute episode. Video of Ward courtesy of the University of Tennessee / VFL Films. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

How does Joe Davis get prepared for his Dodgers broadcasts? Why are detailed index cards a vital part of prep for Wes Durham? Who has influenced spotting boards for Neil Price? These questions and more get answered in this week's episode where we highlight the best preparation strategies and spotting boards/charts from our first 22 guests. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Andrew Monaco is entering his third season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Texas A&M Aggies. Monaco also hosts the football and men's basketball coaches' radio shows and produce a wide variety of content for Texas A&M Athletics. Prior to his arrival in College Station, Monaco was part of the San Antonio Spurs broadcast team for 11 years. In addition to his 11-year stint with the Spurs, Monaco has extensive experience in play-by-play of college football and basketball, including college football telecasts of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), Big 12 Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for Fox Sports Net, CBS Sports Network, Versus/NBC Sports Network, Comcast and ESPN. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Roy Philpott joined ESPN as a play-by-play announcer in 2013, calling college football, basketball and baseball games. Prior to ESPN, Philpott served as a lead publisher for Fox Sports, which included the launch and development of two of the largest team-specific web sites in the Scout.com family of networks. He also served as a radio host on a variety of stations in South Carolina since 2003, most recently with 105.5 The Roar in Clemson, S.C. Philpott was designated the lead play-by-play announcer for WLOS in Asheville, N.C. starting in 2008. While there, he called numerous high school and college football games, in addition to minor league baseball for the ABC affiliate. During that same time period, he served as the voice for Clemson baseball and Clemson women's basketball on the radio side as well, while also hosting numerous pre- and post-game shows for football and men's basketball. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Neil Price is entering his fourth season as the Voice of the Mississippi State Bulldogs for football and men's basketball. Prior to his arrival in Starkville, he was a member of the Kentucky Wildcats' UK Sports Network broadcast team for 12 years. Before calling Wildcat games, Price spent two years with Middle Tennessee State University as the Blue Raiders' play-by-play broadcaster for women's basketball and baseball, as well as host for all pre- and post-game shows for football. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

As a player, marketing executive and broadcaster, Debbie Antonelli has been a major influencer in the women's college basketball circles, and has served as an analyst for ESPN, including games on ACC Network, Longhorn Network and SEC Network. Her 29-year announcing career also includes games for CBS, Fox Sports Net, Big Ten Network, NBATV, Westwood One, in addition to being an analyst for the Indiana Fever since the WNBA started in 1997. Antonelli became the first woman in nearly 22 years to call an NCAA men's basketball tournament game when she worked on first-round games in 2017. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Wes Durham is the co-host of Packer and Durham – ACC Network's morning show from 7-10 a.m. Monday-Friday. In addition, Durham will also call football and men's basketball games for ACCN. Durham has long been considered synonymous with the ACC as he began his professional career as the radio voice for Georgia Tech from 1995-2013 before joining FOX Sports South to handle play-by-play duties for ACC football, basketball and baseball games. Durham, the son of longtime “Voice of the Tar Heels” Woody Durham, has also been the play-by-play radio voice for the Atlanta Falcons since 2004. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Kevin Fitzgerald has been part of ESPN's coverage of college basketball since 2015 and consistently calls SEC basketball on the SEC Network. Fitzgerald has also called college football for FOX Sports, and has television experience as well on Big Ten Network Plus with Rutgers University. Fitzgerald also provided play-by-play in Minor League Baseball for the Columbia Fireflies, Fort Wayne Tin Caps, and Bluefield Blue Jays. A Syracuse University graduate, Fitzgerald was recognized by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America as the 2014 Jim Nantz Award Winner, given to the nation's most outstanding collegiate sportscaster. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

"The Voice of the Titans," Mike Keith, is in his 23rd season with the Tennessee Titans in 2020. From 1987-1998, Keith held posts with the Vol Radio Network, WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville. Then, the call came from Nashville to join the Mid-south's new NFL team. Keith jumped at the new challenge to be "The Voice of the Titans". Keith was quickly recognized as one of the NFL's most exciting announcers. In January of 2000, Keith called one of the greatest plays in NFL history, "The Music City Miracle," a last-second touchdown that gave the Titans an improbable playoff win over Buffalo. ESPN named Keith's description of the play as one of the 10 best radio calls in American sports history. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Eli Gold enters his 32nd season as the radio voice of Alabama Crimson Tide football on the Crimson Tide Sports Network. With Gold on the call, the Crimson Tide have claimed six national titles in eight championship game appearances, nine SEC championships and bowl games in all but four of his 30 seasons. Gold was also the recipient of the 2019 NFF Chris Schenkel Award, awarded in December 2019. Gold has handled various other play-by-play assignments over the years. He was the primary voice of NASCAR for 41 years before he stepped away from the auto-racing track. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Andy Masur is entering his first season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Chicago White Sox on WGN Radio. Masur also has done select play-by-play and pre- and postgame work for the Blackhawks, Cubs and Northwestern. Before rejoining WGN Radio in 2014, he spent seven seasons (2007-13) with the Padres as part of their radio broadcast team and worked games on FOX Sports San Diego. He also did play-by-play for University of San Diego men's basketball for eight seasons. From 1999 to 2007, Masur worked for WGN as part of the Cubs Radio Network. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Wayne Randazzo has been a part of the New York Mets radio broadcast since 2015, and is entering his second season as a full-time play-by-play broadcaster, teaming up with Howie Rose on WCBS. Randazzo also provides play-by-play for Fox Sports, Big Ten Network, and Sports USA Radio. Like Hoover and Crooks, he's a Southern League alum, working for the Mobile BayBears from 2008-11 and also has worked for ESPN, the Kane County Cougars, as well as WBBM, 670 The Score, and WGN in his hometown of Chicago. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Chip Caray is the television voice of the Atlanta Braves on Fox Sports South, and has called games for the club since 2005. Prior to that, Caray was the television voice of the Chicago Cubs on WGN from 1998-2004. He has also worked as a network play-by-play voice with Turner Sports and Fox Sports, as well as experience with the Orlando Magic and Seattle Mariners. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Josh Appel is a NFL and NCAA Football play-by-play voice for Sports USA Media. In addition, he has also worked college football with WatchESPN and Stadium, college basketball with Stadium, USL soccer with Vista Worldlink Sports, and World Team Tennis on ESPN+. Appel was the winner of the prestigious Jim Nantz Award in 2016, presented by STAA Talent as the nation's most outstanding collegiate sports broadcaster. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Kevin Burkhardt hosts FOX Sports' studio coverage of regular season/postseason baseball and college basketball. He is also a play-by-play announcer for the NFL on FOX. Additionally, Burkhardt calls select games for FOX Sports Sun, the television home of the Tampa Bay Rays. Burkhardt is a proud alumnus of William Paterson University, the same alma mater of our Kyle Crooks. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Joe Davis is entering his fourth season as the television play-by-play broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers on SportsNetLA. Davis joined FOX Sports in 2014 as a play-by-play announcer for the network's college football, college basketball and Major League Baseball coverage. He's a Southern League radio alumnus as well, working with the Montgomery Biscuits for three years before joining ESPN in 2012. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Tom Hart is currently a play-by-play commentator for SEC Network. In fall 2017, he joined SEC Saturday Night, the franchise that features SEC Network's marquee college football game each Saturday. Hart discusses his rise in the business and his play-by-play process, plus how his time in baseball powers his work now. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

Courtney Lyle paid her dues at the University of Tennessee, co-hosting the Vol Network spring television show Inside the Orange with our Roger Hoover. Most television viewers know her for her outstanding play-by-play work for the ESPN family of networks, as well as Friday Night Stripes, sponsored by Adidas. Courtney discusses her rise in the business as well as her broadcasting philosophies. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.

One of the most recognizable voices in college sports, Tim Brando joined FOX Sports in 2014 as a play-by-play announcer for the network's college football and college basketball coverage. Brando has called a variety of sports throughout his prolific career, including college football and basketball, MLB, NBA and golf, and was one of the most prominent voices of the NCAA Tournament beginning in 1996. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram: @BroadcasterHour plus @Roger_Hoover and @CrooksPBP.