List of Boston Red Sox broadcasters

Television

2020s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field Level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2024	NESN	Dave O'Brien, Mike Monaco (when O'Brien is off) or Tom Caron (when O'Brien is off, and Monaco is on ESPN assignment)	Kevin Youkilis, Will Middlebrooks, Kevin Millar and/or Lou Merloni	Jahmai Webster	Tom Caron or Adam Pellerin (when Caron is off, play-by play or sideline reporter)	Jim Rice, Lenny DiNardo, Jonathan Papelbon, Deven Marrero, and/or Will Middlebrooks^[1]
2023	NESN	Dave O'Brien or Mike Monaco^[2]	Kevin Youkilis, Will Middlebrooks, Kevin Millar or Lou Merloni	Jahmai Webster	Tom Caron or Adam Pellerin	Jim Rice, Lenny DiNardo, Jonathan Papelbon, Darnell McDonald, and/or Will Middlebrooks
2022	NESN	Dave O'Brien or Mike Monaco^[2]	Dennis Eckersley, Kevin Youkilis, Kevin Millar, or Tony Massarotti^[2]	Jahmai Webster	Tom Caron or Adam Pellerin	Jim Rice, Lenny DiNardo, Tim Wakefield, Ellis Burks, Mo Vaughn, and/or Will Middlebrooks^[2]
2021		Dave O'Brien, Tom Caron or Mike Monaco	Jerry Remy, Dennis Eckersley, and/or Ellis Burks^[3]	Jahmai Webster		Jim Rice, Lenny DiNardo, Tim Wakefield, Ellis Burks, Mo Vaughn, and/or Jonathan Papelbon^[3]
2020		Dave O'Brien or Tom Caron	Jerry Remy and/or Dennis Eckersley	Guerin Austin or Jahmai Webster		Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tim Wakefield, Jim Rice, Lenny DiNardo or Manny Delcarmen

2010s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field Level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2019	NESN	Dave O'Brien	Jerry Remy or Dennis Eckersley or Carlos Peña or Jarrod Saltalamacchia	Guerin Austin or Jahmai Webster	Tom Caron or Adam Pellerin	Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tim Wakefield, Jim Rice, Lenny DiNardo or Manny Delcarmen
2018			Jerry Remy or Dennis Eckersley or Steve Lyons or Guest Analyst	Guerin Austin or Various		Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tim Wakefield, Jim Rice, or Guest Analyst
2017					Tom Caron
2016			Jerry Remy or Dennis Eckersley or Steve Lyons	Guerin Austin or Gary Striewski		Dennis Eckersley, Steve Lyons, Tim Wakefield, or Jim Rice
2015		Don Orsillo	Jerry Remy or Dennis Eckersley or Guest Analyst	Various
2014
2013				Jenny Dell		Dennis Eckersley, Peter Gammons, Matt Stairs, Tim Wakefield, or Jim Rice
2012			Jerry Remy
2011				Heidi Watney		Dennis Eckersley, Peter Gammons, or Jim Rice
2010

2000s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field Level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2009	NESN	Don Orsillo	Jerry Remy or Guest Analyst	Heidi Watney	Tom Caron	Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, or Guest Analyst
2008			Jerry Remy	Heidi Watney		Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, Dave McCarty, Lou Merloni, or Ken Macha
2007				Tina Cervasio
2006				Tina Cervasio		Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, or Dave McCarty
2005				Eric Frede		Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, Sam Horn, Gary DiSarcina, or Bob Tewksbury
2005	WSBK-TV & WBZ-TV			Dan Roche	Bob Lobel	Jim Corsi, Steve Buckley, or Tony Massarotti
2004	NESN			Eric Frede	Tom Caron	Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, Sam Horn, Gary DiSarcina, or Bob Tewksbury
2004	WSBK-TV & WBZ-TV	Sean McDonough		Dan Roche	Bob Lobel	Jim Corsi, Steve Buckley, or Tony Massarotti
2003	NESN	Don Orsillo		Tom Caron	Bob Rodgers	Jim Corsi, Jim Rice or Dennis Eckersley
2003	WSBK-TV & WBZ-TV	Sean McDonough		Dan Roche	Bob Lobel	Jim Corsi, Steve Buckley, or Tony Massarotti
2002	NESN	Don Orsillo		Tom Caron	Bob Rodgers	Jim Corsi, Jim Rice or Dennis Eckersley
2002	WFXT	Sean McDonough			Butch Stearns	Rico Petrocelli
2001	NESN	Don Orsillo		Debbi Wrobleski	Bob Rodgers	Rico Petrocelli
2001	WFXT	Sean McDonough			Butch Stearns
2000	NESN	Bob Kurtz or Bob Rodgers		Debbi Wrobleski	Bob Rodgers or Tom Caron	Rico Petrocelli
2000	WFXT	Sean McDonough			Butch Stearns

Note: Circa 2003–2005, WSBK-TV televised Friday night games in the Boston area while WBZ-TV televised the 4th of July game; these games were seen on NESN throughout the rest of New England.

1990s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field Level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
1999	NESN	Bob Kurtz	Jerry Remy	Debbi Wrobleski	Bob Rodgers
1999	WLVI-TV	Sean McDonough
1998	NESN	Bob Kurtz		Debbi Wrobleski	Bob Rodgers
1998	WABU	Sean McDonough		John Holt	Doug Brown
1997	NESN	Bob Kurtz		Debbi Wrobleski	Bob Rodgers
1997	WABU	Sean McDonough		John Holt	Doug Brown	Dick Radatz
1996	NESN	Bob Kurtz		Debbi Wrobleski	Bob Rodgers
1996	WABU	Sean McDonough		Butch Stearns	Doug Brown	Rico Petrocelli or Dick Radatz
1995	NESN	Bob Kurtz		Kim Walden	Tom Larson
1995	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1994	NESN	Bob Kurtz	Jerry Remy	Amy Stone	Steve Burton
1994	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1993	NESN	Bob Kurtz	Jerry Remy	Amy Stone	Steve Burton
1993	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1992	NESN	Ned Martin	Jerry Remy		Bob Kurtz
1992	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1991	NESN	Ned Martin	Jerry Remy		Bob Kurtz
1991	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1990	NESN	Ned Martin	Jerry Remy		Bob Kurtz
1990	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery

1980s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1989	NESN	Ned Martin	Jerry Remy	Bob Kurtz
1989	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1988	NESN	Ned Martin	Jerry Remy	Tom Larson or Eric Reid
1988	WSBK-TV	Sean McDonough	Bob Montgomery
1987	WSBK-TV and NESN	Ned Martin	Bob Montgomery	Sean McDonough
1986
1985
1984	WSBK-TV			Tom Larson
1984	NESN	Kent Derdivanis	Mike Andrews
1983	WSBK-TV	Ned Martin	Bob Montgomery	Tom Larson
1982			Bob Montgomery
1981			Ken Harrelson
1980			Ken Harrelson

1970s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1979	WSBK-TV	Ned Martin	Ken Harrelson	Tom Larson
1978		Dick Stockton
1977
1976
1975
1974	WBZ-TV	Ken Coleman	Johnny Pesky
1973
1972
1971	WHDH-TV	Ken Coleman & Ned Martin
1970

1960s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1969	WHDH-TV	Ken Coleman & Ned Martin	Johnny Pesky
1968			Mel Parnell
1967
1966
1965		Curt Gowdy and Ned Martin
1964		Curt Gowdy, Art Gleeson & Ned Martin
1963
1962
1961
1960		Curt Gowdy, Art Gleeson & Bill Crowley

1950s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1959	WHDH-TV	Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy & Bill Crowley
1958		Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy & Bill Crowley
1957		Curt Gowdy or Don Gillis, Bob Murphy & Bill Crowley
1956	WBZ-TV or WNAC-TV	Curt Gowdy & Bob Murphy
1955		Curt Gowdy & Bob Murphy
1954		Curt Gowdy, Tom Hussey, & Bob Murphy
1953		Curt Gowdy, Tom Hussey, & Bob DeLaney
1952
1951
1950	WBZ-TV	Jim Britt & Tom Hussey	Bump Hadley
1950	WNAC-TV	Jim Britt & Tom Hussey	Les Smith

1940s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1949	WBZ-TV	Jim Britt & Tom Hussey	Bump Hadley
1949	WNAC-TV		Les Smith
1948	WBZ-TV		Bump Hadley
1948	WNAC-TV		Les Smith

Substitutes

Play-by-Play

Leo Egan (1970)^[4]
Gary Thorne (1992-1993)
Brent Musburger (1992)
Bob Montgomery (1992-1995)
Gil Santos (1992)
John Rooke (1995)
Steve Zabriskie (1996)
Doug Brown (1997-1998)
Don Orsillo (2000)
Hector Martinez (1994-2001)
Jon Rish (2010, 2014)
Eric Frede (2010-2014)
Josh Maurer (2015)
Tom Caron (2016-present)
Alex Faust (2019)
Will Flemming (2019)
Mike Monaco (2019–present)

Color Commentator

Jerry Remy (1992-1995)
Dennis Eckersley (2003–2021)
Dave Roberts (2009)
Buck Martinez (2009)
Tony Massarotti (2009)
Rance Mulliniks (2009)
Rex Hudler (2009)
Ron Coomer (2009)
Ken Rosenthal (2009)
Kevin Kennedy (2009)
Dwight Evans (2009)
Sean Casey (2009)
Jim Kaat (2009)
Gordon Edes (2009)
Bob Montgomery (2009)
Frank Viola (2009)
Sean McAdam (2009)
Brian Daubach (2009)
Rick Dempsey (2010-2012)
Gregg Zaun (2011)
Roy Smalley III (2012)
Peter Abraham (2012)
Nick Cafardo (2012–2013)
Peter Gammons (2012–2013)
Jim Rice (2013)
Rob Bradford (2013)
Jon Rish (2013–2014)
Derek Lowe (2013)
Jonny Gomes (2017–2018)
Mike Timlin (2017)
Wade Boggs (2017)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (2017)
Lenny DiNardo (2017)
Todd Walker (2017, 2019)
John Valentin (2017)
Carlos Peña (2017)
Ellis Burks (2021–present)
Lenny DiNardo (2021)

Field Reporter

Kathryn Tappen (2006-2011)
Jade McCarthy (2010-2011)
Tony Lee (2011)
Jamie Erdahl (2013–2014)
Jahmai Webster (2017)
Tom Caron (2017–2019)

Studio Host

Butch Stearns (1997-1998)
Kathryn Tappen (2006-2011)
Adam Pellerin (2013–present)

Studio Analyst

Brian Daubach (2009)
Tony Massarotti (2009)
Gordon Edes (2009)
Nick Cafardo (2009–2018)
Ken Ryan (2009)
Lenny DiNardo (2017–present)
Jonny Gomes (2017–present)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (2017)
Todd Walker (2017)
John Valentin (2017)
Manny Delcarmen (2018)

Radio

2020s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
2022	WEEI/WEEI-FM	Joe Castiglione	Will Flemming or Sean McDonough	Lou Merloni (select games)
2021
2020

2010s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
2019	WEEI/WEEI-FM	Joe Castiglione	Josh Lewin or Mario Impemba or Sean McDonough or Chris Berman or Dave O'Brien or Dale Arnold or Tom Caron	Lou Merloni (select games) or Rob Bradford (select games)
2018			Tim Neverett	Lou Merloni (select games)
2017
2016
2015		Dave O'Brien or Joe Castiglione	Joe Castiglione or Sean Grande
2014			Joe Castiglione or Sean Grande
2013			Joe Castiglione or Jon Rish or Sean Grande
2012			Joe Castiglione or Dale Arnold or Jon Rish
2011	WEEI (primary) or WRKO (back-up)		Joe Castiglione or Dale Arnold or Jon Rish
2010	WEEI (primary) or WRKO (back-up)	Joe Castiglione	Dave O'Brien or Dale Arnold or Jon Rish

2000s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
2009	WRKO or WEEI	Joe Castiglione	Dave O'Brien or Dale Arnold or Jon Rish
2008			Dave O'Brien or Dale Arnold or Jon Rish
2007			Dave O'Brien or Glenn Geffner
2006	WEEI		Jerry Trupiano
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

1990s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1999	WEEI	Joe Castiglione	Jerry Trupiano
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994	WRKO
1993
1992		Bob Starr	Joe Castiglione
1991
1990

1980s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1989	WPLM-FM or WRKO	Ken Coleman	Joe Castiglione
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982	WITS		Jon Miller
1981
1980

1970s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1979	WITS	Ken Coleman		Rico Petrocelli
1978	WITS	Ned Martin	Jim Woods
1977	WMEX
1976	WMEX
1975	WHDH
1974
1973			Dave Martin
1972			John MacLean or Dave Martin
1971		Ken Coleman	Ned Martin	Johnny Pesky
1970		Ken Coleman	Ned Martin	Johnny Pesky

1960s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1969	WHDH	Ken Coleman	Ned Martin	Johnny Pesky
1968				Mel Parnell
1967
1966
1965		Curt Gowdy
1964			Ned Martin & Art Gleeson
1963
1962
1961
1960			Bill Crowley & Art Gleeson

1950s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1959	WHDH	Curt Gowdy	Bob Murphy & Bill Crowley
1958		Curt Gowdy
1957		Curt Gowdy or Don Gillis
1956		Curt Gowdy	Bob Murphy
1955			Tom Hussey & Bob Murphy
1954			Tom Hussey & Bob DeLaney
1953
1952
1951
1950		Jim Britt	Tom Hussey & Leo Egan

1940s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1949	WHDH	Jim Britt	Tom Hussey & Leo Egan
1948			Tom Hussey & Leo Egan
1947			Tom Hussey
1946	WNAC		Tom Hussey
1945		Jim Britt or Tom Hussey	Tom Hussey or George Hartrick
1944		Tom Hussey	George Hartrick
1943		Tom Hussey	George Hartrick
1942		Jim Britt	Tom Hussey
1941	WAAB
1940	WAAB

1930s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1939	WAAB	Frankie Frisch	Tom Hussey
1938	WNAC	Fred Hoey
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930

1920s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1929	WNAC	Fred Hoey
1928
1927			Gerry Harrison
1926		Gus Rooney

Substitutes

Play-by-Play

Spike Brown (1970)^[4]

Spanish Radio

2020s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
2022	WCCM / W279DH	Uri Berenguer
2021	WAMG	Nilson Pepen
2020	WAMG	Nilson Pepen

2010s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
2019	WCCM	Uri Berenguer	Juan Oscar Baez
2018	WCCM
2017	WCEC
2016
2015
2014
2013	WWZN
2012
2011
2010

2000s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
2009	WWDJ	Uri Berenguer	Juan Oscar Baez
2008	WTTT/WWDJ		Juan Oscar Baez
2007	WROL		Juan Oscar Baez & Bill Kulik
2006			Juan Oscar Baez & Bill Kulik
2005		Juan Pedro Villamán or Uri Berenguer	Uri Berenguer or Juan Oscar Baez or Bill Kulik
2004		Juan Pedro Villamán	Uri Berenguer & Bill Kulik
2003			Uri Berenguer & Bill Kulik	Luis Tiant
2002	WLYN		Juan Oscar Baez & Uri Berenguer	Luis Tiant
2001	WRCA	Adrian Garcia Marquez	Bobby Serano and Juan Pedro Villamán
2000	WRCA	Hector Martinez	Bobby Serano and Juan Pedro Villamán

1990s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1999	WRCA	Hector Martinez	Bobby Serano and J. P. Villaman
1998	WROL	Hector Martinez	Bobby Serano
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993				Mike Fornieles
1992
1991
1990

Notes

During the 2013 season, Jerry Remy took a leave of absence after his son, Jared Remy, was arrested for murder.^[5]
Red Sox color commentator Jerry Remy was off the air indefinitely during the 2009 season while he recovered from complications of cancer. NESN used guest analysts in his absence. Dennis Eckersley did the majority of home games and Dave Roberts did most of the road games.^[6]
In 2000, Bob Rodgers replaced Bob Kurtz when he left to cover the Minnesota Wild. Tom Caron replaced Rodgers as studio host.
From 1990 to 2004, Sean McDonough missed Red Sox games while covering events for CBS Sports and ESPN, making it necessary for the channel he was working for to hire a second announcer to serve as a fill-in.^[7] For games when Bob Montgomery served as the play by play announcer, NESN analyst Jerry Remy would serve as color commentator.
Dave O'Brien misses Red Sox games due to his work on ESPN.
Dave Martin joined the Red Sox radio broadcast crew in June 1972 when John MacLean left due to illness
In 1970, announcers Ken Coleman, Ned Martin, and Johnny Pesky refused to cross the picket line of WHDH-TV's electrical workers. During the strike, Leo Egan called games on television and Spike Brown handled the radio broadcasts.^[4]
Don Gillis filled in most for most of the 1957 season while Curt Gowdy was out with a bad back.
The only game broadcast in 1926 was opening day
Bill Kulik was only a part-time broadcaster
Juan Oscar Baez joined Spanish radio crew in June after J.P. Villaman's death
On July 25, 2008, WTTT swapped call signs with sister station WWDJ in Hackensack, New Jersey
Jon Rish resigned during the 2013 season. He was replaced by Sean Grande and Lou Merloni

References

^ Finn, Chad (March 22, 2024). "NESN's lineup for Red Sox broadcasts this year will be very familiar, with just one new face". Boston.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NESN Announces Talent Roster For 2022 Red Sox Season". NESN. NESN. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "NESN Announces Red Sox Talent Roster For 2021 Season". NESN. NESN. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "WHDH picket line honored". The Boston Globe. May 17, 1970.
^ Chimelis, Ron (August 30, 2013). "Jon Rish, Dennis Eckersley will handle Red Sox NESN telecasts". The Republican. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
^ Boston Herald May 6, 2009 Cancer sidelines voice of Red Sox
^ Boston.com Local Search - Boston Globe Archives

[1] Finn, Chad (March 22, 2024). "NESN's lineup for Red Sox broadcasts this year will be very familiar, with just one new face". Boston.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[2022_Roster-2] "NESN Announces Talent Roster For 2022 Red Sox Season". NESN. NESN. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[2021_Roster-3] "NESN Announces Red Sox Talent Roster For 2021 Season". NESN. NESN. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[Picket-4] "WHDH picket line honored". The Boston Globe. May 17, 1970.

[5] Chimelis, Ron (August 30, 2013). "Jon Rish, Dennis Eckersley will handle Red Sox NESN telecasts". The Republican. Retrieved August 31, 2013.

[6] Boston Herald May 6, 2009 Cancer sidelines voice of Red Sox

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Television

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Play-by-Play

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Field Reporter

Studio Host

Studio Analyst

Radio

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2010s

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1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

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1940s

1930s

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Substitutes

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Spanish Radio

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

See also

Notes

References