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The following is a list of American television and radio networks and announcers that have nationally broadcast the NBA All-Star Games throughout the years.
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
1969 [171] [172] [173] | ABC [174] [175] | Chris Schenkel [176] | Jack Twyman [177] |
1968 | ABC [178] [179] [180] [181] | Chris Schenkel [182] | Jack Twyman |
1967 [183] | SNI [184] [185] | Chick Hearn | |
1966 | SNI [186] | Harry Caray | |
1965 [187] | SNI | Harry Caray | Bill Sharman |
1964 | SNI [188] | Marty Glickman [189] (first half) Buddy Blattner (second half) | Carl Braun (first half) Ed Macauley (second half) |
1963 | SNI [190] [191] | Chick Hearn | Bud Blattner |
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | NBC [192] | Curt Gowdy [193] | |
1957 | WPIX | Bob Wolff | Sonny Hertzberg [194] and Jack McCarthy (in the studio) |
1956 | WPIX | Bud Palmer [195] | Bob Wolff and Harry Wismer |
1954 | WPIX | Bud Palmer | Jimmy Powers and Kevin Kennedy |
1952 | WPIX | Bud Palmer | Jimmy Powers |
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | ESPN | Marc Kestecher [197] | P. J. Carlesimo | Jorge Sedano | Kevin Winters | |
2023 | ESPN [198] | Marc Kestecher | P. J. Carlesimo | Ros Gold-Onwude and Monica McNutt | Kevin Winters | |
2022 | ESPN [199] | Marc Kestecher | P. J. Carlesimo | Ros Gold-Onwude and Monica McNutt | Kevin Winters | Monica McNutt |
2021 | ESPN [200] | Marc Kestecher | Jon Barry | Kevin Winters | P. J. Carlesimo | |
2020 | ESPN [201] | Marc Kestecher | Jon Barry | Ramona Shelburne | Kevin Winters | P. J. Carlesimo |
Year | !Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | ESPN [212] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Ric Bucher and Shelley Smith | Marc Kestecher | Will Perdue |
2008 | ESPN [213] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Ric Bucher and Shelley Smith | Marc Kestecher | Will Perdue |
2007 | ESPN [214] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Ric Bucher and Shelley Smith | Marc Kestecher | Will Perdue |
2006 | ESPN [215] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | |||
2005 | ESPN [216] | Jim Durham | James Worthy | |||
2004 | ESPN [217] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | |||
2003 | ESPN [218] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Greg Anthony and Vinny Del Negro | Doug Brown | Kevin Loughery |
2002 | ESPN | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay [219] | |||
2001 | ESPN [220] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | |||
2000 | ESPN [221] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay |
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