List of American public address announcers

This is a list of notable American public address announcers.

Baseball

Major League Baseball - Current Public Address Announcers

• Dan Baker – Philadelphia Phillies
• Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball
• Marysol Castro – First Woman Announcer for New York Mets, First Latina Woman Announcer in Major League Baseball
• Bob Ford – Houston Astros, University of Houston football championship, and Chicago PBS WTTW

• Paul Olden – New York Yankees
• Tom Hutyler – Seattle Mariners

Major League Baseball - Former Public Address Announcers

• Alex Anthony – New York Jets and New York Mets
• Pete Arbogast – Los Angeles Dodgers
• Rex Barney – Baltimore Orioles
• Carl Beane – Boston Red Sox
• Renel Brooks-Moon – San Francisco Giants
• Charlie Brotman – U.S. presidential inauguration parades, Washington Senators, Washington Nationals
• Frederick William Burns – Earliest known announcer dating to 1884, New York Giants, Track and Field, Bicycle Racing, Automobile Racing, Boxing, Rowing
• Dick Callahan – Oakland Athletics, and Saint Mary's College of California
• Bob Casey – Minnesota Twins
• J. Fred Duckett – Houston Astros
• Sherm Feller – Boston Red Sox
• Paul Friedman – Chicago Cubs
• Halsey Hall – Minnesota Twins
• Jim Hall – New York Giants football team, New York Yankees
• Sherman Maxwell - known as "Jocko". 1st Sports Commentator of color. Also, PA announcer for the Newark Eagles of Negro league baseball.
• Bill Melton - Texas Rangers
• Wayne Messmer – Chicago Cubs
• Joel Meyers – St. Louis Cardinals
• Nick Nickson – Los Angeles Dodgers
• Pat Pieper – Chicago Cubs
• John Ramsey – Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Angels, USC Trojans
• Bob Sheppard – New York Yankees, New York Giants
• Sherry Davis - San Francisco Giants - 1st Full Time Female Public Address Announcer in Professional Baseball History. 1993-2000

Basketball

National Basketball Association

• Michael Baiamonte – Miami Heat
• Patrick K Doughty (Big Pat) – Charlotte Hornets
• Andy Jick – Boston Celtics, Boston College
• Herbie Kuhn- Toronto Raptors
• John Mason – Detroit Pistons
• Mark Mason – Portland Trail Blazers
• Scott Moak - Sacramento Kings
• Eddie Palladino – Boston Celtics
• Brian Day - Golden State Warriors
• Paul Porter – Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Dan Roberts – Utah Jazz
• Olivier Sedra – Brooklyn Nets ^[1]
• Tim Sinclair – Chicago Bulls
• Lawrence Tanter – Los Angeles Lakers ^[2]
• Mike Walczewski – New York Knicks

Other Basketball Announcers

• Ray Clay – Chicago Bulls (1990-2002), Chicago Sky
• Frank Fallon – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
• Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
• Bill Melton - Dallas Chaparrals (ABA)

Boxing/Wrestling

• Michael Buffer – Boxing
• Tony Chimel – World Wrestling Entertainment
• David Diamante – boxing ^[3]
• Howard Finkel – World Wrestling Entertainment
• Lilian Garcia – World Wrestling Entertainment
• Joe Humphreys – Boxing, member of the Boxing Hall of Fame
• Jimmy Lennon, Jr. – boxing
• Justin Roberts – All Elite Wrestling, formerly of World Wrestling Entertainment

Football

National Football League

• Chico Renfroe - 1st Known African-American PA Announcer in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, late 1970s ^[4]
• Alan Roach – Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NFL International Series, former PA Announcer of the Denver Broncos
• Jeff Shreve – Cleveland Browns
• Tim Sinclair – Chicago Bears
• Bill Melton - Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl

Other Football Announcers

• Kate Scott - 1st Female to Announce NCAA Division I-A (FBS) Football Game with the Pac-12 Football Championship Game

Horse racing

• Chic Anderson – horse racing (best known for work at Belmont Park)
• Tom Durkin – horse racing
• Phil Georgeff – horse racing
• Dave Johnson – horse racing

Ice Hockey

National Hockey League

• Gene Honda – Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University, NCAA Final Four, and Chicago PBS WTTW
• Lou Nolan – Philadelphia Flyers
• Mike Ross – Toronto Maple Leafs
• Wes Johnson – Washington Capitals
• Alan Roach - Colorado Avalanche
• Paul Porter- Tampa Bay Lightning Orlando Magic
• Joe Tolleson - New York Rangers
• Alex Anthony - New York Islanders

Mixed

• Tom Carnegie – Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana high school basketball
• Marty Glickman – (sports announcer)
• Bob Jenkins - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Bill Melton - 1996 Olympics, Cotton Bowl Classic, Texas Relays, FIBA World Basketball Championships, FIFA Men's and Women's World Cup Soccer, World Championship Tennis, SMU football and basketball
• Alan Roach – Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota Vikings, Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NFL International Series, Olympic Hockey, Olympic Boxing, former PA Announcer of the Denver Broncos
• Jeff Shreve – Cleveland Browns – University of Akron, Canton Charge, Mid-American Conference
• Don Wadewitz - Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers, UW-Whitewater Warhawks

References

1. "Brooklyn Nets Name Olivier Sedra as Public Address Announcer". NBA.com .
2. "Broadcasting Live: Lawrence Tanter – Basketball and All That Jazz". NBA.com .
3. "He said, "Brooklyn Ball!!" - NetsDaily". 14 August 2017.
4. "Othello "Chico" Renfroe". The Booker T. Washington High School Oral History Project. March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2024.