List of Cleveland Browns broadcasters

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Since 2013, radio coverage of the Cleveland Browns professional football team has originated from flagship stations WKNR (850 AM ), WKRK-FM (92.3 FM ) and WNCX (98.5FM). Jim Donovan has served as the team's play-by-play announcer since it resumed play in 1999. Color commentator Nathan Zegura and sideline analyst/reporter Je'Rod Cherry round out the radio team. [1] Spanish language broadcasts are heard on WNZN 89.1 FM with announcers Rafa Hernández-Brito and Octavio Sequera.

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WEWS (channel 5) is the preseason TV home of the Browns, with veteran national announcer Chris Rose (play by play), 10-time Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas (color commentary) and sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala comprising the broadcast team. [2]

Radio

The following is a list of sportscasters who have covered the Browns over the radio throughout the team's history (including its first four seasons as a member of the All-American Football Conference and original incarnation in the NFL from 1950 to 1995), split by play-by-play and commentary. The team began using radio sideline reporters upon its return to the NFL in 1999. Gold shading indicates championship season. [3]

YearRadioPlay-by-playCommentarySideline
1946 WGAR [lower-alpha 1] Bob Neal Stan Gee [3]
1947WGARBob NealBill Mayer [4] [5]
1948WGAR [6] Bob NealBill Mayer
1949WGAR [7] Bob NealBill Mayer
1950 WERE [lower-alpha 2] Bob Neal [8]
1951WEREBob Neal
1952 WTAM [9] [lower-alpha 3] Ken Coleman [10]
1953WTAMKen Coleman
1954WGAR Bill McColgan [11] Bill Mayer
1955WGARBill McColgan [3] Jim Graner [12]
1956WGARBill McColganJim Graner
1957WGARBill McColganJim Graner
1958WGARBill McColganJim Graner
1959WGARBill McColganJim Graner
1960WGARBill McColganJim Graner
1961WGAR Gib Shanley [13]
1962WERE [14] Gib Shanley
1963WEREGib ShanleyJim Graner [3]
1964WEREGib ShanleyJim Graner
1965WEREGib ShanleyJim Graner
1966WEREGib ShanleyJim Graner
1967WEREGib ShanleyJim Graner
1968 WHK [15] Gib ShanleyJim Graner
1969WHKGib ShanleyJim Graner
1970WHKGib ShanleyJim Graner
1971WHKGib ShanleyJim Graner
1972WHKGib ShanleyJim Graner
1973WHKGib ShanleyJim Graner
1974WHKGib ShanleyJim Graner
1975WHKGib Shanley Jim Mueller [16]
1976WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1977WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1978WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1979WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1980WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1981WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1982WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1983WHKGib ShanleyJim Mueller
1984WHK [17] Gib ShanleyJim Mueller
1985
Doug Dieken [18]
1986
  • WWWE
  • WDOK
  • Nev Chandler
  • Jim Mueller
Doug Dieken
1987
  • WWWE
  • WDOK
Nev Chandler [19] Doug Dieken
1988
  • WWWE
  • WDOK
Nev ChandlerDoug Dieken
1989
  • WWWE
  • WDOK
Nev ChandlerDoug Dieken
1990
Nev ChandlerDoug Dieken
1991
Nev ChandlerDoug Dieken
1992
  • WHK
  • WMMS
Nev ChandlerDoug Dieken
1993
  • WHK
  • WMMS
Nev ChandlerDoug Dieken
1994 Casey Coleman [22] Doug Dieken
1995
  • WKNR
  • WDOK
Casey ColemanDoug Dieken
1996n/a; franchise inactive [23]
1997
1998
1999 Jim Donovan Doug DiekenCasey Coleman
2000
  • WMJI
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenCasey Coleman
2001
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenCasey Coleman
2002
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenCasey Coleman
2003
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenCasey Coleman
2004
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenCasey Coleman
2005
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenCasey Coleman
2006
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug Dieken
2007
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenAndre Knott [26]
2008
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenAndre Knott
2009
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenAndre Knott
2010
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenJamir Howerton [27]
2011
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Doug DiekenJamir Howerton
2012
  • WMMS
  • WTAM
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenJamir Howerton
2013Jim DonovanDoug DiekenJamir Howerton
2014
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenNathan Zegura
2015
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenNathan Zegura
2016
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenNathan Zegura
2017
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenNathan Zegura
2018
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug Dieken
2019
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenNathan Zegura
2020
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug DiekenNathan Zegura
2021
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanDoug Dieken [30] Nathan Zegura
2022
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Jim DonovanNathan Zegura [1] Je'Rod Cherry [31]
2023
  • WKNR
  • WKRK-FM
  • WNCX
Nathan ZeguraJe'Rod Cherry

Spanish

YearRadioPlay-by-playCommentary
2023Rafa Hernández-BritoOctavio Sequera

Television

Preseason TV

YearAffiliatePlay-by-playCommentarySideline
1999 WKYC Michael Reghi [35] Bob Golic
2000WKYC Don Criqui [35] Todd Blackledge
2001WKYCDon CriquiTodd Blackledge
2002WKYCDon CriquiTodd Blackledge
2003WKYCDon CriquiTodd Blackledge
2004WKYCDon CriquiTodd Blackledge
2005 WOIO [36] Sam Rosen Sharon Reed
2006WKYC [lower-alpha 10] Sam Rosen [38]
2007WKYC [39] Jim Donovan Bernie KosarDave Chudowski [40]
2008WKYCJim DonovanBernie KosarDave Chudowski
2009WKYCJim DonovanBernie KosarDave Chudowski
2010WKYCJim DonovanBernie KosarDave Chudowski
2011WKYC Andrew Catalon [lower-alpha 11] Bernie KosarDave Chudowski
2012WKYCJim DonovanBernie KosarDave Chudowski
2013WKYCJim DonovanBernie KosarDave Chudowski
2014WKYC [42] Jim Donovan Solomon Wilcots Dave Chudowski
2015 WEWS [43] Mike Patrick [44] Solomon WilcotsAndy Baskin
2016WEWSMike PatrickSolomon WilcotsAndy Baskin
2017WEWSMike PatrickSolomon WilcotsAndy Baskin
2018WEWS [45] Jay Crawford Tim Couch Jon Doss
2019WEWSJay CrawfordTim CouchJon Doss
2020n/a; preseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021WEWS Tom McCarthy Joe Thomas Nathan Zegura
2022WEWS [2] Chris Rose Joe Thomas Aditi Kinkhabwala
2023WEWSChris RoseJoe ThomasAditi Kinkhabwala

Notes

  1. 1 2 WGAR became WKNR in 1990; currently home to WHKW.
  2. WERE became WJMO in 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 WTAM became KYW in 1956, WKYC in 1965, WWWE in 1972 and reverted to the WTAM calls in 1996.
  4. Coleman died while the 2006 season was in progress, with Knott taking over immediately thereafter (as he had already been filling in during Coleman's illness). [26]
  5. Mike Snyder filled in for Jim Donovan for two games during the 2011 season related to his treatment for leukemia. [28]
  6. Renamed from WRMR in 2001 and is the successor to the original WKNR; see 2001 in radio.
  7. Nathan Zegura was suspended for eight games during the 2018 season after an altercation with an NFL referee; Dustin Fox of co-flagship WKRK-FM filled in for Zegura. [29]
  8. Following the season opener, Donovan announced he would step away from the broadcast team to undergo treatment for leukemia, with Chris Rose, Andrew Siciliano, Paul Keels and Tom McCarthy filling in during his absence. [32] Donovan returned for the week 11 game on November 19. [33]
  9. Golic served as play-by-play announcer for the first game, with Rosen then taking over for the remainder of the preseason.
  10. The Browns voided their three-year [36] preseason contract with WOIO on July 18, 2006, after the station's news coverage of the drowning of then-team owner Randy Lerner's six-year-old niece. [37] A replacement contract with WKYC was announced on August 3, 2006. [38]
  11. Andrew Catalon filled in for Jim Donovan during the 2011 preseason during Donovan's recovery from a bone marrow transplant. [41]

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