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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 [174] [175] [176] | ABC [177] [178] | Chris Schenkel [179] | Jack Twyman [180] |
1968 | ABC [181] [182] [183] [184] | Chris Schenkel [185] | Jack Twyman |
1967 [186] | SNI [187] [188] | Chick Hearn | |
1966 | SNI [189] | Harry Caray | |
1965 [190] | SNI | Harry Caray | Bill Sharman |
1964 | SNI [191] | Marty Glickman [192] (first half) Buddy Blattner (second half) | Carl Braun (first half) Ed Macauley (second half) |
1963 | SNI [193] [194] | Chick Hearn | Bud Blattner |
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | NBC [195] | Curt Gowdy [196] | |
1957 | WPIX | Bob Wolff | Sonny Hertzberg [197] and Jack McCarthy (in the studio) |
1956 | WPIX | Bud Palmer [198] | 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 [200] | P. J. Carlesimo | Jorge Sedano | Kevin Winters | |
2023 | ESPN [201] | Marc Kestecher | P. J. Carlesimo | Ros Gold-Onwude and Monica McNutt | Kevin Winters | |
2022 | ESPN [202] | Marc Kestecher | P. J. Carlesimo | Ros Gold-Onwude and Monica McNutt | Kevin Winters | Monica McNutt |
2021 | ESPN [203] | Marc Kestecher | Jon Barry | Kevin Winters | P. J. Carlesimo | |
2020 | ESPN [204] | 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 [215] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Ric Bucher and Shelley Smith | Marc Kestecher | Will Perdue |
2008 | ESPN [216] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Ric Bucher and Shelley Smith | Marc Kestecher | Will Perdue |
2007 | ESPN [217] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Ric Bucher and Shelley Smith | Marc Kestecher | Will Perdue |
2006 | ESPN [218] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | |||
2005 | ESPN [219] | Jim Durham | James Worthy | |||
2004 | ESPN [220] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | |||
2003 | ESPN [221] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | Greg Anthony and Vinny Del Negro | Doug Brown | Kevin Loughery |
2002 | ESPN | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay [222] | |||
2001 | ESPN [223] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay | |||
2000 | ESPN [224] | Jim Durham | Jack Ramsay |
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