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NBC made history in the 1980s with an announcerless telecast, which was a one-shot experiment credited to Don Ohlmeyer, between the Jets and Dolphins in Miami on December 20, 1980), as well as a single-announcer telecast, coverage of the Canadian Football League during the 1982 players' strike, and even the first female play-by-play football announcer, Gayle Sierens.
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- ↑ 1999 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1998 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ 1996 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1995 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ 1992 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1991 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1990 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1989 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1988 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 1987 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ 1980 NFL Commentator Crews Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
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