The Rose Bowl was first televised in 1947 on W6XYZ, [1] an experimental station out of Los Angeles that would eventually become KTLA. [2]
Beginning with the 2010 season, ESPN (majority-owned by ABC's parent company, The Walt Disney Company) now broadcasts all the BCS/CFP games, including the Rose Bowl game. [3] [4] The game is also broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio and by ESPN International for Latin America. In 2013, ESPN Deportes provided the first Spanish language telecast in the U.S. of the Rose Bowl Game. [5]
The Rose Bowl game contract with ESPN was extended on June 28, 2012, to 2026, for a reportedly $80 million per year. [6] [7]
Date | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
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January 1, 2025 | ESPN | Chris Fowler | Kirk Herbstreit | Holly Rowe and Stormy Buonantony |
January 1, 2024 | Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge | |||
January 2, 2023 | Holly Rowe | |||
January 1, 2022 | Holly Rowe and Tiffany Blackmon | |||
January 1, 2021 [8] | Sean McDonough | Todd Blackledge | Todd McShay and Allison Williams | |
January 1, 2020 | Chris Fowler | Kirk Herbstreit | Maria Taylor and Tom Rinaldi | |
January 1, 2019 [9] | ||||
January 1, 2018 [10] [11] | ||||
January 2, 2017 [12] | Samantha Ponder and Tom Rinaldi | |||
January 1, 2016 [13] | Brent Musburger | Jesse Palmer | Maria Taylor | |
January 1, 2015 | Chris Fowler | Kirk Herbstreit | Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi | |
January 1, 2014 | Brent Musburger | |||
January 1, 2013 [14] | ||||
January 2, 2012 | Erin Andrews [15] | |||
January 1, 2011 |
From 1989 to 2010, the game was broadcast on ABC, usually at 2 p.m. PST; the 2005 edition was the first one broadcast in HDTV. The first 9-year contract in 1988 started at about $11 million, which is what NBC had been paying. The 2002 Rose Bowl was the first broadcast not set at the traditional 2:00pm West Coast time. [16] Beginning in 2007, FOX had the broadcast rights to the other Bowl Championship Series games, but the Rose Bowl, which negotiates its own television contract independent of the BCS, had agreed to keep the game on ABC.
The 1952 Rose Bowl, on NBC, was the first national telecast of a college football game. [55] The network broadcast both the Tournament of Roses Parade and the following game. The 1956 Rose Bowl has the highest TV rating of all college bowl games, watched by 41.1% of all people in the US with TV sets. [56] The 1962 game was the first college football game broadcast in color. Television ratings for the Rose Bowl declined as the number of bowl games increased. [56] The other bowl games also provided more compelling match-ups, with higher-ranked teams. [56] In 1988, NBC gave up the broadcast rights, as the television share dropped in 1987 below 20. [56]
Date | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
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January 1, 1988 [57] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] | NBC | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen | |
January 1, 1987 | ||||
January 1, 1986 | ||||
January 1, 1985 [58] | ||||
January 2, 1984 | ||||
January 1, 1983 [59] | ||||
January 1, 1982 [60] [61] | ||||
January 1, 1981 | ||||
January 1, 1980 | O. J. Simpson | |||
January 1, 1979 [62] [63] [64] | Curt Gowdy | John Brodie and O. J. Simpson | None | |
January 2, 1978 [65] | John Brodie | |||
January 1, 1977 | Don Meredith | |||
January 1, 1976 | Al DeRogatis | Ross Porter | ||
January 1, 1975 | ||||
January 1, 1974 | Al DeRogatis | |||
January 1, 1973 | ||||
January 1, 1972 | ||||
January 1, 1971 | Kyle Rote | None | ||
January 1, 1970 | ||||
January 1, 1969 [66] | ||||
January 1, 1968 | Paul Christman | |||
January 2, 1967 [67] | Lindsey Nelson | Terry Brennan | ||
January 1, 1966 | ||||
January 1, 1965 | Ray Scott | |||
January 1, 1964 | Terry Brennan | |||
January 1, 1963 | Mel Allen | Bill Symes | ||
January 1, 1962 | Braven Dyer | |||
January 2, 1961 | Chick Hearn [68] | |||
January 1, 1960 | Lee Giroux | |||
January 1, 1959 | Chick Hearn | |||
January 1, 1958 [69] | ||||
January 1, 1957 [70] | Lee Giroux | |||
January 2, 1956 | Sam Balter | |||
January 1, 1955 [71] | Dick Danehe | |||
January 1, 1954 [72] | Tom Harmon | |||
January 1, 1953 [73] | ||||
January 1, 1952 [74] [75] | Jack Brickhouse |
Date | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
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January 1, 2024 | ESPN Radio | Joe Tessitore | Dusty Dvoracek | Quint Kessenich |
January 2, 2023 | Marc Kestecher | Kelly Stouffer | Ian Fitzsimmons | |
January 1, 2022 | Tom Hart | Jordan Rodgers | Cole Cubelic | |
January 1, 2021 | Joe Tessitore | Andre Ware | Holly Rowe | |
January 1, 2020 | Bob Wischusen | Dan Orlovsky | Allison Williams | |
January 1, 2019 | Dave Pasch | Greg McElroy | Tom Luginbill | |
January 1, 2018 | Steve Levy | Brian Griese | Todd McShay | |
January 2, 2017 | Dave Pasch | Greg McElroy | Molly McGrath | |
January 1, 2016 | Brian Griese | Tom Rinaldi | ||
January 1, 2015 | Sean McDonough | Chris Spielman | Todd McShay | |
January 1, 2014 | Bill Rosinski | David Norrie | Joe Schad | |
January 1, 2013 | Dave Pasch | Brian Griese | Jenn Brown | |
January 2, 2012 | Chris Spielman | Tom Rinaldi | ||
January 1, 2011 | Bill Rosinski | David Norrie | Joe Schad | |
January 1, 2010 | Mike Tirico | Jon Gruden | Shelley Smith | |
January 1, 2009 | David Norrie | Erin Andrews | ||
January 1, 2008 | Dave Barnett | Rod Gilmore | ||
January 1, 2007 | Sean McDonough | Chris Spielman | Todd Harris | |
January 4, 2006 | Ron Franklin | Bob Davie | Dave Ryan | |
January 1, 2005 | Sean McDonough | Rod Gilmore | none used | |
January 1, 2004 | Mike Tirico | Chris Spielman | Matt Winer | |
January 1, 2003 | Steve Levy | Rod Gilmore | Alex Flanagan | |
January 3, 2002 | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten | |
January 1, 2001 | Charley Steiner [76] | Bill Curry | Holly Rowe | |
January 1, 2000 | Rod Gilmore | Rob Stone | ||
January 1, 1999 | Todd Christensen | Holly Rowe | ||
January 1, 1998 | none used | |||
January 1, 1997 | NBC Radio [77] | Joel Meyers [78] | Jack Snow | |
January 1, 1996 | ||||
January 2, 1995 | ||||
January 1, 1994 | ||||
January 1, 1993 | ||||
January 1, 1992 | ||||
January 1, 1991 | Wayne Larrivee [79] | |||
January 1, 1990 | Joel Meyers [80] | |||
January 2, 1989 | Mel Proctor | |||
January 1, 1988 | Marty Glickman | Stan White | ||
January 1, 1987 | Jack O'Rourke | |||
January 1, 1986 | ||||
January 1, 1985 | ||||
January 2, 1984 | Bob Costas | |||
January 1, 1983 | Jack O'Rourke [81] | Rick Forzano | ||
January 1, 1982 | ||||
January 1, 1981 | ||||
January 1, 1980 | Bob Buck | |||
January 1, 1979 | Tom Kelly | Bob Ufer* [82] | ||
January 2, 1978 | Barry Tompkins [83] | |||
January 1, 1977 | Tom Kelly | |||
January 1, 1976 | Marv Homan [84] | Fred Hessler* | ||
January 1, 1975 | Tom Kelly | Tom Hamlin* | ||
January 1, 1974 | ||||
January 1, 1973 | Marv Homan* | |||
January 1, 1972 | Don Klein [85] | Don Kramer* | ||
January 1, 1971 | Marv Homan* | |||
January 1, 1970 | Mike Walden | Don Kramer* | ||
January 1, 1969 | Marv Homan* [86] | |||
January 1, 1968 | Hilliard Gates* [87] | |||
January 2, 1967 | ||||
January 1, 1966 | Fred Hessler | Bob Reynolds* | ||
January 1, 1965 | Bob Ufer | Bob Blackburn* | ||
January 1, 1964 | Bob Wolff [88] | Larry Stewart* | ||
January 1, 1963 | Tom Kelly [89] | Mike Walden* [90] | ||
January 1, 1962 | Fred Hessler [91] | Chick Hearn* [92] | ||
January 2, 1961 | Curt Gowdy | Braven Dyer | ||
January 1, 1960 | Chick Hearn [93] | |||
January 1, 1959 | Bud Foster | |||
January 1, 1958 | Al Helfer [94] | Keith Jackson | ||
January 1, 1957 | Braven Dyer [95] | |||
January 2, 1956 | ||||
January 1, 1955 | ||||
January 1, 1954 | ||||
January 1, 1953 | ||||
January 1, 1952 | ||||
January 1, 1951 | CBS Radio | Red Barber [96] | Connie Desmond | |
January 2, 1950 | ||||
January 1, 1949 | Mel Allen [97] | John Herrington | ||
January 1, 1948 | NBC Radio | Bill Stern | none used | |
January 1, 1947 | ||||
January 1, 1946 | ||||
January 1, 1945 | ||||
January 1, 1944 | Ken Carpenter [98] | |||
January 1, 1943 | ||||
January 1, 1942 | ||||
January 1, 1941 | ||||
January 1, 1940 | ||||
January 2, 1939 | ||||
January 1, 1938 | Ronald Reagan | |||
January 1, 1937 | Don Wilson | |||
January 1, 1936 | ||||
January 1, 1935 | ||||
January 1, 1934 | Graham McNamee | Carl Haverlin | ||
January 2, 1933 | Don Wilson [99] | Ken Carpenter [100] | ||
January 1, 1932 | Graham McNamee | Carl Haverlin [101] [102] | ||
January 1, 1931 | ||||
January 1, 1930 | Lloyd Yoder [103] | |||
January 1, 1929 | Bill Munday [104] | |||
January 2, 1928 | Graham McNamee [105] [106] [107] | |||
January 1, 1927 |
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