List of St. Louis Cardinals broadcasters
Encyclopedia
Current broadcasters
- Radio: KMOX-AM 1120 (2011-present).
- Cable TV: FSN MidwestFSN MidwestFox Sports Midwest is a regional sports network that operates in eastern and central Missouri , central & southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa.-History:...
(1997-present).
Current announcers
- Radio: Mike ShannonMike ShannonThomas Michael Shannon is an American-born former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster.Shannon is a radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and played with the Cardinals during some of the team's most successful years...
(since 1972) and John RooneyJohn RooneyJohn Rooney is an American sportscaster, currently best known for his role as a radio broadcaster for Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals.-Early career:...
(since 2006). - Cable TV (152 games): Dan McLaughlinDan McLaughlinDan McLaughlin is a professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest.-Early life:...
(since 1999), Al HraboskyAl HraboskyAlan Thomas "Al" Hrabosky is a former Major League Baseball player from - for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves and is currently the color commentator on Cardinals regular season broadcasts on FSN Midwest...
(since 1985), and Rick Horton (since 2008; Free TV 2001-2007).
Past broadcasters
- Radio: KWK-AM 1380KSLG (AM)KSLG is an all-sports radio station, operating from St. Louis, Missouri. The station has used this format since June 2004. Prior to switching to an all-sports format, KSLG was a religious broadcasting radio station...
(1928-1943); WEW-AM 770WEWWEW is the oldest broadcast station west of the Mississippi River, and claims to be the second oldest in the United States. It broadcasts on AM at 1000 watts on 770 kHz; , it has a construction permit to raise its daytime power to 10,000 watts and introduce nighttime operation with 200 watts but...
(1944-1948); WIL-AM 1430 (1945-1947, 1949-1953); KXOK-AM 630 (1954); KMOX-AM 1120KMOX (AM)KMOX is a radio station broadcasting from St. Louis, Missouri. It is a 50,000-watt clear channel radio station, which permits its nighttime signal to be heard in most of the continental U.S. KMOX operates as "NewsRadio 1120" and refers to itself as "The Voice of St...
(1926-1940, 1955-2005); KTRS-AM 550KTRSKTRS may refer to:* KTRS , a radio station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States* KTRS-FM, a radio station licensed to Casper, Wyoming, United States...
(2006-2010) - Television (Broadcast): KSD/KSDK-Channel 5KSDKKSDK, Channel 5, is the NBC-affiliated television station in St. Louis, Missouri. KSDK is owned and operated by Gannett Company, and the station's transmitter is located in Marlborough, Missouri. The station broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 35, using its former analog channel assignment...
(1949-1987, 2007-2010); KPLR 11KPLR-TVKPLR-TV, channel 11, is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri. KPLR is owned by the Tribune Company, and is an affiliate of The CW Television Network. The station's studios are located in Maryland Heights, Missouri, in Northwest St. Louis County KPLR-TV, channel 11, is a television station...
(1988-2006) - Television (Cable): SportsTime (1984); Cardinals Cable NetworkCencom Cable TelevisionCencom Cable Television was a cable television distributor in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri-Metro-East, Illinois Metropolitan area between 1985 and 1993. Cencom bought out Storer Cable in late 1985, and transformed that Florissant cable outlet into Cencom. Cencom was the home of the St...
(1985-1989); Prime Sports MidwestPrime NetworkThe Prime Network was a group of regional sports networks owned by Liberty Media that served several regionalized areas that was in operation between 1983 and late-1997. While Liberty owned many of these stations, some were affiliates and owned by other companies...
(1994-1996)
Past announcers
- Bud Blattner (1960-1961)
- Jack BuckJack BuckJohn Francis "Jack" Buck was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. Buck received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987, and is honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame...
(1954-1959, 1961-2001) - Joe BuckJoe BuckJoseph Francis "Joe" Buck is an American sportscaster and the son of legendary sportscaster Jack Buck. He has won numerous Sports Emmy Awards for his play-by-play work with Fox Sports.-Education:...
(1991-2007) - Harry CarayHarry CarayHarry Caray, born Harry Christopher Carabina, was an American baseball broadcaster on radio and television. He covered four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with a long tenure calling the games of the St...
(1945-1969) - Bob CarpenterBob Carpenter (sportscaster)Bob Carpenter is a long-time sportscaster and current television play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals on MASN.-Biography:Bob Carpenter has been the Washington Nationals broadcaster since 2006....
(Cable TV 1984, 1994-1996; Free TV 1993-2005) - Dizzy DeanDizzy DeanJay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....
(1941-1946) - Joe Garagiola (c. 1955-1962)
- Rich Gould (1998-1999)
- George GrandeGeorge GrandeGeorge Grande is an American sportscaster who hosted the very first broadcast of SportsCenter on ESPN in 1979.-Early life and career:He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1969, where he won the 1968 College World Series...
(Free TV 1991-1992) - Jerry Gross (1961, 1963-1967)
- Wayne Hagin (radio 2003-2005, Free TV 2006)
- Milo HamiltonMilo HamiltonLeland Milo Hamilton is an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams since 1953...
(1954) - Dan KellyDan Kelly (sportscaster)Patrick Daniel "Dan" Kelly was a Canadian-born sportscaster best known for his radio play-by-play coverage of the St...
(1980-1984) - France LauxFrance LauxFrancis Laux, Jr. , usually known as France Laux, was the first full-time radio voice of baseball in St. Louis.-Early life:Laux was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA, the son of a local judge...
(1929-1943, 1945) - Gus MancusoGus MancusoAugust Rodney Mancuso , nicknamed "Blackie", was a professional baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies...
(1952-1953) - Garnett Marks (1927-1928)
- Joel MeyersJoel MeyersJoel Meyers is an American sportscaster and former play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association on Fox Sports West and KCAL. Meyers left the Lakers at the end of the 2010-2011 season when the team did not renew his contract.-Career:Meyers joined the Lakers...
(2002) - Johnny O'Hara (1943-1946)
- Bob Ramsey (1997-1998, 2004)
- Jay RandolphJay RandolphJennings "Jay" Randolph, Jr. is an American sportscaster whose career has spanned more than fifty years.-Early life and career:...
(1973-1987, 2007-2010) - Red RushRed RushWesley "Red" Rush II was an American sportscaster.A native of Long Beach, California, Rush attended the University of Southern California where he developed his interest in broadcasting. Rush did play-by-play for several Major League Baseball teams, including the Kansas City A's , Chicago White...
(1984) - Ozzie SmithOzzie SmithOsborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996...
(1997-1999) - Bob Starr (1972-1979)
- Gabby StreetGabby StreetCharles Evard “Gabby” Street , also nicknamed "The Old Sarge", was an American catcher, manager, coach and radio broadcaster in Major League Baseball during the first half of the 20th century. As a catcher, he participated in one of the most publicized baseball stunts of the century's first decade....
(1945-1950) - Mike Walden (1972)
- Harry WalkerHarry WalkerHarry William Walker, known to baseball fans of the middle 20th century as "Harry the Hat" , was an American baseball player, manager and coach.-Early life and family:...
(1973) - Ken Wilson (Cable and Free TV 1985-1990)
- Jim WoodsJim WoodsJames M. Woods was an American sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play work on Major League Baseball broadcasts.-Early life:...
(1970-1971)
External links
- www.stlradio.com - The Cardinals have a large embedded midwestern following due to radio broadcasting of games since 1926.
- St. Louis Cardinals : History : Cardinals All-Time Broadcasters