List of Tampa Bay Buccaneers broadcasters
Radio
The Buccaneers' current
The current line up of Tampa Bay Buccaneers radio affiliates is:
- Tampa - 97.9 FM WXTB
- (Spanish-language broadcasts)
- Fort Myers - 770 AM and 104.3 FM WBCN
- Hernando County - 1450 AM WWJB
- Miami - 940 AM WINZ
- Orlando - 740 AM and 96.9 FM WYGM
- Space Coast/Treasure Coast - 95.9 FM WROK
- West Palm Beach - 640 AM WMEN
Past
Broadcast legend and former Green Bay Packers announcer Ray Scott was the play-by-play man for the Bucs' 1976 and 1977 seasons. In 1978, Dick Crippen called the games for the first half of the season while Jim Gallogly did so for the second half. Mark Champion held the position from 1979 to 1988.
Former Buccaneer
Ronnie Lane previously worked as a sideline reporter.[1]
The Bucs have broadcast on FM radio since signing with Top 40 station 104.7 WRBQ-FM in 1992. The team moved to 99.5 WQYK-FM, in 1994, then to WFUS in 2004.
Television
While regular season and post-season games in the NFL are all broadcast by national television contracts on
Past
WTOG Channel 44 was the previous home to Buccaneer preseason games for many years, ending in 2002. Former CBS play-by-play and ESPN golf broadcaster Jim Kelly was the play-by-play announcer for many of those games in the 1980s and early 1990s, and Hank Stram and Joe Namath were commentators. In the early years of the franchise, WTVT-13, then a CBS affiliate, broadcast some Buccaneer preseason games. Sports anchor Andy Hardy handled the play-by-play, and for one game in 1978, his broadcast partner was his friend, Florida State alumni and movie actor Burt Reynolds. Ron Jaworski previously served as color commentator, until he signed with MNF for 2007.
By year
data not complete
Year | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) | Field reporter(s) | Producer |
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1976 | WTVT | Ray Scott | Andy Hardy | ||
1977 | |||||
1978 | Andy Hardy (2 games) | Steve Spurrier (1 game) Vic Prinzi & Burt Reynolds (1 game) | |||
1979 | WTOG | Jay Randolph | Hank Stram | ||
1980 | Jay Randolph (3 games) Jim Thacker (1 game) | ||||
1981 | Gary Bender | ||||
1982 | |||||
1983 | Jim Kelly | ||||
1984 | |||||
1985 | |||||
1986 | |||||
1987 | Jim Kelly (3 games) Tim Brant (1 game) |
Beasley Reece | |||
1988 | WTVT | Jim Kelly | Andy Hardy | ||
1989 | Andy Hardy | ||||
1990 | WTOG | Jim Kelly | Bruce L Copeland | ||
1991 | Joe Namath | ||||
1992 | Cris Collinsworth | ||||
1993 | |||||
1994 | |||||
1995 | Tom Mees | ||||
1996 | Randy Cross | ||||
1997 | Dave Sims | Beasley Reece | Scot Brantley | ||
1998 | Randy Cross | ||||
1999 | Ron Jaworski | ||||
2000 | |||||
2001 | |||||
2002 | Merrill Hoge (1 game) |
Doug Graber | |||
2003 | WFLA | Chris Myers | Ron Jaworski | JP Peterson | |
2004 | Merrill Hoge (1 game) and Doug Graber
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2005 | Merrill Hoge (2 games)
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2006 | Ron Jaworski (2 games) Doug Graber (2 games) | ||||
2007 | Charles Davis | ||||
2008 | Dave Reynolds | ||||
2009 | John Lynch | Dan Lucas | |||
2010 | |||||
2011 | WTSP |
References
- ^ Bucpower.Com
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
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