WESTWOOD ONE ANNOUNCES ALL-STAR BROADCAST TEAM FOR SUPER BOWL XLIII
By Daniel at 31 January, 2009, 8:41 pm
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– Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, John Dockery
Mark Malone, Jim Gray and Tommy Tighe -
New York, NY- Monday, Jan 26, 2009 - New York, NY - January 26, 2009 - Westwood One (WWON:OB), the exclusive network radio home of the National Football League (NFL), is proud to announce the all-star broadcast team for Super Bowl XLIII featuring: Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, John Dockery, Mark Malone, Jim Gray and Tommy Tighe.
Super Bowl XLIII airs live from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Sunday, February 1, 2009 —5:00 PM ET. Pregame coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. ET, followed by kickoff at approximately 6:25 p.m. ET. Westwood One’s Monday Night NFL commentators Marv Albert and Boomer Esiason will provide complete play-by-play coverage with John Dockery and Mark Malone reporting from the sidelines. Jim Gray will host the pregame and halftime shows as well as provide interviews and insight from athletes and celebrities in attendance. Pregame coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. ET, with “Super Bowl Preview”, followed at 4:00 p.m. ET by “Super Sunday”, a one-hour special that reflects on past Super Bowls and previews the upcoming game, both hosted by Tommy Tighe.
“Westwood One is proud to have assembled the absolute best sports announce team on radio for America’s greatest game,” said Gary Schonfeld, President, Network Division of Westwood One. “We are also thrilled to announce that our Super Bowl broadcast will once again be heard by the dedicated men and women in uniform serving our Nation around the world via the American Forces Radio Network.”
Super Bowl XLIII will be heard on over 625 radio stations across America and on American Forces Radio Network. American Forces Radio Network provides programming to America’s military forces around the globe. The American Forces Radio Network serves over one million men and women in uniform, Department of Defense personnel, American Embassies and Consulates in over 175 countries and territories as well as on nearly 150 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command ships at sea. Fans looking for the station in their area airing Westwood One’s Super Bowl broadcast can visit www.westwoodone.com/superbowl beginning January 26, 2009. The website will feature a nationwide station finder and announcer bios from Westwood One’s broadcast crew.
The Westwood One 2008-2009 NFL broadcast schedule features 57 games, including: the Hall of Fame game, Opening Kickoff game, 17 Monday Night games, including one doubleheader, 34 Sunday afternoon doubleheaders, 16 Sunday Night games, seven Thursday Night games (including Opening Night and Thanksgiving Night), Thanksgiving Tripleheader, 12 Postseason games, including the NFL Playoffs, the AFC and NFC Championship games, Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa and the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. Westwood One also delivers specialty programs, including: The NFL Today, NFL Preview, NFL Insider, and 3rd and Long with Howie Long.
Westwood One is the leader in play-by-play sports broadcasts on radio. Westwood One’s sports lineup also includes regular season NFL football, the Playoffs and the Super Bowl; NCAA Football and Basketball including the Final Four; College World Series; Frozen Four; the Olympics; Masters and more.
About Westwood One
Westwood One is the largest independent provider of network radio programming and the largest provider of traffic information in the U.S. Westwood One serves more than 5,000 radio and TV stations in the U.S. The Company provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk and entertainment programs, features and live events to numerous media partners. Through its Metro Traffic division, Westwood provides traffic reporting and local news, sports and weather to over 2,200 radio and TV stations. The Company also provides digital and other cross platform delivery of its network and Metro content.
WESTWOOD ONE SUPER BOWL BROADCAST TEAM
Marv Albert, the voice of Monday Night Football on Westwood One, returns for his seventh Super Bowl broadcast as play-by-play announcer. For over 25 years, Albert has served as primary play-by-play voice for the NBA on NBC and TNT, along with play-by-play announcing for NFL football, college basketball, boxing, NHL All-Star games, and has hosted studio and pre-game shows for Major League Baseball. Albert has won six Cable Ace Awards, three New York Emmy awards and was named New York State Sportscaster of the Year an unprecedented 20 times. In 1997, he was awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors given to sports journalists.
Boomer Esiason provides color commentary for Westwood One’s critically acclaimed Monday Night Football broadcast team and this marks his ninth Super Bowl broadcast for the network. Esiason co-host’s The NFL Today for CBS Sports and also served as the Monday Night Football analyst for ABC Sports for two seasons before joining Westwood One. Boomer also spends mornings co-hosting a daily radio show on WFAN in New York, and co-hosts NFL Preview with Tommy Tighe each week on Westwood One as well. Prior to embarking on a broadcasting career, Esiason was one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history. He spent 14 years in the NFL and quarterbacked the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII. In 1988, Esiason was named NFL MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America and the Associated Press.
John Dockery served as the primary sideline reporter for eight years for Westwood One’s Monday Night Football broadcasts, and this marks his eleventh Super Bowl for the network. Dockery joined Westwood One/CBS Radio Sports in 1980 as an NFL analyst, and served as a reporter for college football from 1986 to 1990. Dockery also served as sideline reporter for NBC Sports’ Notre Dame football broadcast for several years and contributed to NBC’s coverage of the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Summer Games. Dockery is a former NFL defensive back and was a member of the New York Jets Super Bowl III Championship team.
Mark Malone will be working his first Super Bowl for the network, after joining Westwood One this season as a game analyst and sideline reporter. Malone, an All-American quarterback at Arizona State and first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, will also patrol the sidelines at Raymond James Stadium. A ten-year veteran of the NFL, Malone quarterbacked the Steelers to the 1984 AFC Championship Game. Malone spent a decade with ESPN where he hosted many NFL shows including Edge NFL Matchup, NFL Tonight, and Monday Night Countdown. Prior to joining Westwood One, he served as Sports Director for WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he garnered four Emmys for his work.
Jim Gray joined Westwood One in 2001 as host of the network’s Monday Night Football pre-game and halftime shows and this marks his eighth Super Bowl fulfilling the same role for the network. Gray covers boxing for Showtime, is a contributor to NBC’s Today Show, and also recently served as a courtside reporter for the NBA on ESPN. Gray’s numerous credits include: seven Olympic Games, 22 Masters, twelve Super Bowls, seven World Series and 15 NBA Finals. Gray has won eight Emmy Awards and also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Tommy Tighe returns for his eighth Super Bowl with Westwood One. Tighe has been with Westwood One in numerous capacities since 1988 including hosting pre-game and halftime coverage of the NFL, NCAA football and NCAA basketball, and the Winter Olympics. He also currently co-hosts Westwood One’s weekly feature programs, NFL Preview with Boomer Esiason and NFL Insider with Steve Tasker.
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