List of Cleveland Cavaliers broadcasters

The Cleveland Cavaliers are currently heard on the radio via the Cavaliers AudioVerse, with flagship stations WTAM (1100 AM/106.9 FM) and WMMS (100.7 FM). Select Spanish-language broadcasts are heard online.[1]

FanDuel Sports Ohio serves as the team's primary TV home. John Michael handles the play-by-play duties, former Cavalier players Austin Carr and Brad Daugherty alternate as color commentator, and Serena Winters as sideline reporter.

Years are listed in descending order. Gold shading indicates championship season.

Television

Former Cavs All-Star guard and longtime TV analyst Austin Carr
Year Cable TV Play-by-play Commentator(s) Sidelines
2024–25 FanDuel Sports Ohio John Michael
Serena Winters[2]
2023–24 Bally Sports Ohio WUAB
WTCL-LD/WOHZ-CD (Spanish simulcast)		 John Michael
Rafael Hernandez Brito (Spanish radio simulcast)
Serena Winters[2]
2022–23 Bally Sports Ohio John Michael
Serena Winters[3]
2021–22 Bally Sports Ohio John Michael Austin Carr
  • Angel Gray
  • Andre Knott
  • Serena Winters[a]
2020–21
  • Fox Sports Ohio/
  • Bally Sports Ohio[b]
 John Michael Austin Carr Angel Gray
2019–20 Fox Sports Ohio John Michael Austin Carr Angel Gray
2018–19 Fox Sports Ohio Fred McLeod Austin Carr Angel Gray
2017–18 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Allie Clifton
2016–17 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Allie Clifton
2015–16 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Allie Clifton
2014–15 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Allie Clifton
2013–14 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Allie Clifton
2012–13 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Allie Clifton
2011–12 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Jeff Phelps
2010–11 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr Jeff Phelps
2009–10 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr
2008–09 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr
2007–08 FSN Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr
2006–07 FSN Ohio WUAB Fred McLeod Austin Carr
2005–06 FSN Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
2004–05 FSN Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
2003–04 FSN Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
2002–03 FSN Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Austin Carr
  • Matt Guokas
2001–02 FSN Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Austin Carr
  • Matt Guokas
2000–01 FSN Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Austin Carr
  • Matt Guokas
1999–2000 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Austin Carr
  • Matt Guokas
1998–99 Fox Sports Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Austin Carr
  • Matt Guokas
1997–98 SportsChannel Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Matt Guokas (SC)
  • Brad Daugherty (WUAB)
1996–97 SportsChannel Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
1995–96 SportsChannel Ohio WUAB Michael Reghi
  • Jim Chones (SC)
  • Quinn Buckner (WUAB)
1994–95 SportsChannel Ohio WUAB[6] Michael Reghi
  • Jim Chones (SC)
  • Quinn Buckner (WUAB)
1993–94 SportsChannel Ohio WOIO Denny Schreiner[d] Jim Chones
1992–93 SportsChannel Ohio WOIO
Jim Chones
1991–92 SportsChannel Ohio WOIO
Jim Chones
1990–91 SportsChannel Ohio WOIO
  • Denny Schreiner (SC)
  • Joe Tait (WOIO)
 Jim Chones
1989–90 SportsChannel Ohio WOIO
  • Denny Schreiner (SC)
  • Joe Tait (WOIO)
 Jim Chones
1988–89 WOIO[8] Joe Tait Jim Chones
1987–88 WUAB Jack Corrigan Jim Chones
1986–87 WUAB
  • Jim Brinson
  • Jack Corrigan
1985–86 WUAB
  • Jim Brinson
  • Jack Corrigan
1984–85 WUAB
1983–84 Sports Ex WUAB Nev Chandler Austin Carr
1982–83 Ten TV[e] WUAB Nev Chandler Austin Carr
1981–82 WUAB Bruce Drennan
1980–81 WUAB[10] Bruce Drennan
1979–80 WJKW
1978–79 WJKW
  • Harry Jones
  • Jim Mueller
1977–78 WJKW[f]
  • Harry Jones
  • Jim Mueller
1976–77 WJW-TV
  • Harry Jones
  • Jim Mueller
1975–76 No games carried on local television[11][12]
1974–75 WUAB
  • Joe Tait
  • Jerry Healey
  • Jim Lessig[13]
1973–74 WUAB Joe Tait
1972–73 WUAB Frank Sweeney[14]
1971–72 WEWS-TV
1970–71 WEWS-TV[15]
  • Gib Shanley
  • Hal Lebovitz
  • Bob Brown

Radio

Curt Gowdy Award winner Joe Tait - who spent 39 seasons as the Cavs radio voice.[7]
Further information: Cavaliers AudioVerse
Year Radio Play-by-play Commentator Studio Spanish Radio Spanish play-by-play
2024–25
Tim Alcorn Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers[16]		 Cavs App (online) Rafael Hernandez Brito
2023–24
Tim Alcorn Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers[16]		 WNZN Rafael Hernandez Brito
2023–22
Tim Alcorn Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers[16]		 WNZN Rafael Hernandez Brito
2021–22
Tim Alcorn Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WNZN Rafael Hernandez Brito
2020–21
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 Tim Alcorn Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WNZN Rafael Hernandez Brito
2019–20
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 Tim Alcorn Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WLFM-LP[g] Rafael Hernandez Brito
2018–19
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WLFM-LP Rafael Hernandez Brito
2017–18
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WLFM-LP Rafael Hernandez Brito
2016–17
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WLFM-LP Rafael Hernandez Brito
2015–16
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WLFM-LP Rafael Hernandez Brito
2014–15
  • WTAM
  • WMMS
 John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers		 WLFM-LP[19] Rafael Hernandez Brito
2013–14 WTAM John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers
2012–13 WTAM John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers
2011–12 WTAM John Michael Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers
2010–11 WTAM
  • Joe Tait
  • Mike Snyder (fill-in)
 Jim Chones Mike Snyder
Brad Sellers
2009–10 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2008–09 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2007–08 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2006–07 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2005–06 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2004–05 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2003–04 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2002–03 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2001–02 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
2000–01 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1999–2000 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1998–99 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1997–98 WTAM Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1996–97 WTAM[h] Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1995–96 WWWE Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1994–95 WWWE Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1993–94 WWWE Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1992–93 WWWE Joe Tait Mike Snyder
1991–92 WWWE
  • Joe Tait
  • Jim Johnson[i]
1990–91 WWWE[21]
  • Joe Tait
  • Jim Johnson
1989–90 WRMR[j]
  • Joe Tait
  • Jim Johnson
1988–89 WRMR[22]
  • Joe Tait
  • Howard Kellman[23]
1987–88 WWWE Joe Tait
1986–87 WWWE Joe Tait
1985–86 WWWE Joe Tait
1984–85 WWWE Joe Tait
1983–84 WBBG[k] Joe Tait
1982–83 WBBG Paul Porter[24]
1981–82 WBBG Paul Porter
1980–81 WWWE Joe Tait
1979–80 WWWE Joe Tait
1978–79 WWWE Joe Tait
1977–78 WWWE Joe Tait
1976–77 WWWE Joe Tait
1975–76 WWWE Joe Tait
1974–75 WWWE Joe Tait
1973–74
Joe Tait
1972–73 WERE[m] Joe Tait
1971–72 WERE Joe Tait
1970–71 WERE[15] Joe Tait[n]

Notes

  1. ^ Gray left early in the season to take a job with ESPN,[4] was replaced by Knott on an interim basis, with Winters taking the post full time in January.[5]
  2. ^ While the season was in progress, Fox Sports Ohio changed its name to Bally Sports Ohio.
  3. ^ a b Austin Carr filled in for Quinn Buckner and Matt Guokas when they had NBA on NBC commitments.
  4. ^ Jack Corrigan filled in for Denny Schreiner when Schreiner's ESPN commitments made him unavailable.
  5. ^ Games were carried over Preview, a subscription television service hosted by WCLQ-TV (channel 61).[9]
  6. ^ WJW-TV became WJKW in 1977, back to WJW-TV in 1985 and WJW in 1998.
  7. ^ WLFM-LP was licensed as a low-power television station on channel 6, whose aural analog signal was receivable on 87.7 FM and operated as a conventional radio station.[17] WLFM-LP converted to digital television broadcasting in 2020 and now operates as Telemundo affiliate WTCL-LD.[18]
  8. ^ WWWE became WTAM on July 30, 1996.
  9. ^ Jim Johnson broadcast Cavaliers games on radio when Joe Tait was broadcasting games on WOIO.[20]
  10. ^ WRMR became WKNR in 2001.
  11. ^ WBBG became WMJI in 1987, WRDZ in 1988, WMIH in 1995, WWMK in 1998 and WCCR in 2015.
  12. ^ WKYC became WWWE on November 16, 1972.
  13. ^ WERE became WJMO in 2007.
  14. ^ Team executive Bob Brown called the first eight games of the 1970–71 season on the radio before the team hired Joe Tait.

References

  1. ^ Tim Alcorn and former Cavalier Jim Chones comprise the announcing team, with Mike Snyder as the pre-game/post-game host, the latter duties shared with Cleveland native and former NBA player Brad Sellers. Rafael Hernandez Brito serves as the announcer for the Spanish-language broadcasts.
  2. ^ a b Bally Sports Ohio announces Cavaliers 2022-23 regular season TV schedule & broadcast team - Bally Sports.com
  3. ^ Bally Sports Ohio announces Cavaliers 2023-24 regular season TV schedule & broadcast team, Bally Sports.com
  4. ^ Angel Gray [@Angel_Gray1] (November 11, 2021). "Dear Cleveland, ..." (Tweet). Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Amy Fadool Kane [@amyfadoolNBCS] (December 30, 2021). "I'm SCREAMING 🗣 CONGRATULATIONS to my girl @SerenaWinters! Back in an arena where she's meant to be! @BallySportsCLE- you got one of THE best. Can't wait to see you continue to shine 🌟 in The Land. 💛❤️" (Tweet). Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Cavs moving to Channel 43". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. September 17, 1994. p. C3. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b MacMullan and Tait win Gowdy Award - Hoop Hall.com (Basketball HOF) Archived June 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Pluto, Terry (October 1, 1988). "Tait has made changes in Cavs' radio and TV setups". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C2. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Bianculli, David (October 27, 1981). "ABC's No. 2 man departs to produce his own shows". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C10. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Ocker, Sheldon (September 3, 1980). "Cavs play-by-play applicants trickling in". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. F2. Retrieved October 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Ocker, Sheldon (October 23, 1975). "Blackout: Cavs have fans, but no TV contract". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. pp. C1, C17. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cavs' mini-view provided by TV". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. April 30, 1976. p. A2. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Crusaders, Cavs On TV". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. August 23, 1974. p. B3. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b "Broadcast Teams Set". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. October 14, 1972. p. B6. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b Shippy, Dick (October 14, 1970). "An Early Ratings Edge For CBS". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C11. Retrieved October 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ a b c Cavs 2022-23 Media Guide
  17. ^ "New 'Franken FM' Preps for Cleveland Launch". Radio World. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  18. ^ "WOIO-TV will launch new Telemundo station in Cleveland". WOIO. Cleveland, Ohio. September 22, 2021. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  19. ^ Kleps, Kevin (October 16, 2014). "Cleveland Cavs games will be broadcast in Spanish on 87.7 FM La Mega". Crain's Cleveland Business. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  20. ^ Pluto, Terry (August 12, 1989). "Canton broadcaster gets Cavs radio post". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C1. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Dolgan, Bob (October 11, 1990). "Cavs games returning to powerful WWWE". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via NewsBank.
  22. ^ Dyer, Bob (January 30, 1988). "Cavs end contract with WWWE". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. B8. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Nicewanger, Steve (April 10, 2014). "Howard Kellman: For 39 Years, the Voice of the Indianapolis Indians". TheWeeklyView.net. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  24. ^ Turner, Jamie (May 27, 2009). "The Q, with Magic PA announcer Paul Porter, former Cavs broadcaster and PA announcer". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  25. ^ "Major leagues to divide $42.3-million melon in '73" (PDF). Broadcasting. Vol. 84, no. 9. February 26, 1973. pp. 37–43, 46. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

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