List of Washington Commanders broadcasters

The Washington Commanders are a professional American football franchise based in the Washington metropolitan area. They are members of the East division in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Commanders were founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves, named after the local baseball franchise.[1] The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1937.[1] In 2020, the team retired the Redskins name after longstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly played as the Washington Football Team before becoming the Commanders in 2022.[1]

The team's flagship station is WBIG-FM (Big 100.3), having been selected as the team's broadcast partner after following a partnership with iHeartMedia in 2022.[2] The team's previous longtime broadcast home was previously WTEM, by virtue of previously being owned by Red Zebra Broadcasting, a group co-owned by Snyder.[3]

List of team broadcasters
Year Play-by-play Analyst(s)
1937 Tony Wakeman[4]
1938
1939
1940
1941 Harry Wismer
1942
1943 Jim Gibbons
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952 Mel Allen
1953 Mel Allen[5] and Jim Gibbons[6] Jim Gibbons and Bill Malone
1954 Jim Gibbons Bill Malone[7]
1955 Eddie Gallaher[8] Charlie Justice
1956 Arch McDonald
1957
1958 Dan Daniels[9]
1959
1960
1961 Bill McColgan[10] Morrie Siegel[11]
1962
1963
1964 Steve Gilmartin Chuck Drazenovich[12]
1965
1966
1967
1968 Mal Campbell
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 Mal Campbell Len Hathaway
1975 Len Hathaway[13] Sam Huff
1976
1977 Dan Lovett
1978
1979 Frank Herzog
1980
1981 Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 Larry Michael
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Chris Cooley and Sonny Jurgensen
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 Chris Cooley
2020 Bram Weinstein DeAngelo Hall and Julie Donaldson
2021
2022 London Fletcher and Julie Donaldson
2023
2024 London Fletcher and Logan Paulsen

References

  1. ^ a b c "Washington Commanders Team History". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Jhabvala, Nicki. "Commanders announce new radio deal to air games on BIG 100 FM". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. ^ Farhi, Paul (July 17, 2008). "Snyder's Simulcast Plans Center on WTEM". Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  4. ^ "Wakeman, Irvin To Again Serve Redskins". The Washington Star. June 6, 1939. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ "(Ad) Washington Redskins vs. Chicago Bears". Evening Star. November 15, 1953. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ^ "(Ad) Washington Redskins vs. Chicago Cardinals". Evening Star. September 27, 1953. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "(Ad) Football Today". Evening Star. October 24, 1954. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ^ Yorke, Jeffery (October 31, 1995). "75 Years of Making Radio Waves". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  9. ^ Washington Redskins 1958 Yearbook (PDF). 1958. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  10. ^ Washington Redskins 1961 Yearbook (PDF). 1961. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  11. ^ Washington Redskins 1963 Yearbook (PDF). 1963. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  12. ^ "50 Stations on WMAL's Redskin 19-Game Network". Sponsor. August 10, 1964.
  13. ^ Shapiro, Leonard (November 22, 1981). "More Than Just a Pretty Voice". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 26, 2017.