List of Cleveland Browns broadcasters

Since 2013, radio coverage of the Cleveland Browns professional football team has originated from flagship stations WKNR (850 AM), WKRK-FM (92.3 FM) and WNCX (98.5 FM). Play-by-play announcer Andrew Siciliano, color commentator Nathan Zegura and sideline analyst/reporter Je'Rod Cherry form the radio team (during the preseason, Zegura moves to TV, Cherry moves to the booth, and Ken Carman serves as sideline reporter).^[1] Spanish-language broadcasts originate over WJMO (1300 AM) with announcers Rafa Hernández-Brito and Octavio Sequera.

WEWS (channel 5) is the preseason TV home of the Browns, with veteran national announcer Chris Rose (play by play), Nathan Zegura (color commentary) and sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala comprising the broadcast team.^[2]

Radio

Further information: Cleveland Browns Radio Network

The following is a list of sportscasters who have covered the Browns over the radio throughout the team's history (including its first four seasons as a member of the All-America Football Conference and original incarnation in the NFL from 1950 to 1995), split by play-by-play and commentary. The team began using radio sideline reporters upon its return to the NFL in 1999. Gold shading indicates championship season.^[3]

Year	Radio	Play-by-play	Commentary	Sideline
1946	WGAR[a]	Bob Neal	Stan Gee[3]
1947	WGAR	Bob Neal	Bill Mayer[4][5]
1948	WGAR[6]	Bob Neal	Bill Mayer
1949	WGAR[7]	Bob Neal	Bill Mayer
1950	WERE[b]	Bob Neal[8]
1951	WERE	Bob Neal
1952	WTAM[9][c]	Ken Coleman[10]
1953	WTAM	Ken Coleman
1954	WGAR	Bill McColgan[11]	Bill Mayer
1955	WGAR	Bill McColgan[3]	Jim Graner[12]
1956	WGAR	Bill McColgan	Jim Graner
1957	WGAR	Bill McColgan	Jim Graner
1958	WGAR	Bill McColgan	Jim Graner
1959	WGAR	Bill McColgan	Jim Graner
1960	WGAR	Bill McColgan	Jim Graner
1961	WGAR	Gib Shanley[13]
1962	WERE[14]	Gib Shanley
1963	WERE	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner[3]
1964	WERE	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1965	WERE	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1966	WERE	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1967	WERE	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1968	WHK[15]	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1969	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1970	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1971	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1972	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1973	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1974	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1975	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller[16]
1976	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1977	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1978	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1979	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1980	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1981	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1982	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1983	WHK	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1984	WHK[17]	Gib Shanley	Jim Mueller
1985	WWWE[c] WDOK	Nev Chandler Jim Mueller	Doug Dieken[18]
1986	WWWE WDOK	Nev Chandler Jim Mueller	Doug Dieken
1987	WWWE WDOK	Nev Chandler[19]	Doug Dieken
1988	WWWE WDOK	Nev Chandler	Doug Dieken
1989	WWWE WDOK	Nev Chandler	Doug Dieken
1990	WWWE WLTF[20]	Nev Chandler	Doug Dieken
1991	WHK WMMS[21]	Nev Chandler	Doug Dieken
1992	WHK WMMS	Nev Chandler	Doug Dieken
1993	WHK WMMS	Nev Chandler	Doug Dieken
1994	WKNR[a] WDOK	Casey Coleman[22]	Doug Dieken
1995	WKNR WDOK	Casey Coleman	Doug Dieken
1996	n/a; franchise inactive[23]
1997
1998
1999	WMJI[24] WTAM[c]	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2000	WMJI WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2001	WMMS[25] WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2002	WMMS WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2003	WMMS WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2004	WMMS WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2005	WMMS WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman
2006	WMMS WTAM	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Casey Coleman[d] Andre Knott
2007	WMMS WTAM	Mike Snyder (preseason) Jim Donovan[e]	Doug Dieken	Andre Knott[26]
2008	WMMS WTAM	Mike Snyder (preseason) Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Andre Knott
2009	WMMS WTAM	Mike Snyder (preseason) Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Andre Knott
2010	WMMS WTAM	Mike Snyder (preseason) Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Jamir Howerton[27]
2011	WMMS WTAM	Mike Snyder (preseason) Jim Donovan[f]	Doug Dieken	Jamir Howerton
2012	WMMS WTAM	Mike Snyder (preseason) Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Jamir Howerton
2013	WKNR[g] WKRK-FM WNCX	Jeff Phelps (preseason) Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Jamir Howerton
2014	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jeff Phelps (preseason) Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Nathan Zegura
2015	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Nathan Zegura
2016	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Nathan Zegura
2017	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Nathan Zegura
2018	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Dustin Fox Nathan Zegura[h]
2019	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Nathan Zegura
2020	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken	Nathan Zegura
2021	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Doug Dieken[30]	Nathan Zegura
2022	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan	Nathan Zegura[1]	Je'Rod Cherry[31]
2023	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan Various fill-ins[i]	Nathan Zegura	Je'Rod Cherry
2024	WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX	Jim Donovan (preseason)[j] Andrew Siciliano	Je'Rod Cherry (preseason) Nathan Zegura	Ken Carman (preseason) Je'Rod Cherry

Spanish

Year	Radio	Play-by-play	Commentary
2023	WNZN WVKO-FM	Rafa Hernández-Brito	Octavio Sequera
2024	WJMO[k] WNZN WWLA/WJYD[l][35]	Rafa Hernández-Brito	Octavio Sequera

Television

Preseason TV

Year	Affiliate	Play-by-play	Commentary	Sideline
1999	WKYC	Michael Reghi[36]	Bob Golic
2000	WKYC	Don Criqui[36]	Todd Blackledge
2001	WKYC	Don Criqui	Todd Blackledge
2002	WKYC	Don Criqui	Todd Blackledge
2003	WKYC	Don Criqui	Todd Blackledge
2004	WKYC	Don Criqui	Todd Blackledge
2005	WOIO[37]	Sam Rosen	Brian Brennan Bob Golic[m] Reggie Rucker	Sharon Reed
2006	WKYC[n]	Sam Rosen[39]	Brian Brennan Bernie Kosar
2007	WKYC[40]	Jim Donovan	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski[41]
2008	WKYC	Jim Donovan	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski
2009	WKYC	Jim Donovan	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski
2010	WKYC	Jim Donovan	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski
2011	WKYC	Andrew Catalon[o]	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski
2012	WKYC	Jim Donovan	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski
2013	WKYC	Jim Donovan	Bernie Kosar	Dave Chudowski
2014	WKYC[43]	Jim Donovan	Solomon Wilcots	Dave Chudowski
2015	WEWS[44]	Mike Patrick[45]	Solomon Wilcots	Andy Baskin
2016	WEWS	Mike Patrick	Solomon Wilcots	Andy Baskin
2017	WEWS	Mike Patrick	Solomon Wilcots	Andy Baskin
2018	WEWS[46]	Jay Crawford	Tim Couch	Jon Doss
2019	WEWS	Jay Crawford	Tim Couch	Jon Doss
2020	n/a; preseason cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	WEWS	Tom McCarthy	Joe Thomas	Nathan Zegura
2022	WEWS[2]	Chris Rose	Joe Thomas	Aditi Kinkhabwala
2023	WEWS	Chris Rose	Joe Thomas	Aditi Kinkhabwala
2024	WEWS	Chris Rose	Nathan Zegura	Aditi Kinkhabwala

Notes

1. WGAR became WKNR in 1990; currently home to WHKW.
2. WERE became WJMO in 2007.
3. WTAM became KYW in 1956, WKYC in 1965, WWWE in 1972 and reverted to the WTAM calls in 1996.
4. Coleman died while the 2006 season was in progress, with Knott taking over immediately thereafter (as he had already been filling in during Coleman's illness).^[26]
5. From 2007-2012 during the preseason, Donovan called the games on TV, Mike Snyder called them on radio, and Donovan went back to radio for the regular season. When the Browns changed radio flagships for the 2013 season, Jeff Phelps called preseason games on radio
6. Mike Snyder also filled in for Donovan for two games during the 2011 season related to his treatment for leukemia.^[28]
7. Renamed from WRMR in 2001 and is the successor to the original WKNR; see 2001 in radio.
8. Nathan Zegura was suspended for eight games during the 2018 season after an altercation with an NFL referee; Dustin Fox of co-flagship WKRK-FM filled in for Zegura.^[29]
9. Following the season opener, Donovan announced he would step away from the broadcast team to undergo treatment for leukemia, with Chris Rose, Andrew Siciliano, Paul Keels and Tom McCarthy filling in during his absence.^[32] Donovan returned for the week 11 game on November 19.^[33]
10. Donovan announced his retirement shortly before the start of the regular season due to undergoing treatment for cancer, with Siciliano named as his replacement
11. WJMO became the Spanish-language flagship on November 1, 2024.^[34]
12. WVKO-FM became WWLA in 2024 and added WJYD as a simulcast.^[34]
13. Golic served as play-by-play announcer for the first game, with Rosen then taking over for the remainder of the preseason.
14. The Browns voided their three-year^[37] preseason contract with WOIO on July 18, 2006, after the station's news coverage of the drowning of then-team owner Randy Lerner's six-year-old niece.^[38] A replacement contract with WKYC was announced on August 3, 2006.^[39]
15. Andrew Catalon filled in for Jim Donovan during the 2011 preseason during Donovan's recovery from a bone marrow transplant.^[42]