This being the first year that ESPN Radio will air regular season NFL games, we have the schedule for the first five weeks of the 2013 season plus one preseason game.
ESPN Radio has signed contracts with the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers to air their games outside of the local market. So the games will involve most of these teams except in Week 2 on September 15 when ESPN Radio airs Minnesota at Chicago. One highlight will be the Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota game in London’s Wembley Stadium on September 29.
Overall, ESPN Radio will pick up 17 games during the regular season. They’ll be called either by Marc Kestecher, Sean McDonough, Bill Rosinski or Ryan Ruocco. The analysts for the games will be Herm Edwards, Shaun O’Hara, Bill Polian or Damien Woody.
ESPN Radio will air one preseason game on August 24 between the New York Giants and the New York Jets.
Here’s the official announcement.
ESPN Radio NFL Regular Season Kicks off with Tennessee/Pittsburgh
Giants, Eagles, Vikings, Bears, Panthers Also in First Five Weeks
ESPN Radio’s first season of broadcasting Sunday afternoon NFL games will kick off with an AFC matchup of Tennessee at Pittsburgh on opening Sunday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. ET. This season, ESPN plans to broadcast 17 regular-season NFL games, one each week.
NFC North rivals Minnesota and Chicago meet on Sept. 15, also at 1 p.m. Two Giants games (at Carolina Sept. 22 and hosting NFC East rival Philadelphia Oct. 6) and one Steelers game (vs. Minnesota from Wembley Stadium in London on Sept. 29) round out the early season lineup.
ESPN Radio’s first NFL broadcast will be the New York Jets at New York Giants pre-season tilt Saturday, Aug. 24, at 6 p.m. ET.
Commentators
This season, Sean McDonough, Bill Rosinski, Marc Kestecher and Ryan Ruocco will provide play by play. Herm Edwards, Bill Polian, Damien Woody and Shaun O’Hara will serve as analysts.
The remainder of the schedule will be announced throughout the season.
Date Time (ET) Game Sat, Aug 24 6 p.m. New York Jets at New York Giants Sun, Sept 8 1 p.m. Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers Sun, Sept 15 1 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Sun, Sept 22 1 p.m. New York Giants at Carolina Panthers Sun, Sept 29 1 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings Sun, Oct 6 1 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants ESPN Audio and the NFL
Since its launch in 1992, ESPN Radio has provided comprehensive coverage of the NFL including The NFL on ESPN Radio studio show with reports from every game each Sunday during the regular season and onsite programming from the NFL Draft. Onsite Super Bowl coverage began in 1992 with Mike Tirico hosting from Minneapolis. Onsite programming has expanded to the current lineup of Mike & Mike, The Herd, SVP & Russillo and more. In 2013, ESPN Radio signed individual multi-year agreements with the New York Giants, New York Jets, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins for out-of-market Sunday afternoon syndication rights.
There you have it.
