Dial Global Radio, the audio rightsholder for the National Football League, will air Super Bowl XLVII to a whole host of stations across the United States. Kevin Harlan will call the play-by-play. Boomer Esiason will be the analyst. In addition, he’ll be on the Super Bowl Today pregame, halftime and postgame show for CBS. Mark Malone and Hall of Fame wide receiver James Lofton will be sideline analysts.
Jim Gray will be the broadcast host while Scott Graham will also be on hand for the broadcast.
Here are the particulars from Dial Global.
DIAL GLOBAL ANNOUNCES ALL-PRO BROADCAST TEAM FOR SUPER BOWL XLVII
— Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, James Lofton, Mark Malone, Jim Gray and Scott Graham, with Contributions from Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Rod Woodson —
— Esiason to pull double-duty for CBS Sports Television and Dial Global Radio broadcasts —New York, NY – January 24, 2013 – Dial Global Sports, the exclusive network radio home of the National Football League (NFL), is proud to announce its all-pro broadcast team for Super Bowl XLVII, featuring Kevin Harlan, Boomer Esiason, James Lofton, Mark Malone, Jim Gray and Scott Graham. Super Bowl XLVII airs live from the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Sunday, February 3, 2013 as the San Francisco 49ers take on the Baltimore Ravens. Super Bowl XLVII will be heard on more than 700 radio stations nationwide, as well as on Sirius/XM satellite radio, NFL.com/Audiopass, and the NFL Mobile App available to Verizon Wireless subscribers.
Beginning at 4:00pm ET, the Monday Night Football broadcast team of Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason will call their third Super Bowl together. CBS Sports/Dial Global’s Boomer Esiason will play two positions on Super Sunday—pregame/halftime/postgame analyst for television and game analyst for radio. Immediately following CBS Sports’ SUPER BOWL TODAY pregame show broadcast on the field, Esiason will make his way up to the Dial Global Sports booth to join the radio broadcast, then rejoin TV for both their halftime and postgame segments. This is the fourth time that Esiason will pull double-duty for the Super Bowl, having done so previously in Super Bowls XXXVIII, XLI, and XLIV.
Hall of Fame wide receiver James Lofton will patrol the 49ers’ sidelines and former NFL quarterback Mark Malone will report from the Ravens’ sidelines. Jim Gray hosts the pregame and halftime shows, as well as provides interviews and insight from athletes and celebrities in attendance. Three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady and Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will join Jim Gray as part of the pregame and the halftime coverage. In addition, Hall of Fame defensive back Rod Woodson will participate in Dial Global’s extended pregame show coverage. Scott Graham kicks off Dial Global’s extended pregame coverage with Super Bowl Preview at 3:00pm, ET, followed by Super Sunday at 4:00pm, ET.
Country superstar Tim McGraw will help kick off Dial Global’s coverage of Super Sunday with his amped up hit, “Truck Yeah.” In his record-shattering career, McGraw has sold over 40 million albums and dominated the charts with 32 number #1 singles, won three GRAMMY’s, 14 ACM Awards, 12 CMA Awards, and 10 AMA’s. Nielsen-BDS recently certified McGraw as the most-played Country artist of the past 20 years (1992-2012) with more than 10 million spins detected and Mediabase recognized him as the most-played Country artist in the history of their tracking service. His upcoming album, TWO LANES OF FREEDOM will be released on February 5, 2013.
“New Orleans is always a great stage for the Super Bowl, and we are excited to once again deliver America’s biggest game to a national audience, “said Howard Deneroff, EVP, Executive Producer, Dial Global Sports. “Kevin, Boomer and the rest of our outstanding broadcast crew will captivate radio fans with their description and analysis of all the action.”
Super Bowl XLVII will also be heard on American Forces Radio Network which 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 more than 250 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command ships at sea.
Fans looking for a local station in their area can visit www.dialglobalsports.com. The website will feature a nationwide station finder, announcer bios, and exclusive analysis from the broadcast crew throughout the week from New Orleans
As the exclusive radio partner of the NFL, the Dial Global Sports 2012-2013 NFL broadcast schedule also featured 64 prime-time games, including the Opening Kickoff game, 16 Monday Night games, including one doubleheader, 17 Sunday Night games, 14 Thursday Night games (including Thanksgiving Night), one Saturday Night game, a Thanksgiving Day doubleheader, 12 Postseason games, including the NFL Playoffs, the AFC and NFC Championship Games and the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. Dial Global Sports also delivers specialty programs, including The NFL Today, NFL Preview, NFL Insider, and NFL Sunday.
DIAL GLOBAL SPORTS SUPER BOWL XLVII BROADCAST TEAM
Kevin Harlan, in his third season as the full-time voice of Monday Night Football on Dial Global Sports, will call his third straight Super Bowl for the network. Harlan previously broadcast Super Bowl XXXV for CBS HDTV and also currently calls play-by-play for CBS Sports’ coverage of both the NFL and NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Harlan joined CBS Sports in 1998 as an NFL play-by-play announcer, after having served in the same capacity for Fox Sports since 1994. This was his 28th consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and with his additional role as play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT, this also marks his 25th season broadcasting the NBA. Harlan spent nine seasons (1985-93) as the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs and was the voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves for nine seasons as well. Harlan also called the Final Four on Westwood One from 2003-2007.
Boomer Esiason, the lead analyst for Dial Global Sports’ coverage of the NFL, has been part of the Monday Night Football broadcast team for more than a decade and this marks his 13th Super Bowl broadcast for the network, and 14th overall. Esiason co-hosts The NFL Today for CBS Sports and also served as the Monday Night Football analyst for ABC Sports for two seasons before joining national radio. Boomer also co-hosts the #1 rated weekday morning radio show in New York, daily on WFAN, and co-hosts the weekly show, NFL Preview with Scott Graham on Dial Global 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.
James Lofton, lead analyst for Sunday Night Football on Dial Global Sports, will work his fourth straight Super Bowl for radio as sideline reporter, and sixth overall, which was interrupted by coaching stints with the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders for seven years in between. He was the No. 1 draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1978, beginning a long career as an NFL wide receiver. In 16 seasons playing for Green Bay, the Los Angeles Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, and the Philadelphia Eagles, Lofton caught 764 passes for 14,004 yards, which was the most in NFL history at the time of his retirement. In 13 playoff games, Lofton caught 41 passes for 759 yards and eight touchdowns, including a seven-reception game in Super Bowl XXVI. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
Mark Malone, analyst for Dial Global Sports’ Sunday afternoon NFL package, will be working his fifth consecutive Super Bowl for the network. Malone, who also hosts NFL Insider each week, will patrol the sidelines at the Mercedes Benz Superdome. Malone is most well-known for the decade he spent with ESPN, where he hosted many NFL shows including NFL Tonight, Edge NFL Match-up and Monday Night Countdown. Prior to joining Dial Global, he served as Sports Director for WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he garnered four Emmys for his work. Malone, an All-American quarterback at Arizona State and first-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers, played for 10 years in the NFL, quarterbacking the Steelers to the 1984 AFC Championship Game.
Jim Gray, host of the network’s Monday Night Football pre-game and halftime shows since 2001, will fulfill the same role for the Super Bowl, his 12th consecutive with the network. Gray also serves as a reporter for Dial Global Sports’ coverage of both the Final Four and The Masters. A prominent network television reporter for over two decades, Gray currently covers boxing for Showtime, has been a contributor to the Golf Channel, and also has served as a courtside reporter for the NBA on CBS, NBC, ABC and most recently ESPN. Gray’s numerous credits include: 10 Olympic Games, 24 Masters, 15 Super Bowls, seven World Series and 15 NBCA Finals. Gray has won 11 Emmy Awards and also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Scott Graham, the pregame, halftime and postgame host for the network’s Sunday NFL coverage, will be working his fourth straight Super Bowl for Dial Global Sports. Graham has spent 25 years as a radio and television sportscaster, including play-by-play for both the NFL and NFL Europe on FOX. On the radio side, Graham served as the play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phillies for eight seasons from 1999-2006. For nearly a decade prior to that, he hosted the pregame and postgame shows for the Phillies on CBS Radio in Philadelphia. Since 2003, Graham has narrated a variety of programs, commercials, and features produced by NFL Films. His voice has most often been heard on NFL Game of the Week, in weekly game previews on NFL.com, and in various season highlight films for NFL teams. He also currently co-hosts Dial Global’s weekly feature program, NFL Preview, with Boomer Esiason.
Tom Brady has played in five Super Bowls, winning three, and was named MVP twice. The seven-time Pro Bowler holds the NFL record for most touchdown passes in a single regular season, with 50. In 2007, Brady led the Patriots to the first undefeated regular season since the institution of the 16-game schedule and won his first of two league MVP awards.
Larry Fitzgerald is one of the most prolific wide receivers in NFL history, amassing nearly 10-thousand yards receiving in just eight seasons in the league. In 2008, he set a single post-season record with 546 receiving yards, 30 receptions and seven touchdowns. Last year he signed an 8-year, $120 million contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals–making him the highest paid wide receiver in NFL history.
Rod Woodson was one of the greatest defensive backs in NFL history. He holds the career record for most interceptions returned for a touchdown, with 12, and during his 17 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, Rod was elected to the Pro Bowl eleven times and named an All-Pro nine times. Rod was also named to the NFL 75th Anniversary team and was the 1993 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Rod played in three Super Bowls, winning one while a member of the Baltimore Ravens. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
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