Even though most of you watch sports on TV, many still have to monitor through radio and I find radio to be a much more personal medium than TV. Coming from a radio background, it’s only natural I feel this way and having called college football and basketball on radio, I always will feel closer to the medium than TV. I’ve worked in both, but I’ve had more fun in radio and accomplished more, but enough about me.
Let’s go over the schedule for the NFL on Westwood One Radio and who will be calling the six games for Week 1 starting tonight in Pittsburgh.
WESTWOOD ONE
PRESENTS
OPENING WEEK OF THE 2009 NFL FOOTBALL
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
— September 10 – September 14, 2009–
New York, NY — September 10, 2009 — Westwood One proudly presents week one of the 2009 National Football League season. The season begins tonight as the Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers host the Tennessee Titans. Westwood One remains the exclusive network radio partner of the NFL Prime-Time package, broadcasting the most games and the best match-ups throughout the entire NFL season.
The following schedule and announcers:
Thursday, Sept. 10 – Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 8:00 PM ET – Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason & Mark Malone
Sunday, Sept. 13 – Philadelphia Eagles @ Carolina Panthers, 12:30 PM ET – Howard David & Dan Reeves
Sunday, Sept. 13 – San Francisco 49ers @ Arizona Cardinals, 3:45 PM ET – Kevin Kugler & Mark Malone
Sunday, Sept. 13 – Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers, 7:30 PM ET – Dave Sims, James Lofton & Hub Arkush
Monday, Sept. 14 – Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots, 6:30 PM ET – Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason & Steve Tasker
Monday, Sept. 14 – San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders, 9:45 PM ET – Kevin Harlan, Warren Moon & Mark Malone
Some of the crew are holdovers from last year including Marv Albert, Boomer Esiason, Dave Sims, Mark Malone, Hub Arkush and Dan Reeves. New additions this year are Kevin Kugler, Warren Moon and Howard David who triumphantly returns to Westwood One. Nice to see Howard calling NFL games for WW1 once again.
