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-American 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]
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2
3
WTAM
became KYW in 1956, WKYC in 1965, WWWE in 1972 and reverted to the WTAM calls in 1996.
↑
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]
↑
Mike Snyder filled in for Jim Donovan for two games during the 2011 season related to his treatment for
leukemia
.
[28]
↑
Renamed from WRMR in 2001 and is the successor to the original WKNR; see
2001 in radio
.
↑
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]
↑
Golic served as play-by-play announcer for the first game, with Rosen then taking over for the remainder of the preseason.
↑
The Browns voided their three-year
[33]
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.
[34]
A replacement contract with WKYC was announced on August 3, 2006.
[35]
↑
Offineer, Bee (September 12, 1947).
"Microphones Move To Gridirons"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. p.
11.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 21,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
"Coleman, McColgan Browns Announcers"
.
The Daily Times
. New Philadelphia, Ohio. International News Service. July 28, 1954. p.
10.
Archived
from the original on August 10, 2022
. Retrieved
August 10,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
"Broadcast Browns Games"
.
The Tribune
. Coshocton, Ohio. September 27, 1957. p.
10.
Archived
from the original on September 8, 2022
. Retrieved
September 8,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
"Sports Announcer Jim Graner Dies"
.
News-Journal
. Mansfield, Ohio. Associated Press. January 16, 1976. p.
20.
Archived
from the original on August 26, 2022
. Retrieved
August 26,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
Phelps, Peter (February 11, 1984).
"WHK keeps Browns' games"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. p.
B2.
Archived
from the original on October 29, 2021
. Retrieved
October 12,
2021
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
"WLTF broadcasts Browns games"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. August 3, 1990. p.
C5.
Archived
from the original on September 8, 2022
. Retrieved
September 8,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
Dyer, Bob (February 9, 1991).
"Browns, buzzards to share air"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. p.
C1.
Archived
from the original on September 8, 2022
. Retrieved
September 8,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
Shea, Bill (February 17, 1998).
"Kardiac Kids on the comeback"
.
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
. Lancaster, Ohio. pp.
C1–
C2
.
Archived
from the original on September 9, 2022
. Retrieved
September 9,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
Ridenour, Marla (October 17, 2011).
"Streak continues for center Mack"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. p.
C6.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 21,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
Ridenour, Marla; Ulrich, Nate (November 7, 2011).
"Blood flows and Texans fire up"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. p.
C3.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 21,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
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2
Heldenfels, R.D. (April 6, 2005).
"WOIO expands Browns coverage"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. p.
E7.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 21,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
Purpura, Dave (August 5, 2006).
"Browns playing remote control games"
.
The Newark Advocate
. Newark, Ohio. pp.
1C–
2C
.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 21,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.
↑
Thomas, George M. (April 21, 2007).
"Browns call an audible on network"
.
Akron Beacon Journal
. Akron, Ohio. pp.
C1,
C5
.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2022
. Retrieved
September 21,
2022
–
via Newspapers.com.