GaryMrMets
01-18-2002, 11:47 PM
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2001 Broadcasters
Phillies fans who couldn't make it out to the ballpark had no trouble catching their favorite team in action this season. A total of 151 regular season Phillies games, including three national games on FOX, were televised in 2001.
The schedule included 104 telecasts on Comcast SportsNet (CSN), 45 telecasts on WPSG-UPN 57, nine telecasts on CN8, and three national games on FOX. All 158 regular season, locally-televised games were produced by CSN. In addition, UPN 57 aired a 30-minute pre-game show, Phillies Weekly, for each of its Sunday afternoon telecasts.
Harry Kalas, who is in his 31st season with the club, led the returning veteran broadcast team. He shared the Phillies' television on-air responsibilities with Chris Wheeler, celebrating his 25th year in the booth, and Larry Andersen, in his fourth year behind the microphone.
During televised games, the trio rotated with veterans Andy Musser and Scott Graham for the radio broadcasts.. Musser returned for his 26th year with the Philies, while Graham was in his third season of play-by-play duties. Tom McCarthy, a former announcer with the Trenton Thunder, hosted 70 Phillies pregame shows and a full season of post-game shows.
In addition, longtime Philadelphia sports anchor Ron Burke joined the team as the host of Phillies Weekly every Sunday.
Biographies
HARRY KALAS
A broadcaster for 41 years, the past 31 with the Phillies beginning in 1971...He and Veterans Stadium celebrated a silver anniversary season with the Phillies in 1995...He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1959 with a BA degree in Speech, Radio and Television...Drafted on graduation day, he spent the following two years in Hawaii with the Army...He served as Sports Director of KGU radio and broadcast games for the Hawaii Islanders and University of Hawaii...He was a member of the original Houston broadcast team in 1965 and also broadcast University of Houston football and Southwest Conference basketball at that time...Among his many jobs, he has broadcast Big Five basketball and Notre Dame football...He currently tapes several programs for NFL Films and broadcasts Westwood One Radio Network football in addition to baseball...He has been named Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year 17 times (1978, 1980-90, 1992-96).
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CHRIS WHEELER
Joined the Phillies in 1971 as assistant director of publicity and public relations...While a member of that department, he was added to the broadcast team in 1977 and has been on the air since then...He graduated from Penn State in 1967 with a B.A. degree in journalism and broadcasting...His first job was with WCAU Radio in Philadelphia as a news writer and reporter, and did traffic reports from an airplane...He then moved to WBBM Radio in Chicago, followed by a stint in New York with CBS Radio...In 1982, he was named director of the Phillies new Community Relations department...In 1991, he became the department's director of the Speakers Bureau, a position he held through 1997...Additionally, "Wheels" is the camp coordinator for Phillies Dream Week, held in Clearwater, FL.
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LARRY ANDERSEN
Began his broadcast career with the Phillies in 1998...Offered Houston Astros broadcasting job in 1997 when Larry Dierker moved from the booth to the field, but opted instead to become pitching coach for the Phillies at Scranton (AAA)...played 25 years of professional baseball, including 17 seasons with the Indians (1975-79), Mariners (1981-82), Phillies (1983-86; 93-94), Astros (1986-90), Red Sox (1990) and Padres (1991-92)...Played in the 1983 and 1993 World Series with the Phillies...Began his coaching career in Reading (1995-96)...Graduated from Interlake High School (Seattle, WA) in 1971, prior to being drafted by the Indians in the 7th round.
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SCOTT GRAHAM
Has hosted the Phillies pre- and post-game shows since 1991...He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA degree in political science...He began his broadcasting career in college as the Quakers football and basketball play-by-play announcer on the students' radio stations (WXPN-FM and WQHS-AM), before moving to a reporter's role in April 1988...He broadcast football for Delaware State (1990-92) and Penn (1993-95) and was the voice of Philadelphia's Big Five basketball on WPHT-AM radio from 1992-98. In addition, he worked for the American Sports Radio Network in 1994, hosting national baseball call-in shows and handling play-by-play of major college football games...Joined CN8 (Comcast Network) in 1996, where he was the network's lead play-by-play voice for all sports...Nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award in 1998.
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TOM MCCARTHY
Joined the Phillies broadcast team in 2001, hosting the pre-game and post-game shows along with in-game rain delays...He filled in as the pre- and post-game host for seven games during the 2000 season...He turned to a full-time career in broadcasting radio in November of 1999 when he left the Double-A Trenton Thunder to create his own afternoon drive show on ESPN Radio 1680 AM...He began broadcasting for the Thunder in 1993, earning or sharing seven different publication awards for his work with Trenton...He handled radio and television duties (CN8) and was presented with a 2000 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on CN8.
2001 Broadcasters
Phillies fans who couldn't make it out to the ballpark had no trouble catching their favorite team in action this season. A total of 151 regular season Phillies games, including three national games on FOX, were televised in 2001.
The schedule included 104 telecasts on Comcast SportsNet (CSN), 45 telecasts on WPSG-UPN 57, nine telecasts on CN8, and three national games on FOX. All 158 regular season, locally-televised games were produced by CSN. In addition, UPN 57 aired a 30-minute pre-game show, Phillies Weekly, for each of its Sunday afternoon telecasts.
Harry Kalas, who is in his 31st season with the club, led the returning veteran broadcast team. He shared the Phillies' television on-air responsibilities with Chris Wheeler, celebrating his 25th year in the booth, and Larry Andersen, in his fourth year behind the microphone.
During televised games, the trio rotated with veterans Andy Musser and Scott Graham for the radio broadcasts.. Musser returned for his 26th year with the Philies, while Graham was in his third season of play-by-play duties. Tom McCarthy, a former announcer with the Trenton Thunder, hosted 70 Phillies pregame shows and a full season of post-game shows.
In addition, longtime Philadelphia sports anchor Ron Burke joined the team as the host of Phillies Weekly every Sunday.
Biographies
HARRY KALAS
A broadcaster for 41 years, the past 31 with the Phillies beginning in 1971...He and Veterans Stadium celebrated a silver anniversary season with the Phillies in 1995...He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1959 with a BA degree in Speech, Radio and Television...Drafted on graduation day, he spent the following two years in Hawaii with the Army...He served as Sports Director of KGU radio and broadcast games for the Hawaii Islanders and University of Hawaii...He was a member of the original Houston broadcast team in 1965 and also broadcast University of Houston football and Southwest Conference basketball at that time...Among his many jobs, he has broadcast Big Five basketball and Notre Dame football...He currently tapes several programs for NFL Films and broadcasts Westwood One Radio Network football in addition to baseball...He has been named Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year 17 times (1978, 1980-90, 1992-96).
http://phillies.mlb.com/phi/images/Kalas.jpg
CHRIS WHEELER
Joined the Phillies in 1971 as assistant director of publicity and public relations...While a member of that department, he was added to the broadcast team in 1977 and has been on the air since then...He graduated from Penn State in 1967 with a B.A. degree in journalism and broadcasting...His first job was with WCAU Radio in Philadelphia as a news writer and reporter, and did traffic reports from an airplane...He then moved to WBBM Radio in Chicago, followed by a stint in New York with CBS Radio...In 1982, he was named director of the Phillies new Community Relations department...In 1991, he became the department's director of the Speakers Bureau, a position he held through 1997...Additionally, "Wheels" is the camp coordinator for Phillies Dream Week, held in Clearwater, FL.
http://phillies.mlb.com/phi/images/wheels.jpg
LARRY ANDERSEN
Began his broadcast career with the Phillies in 1998...Offered Houston Astros broadcasting job in 1997 when Larry Dierker moved from the booth to the field, but opted instead to become pitching coach for the Phillies at Scranton (AAA)...played 25 years of professional baseball, including 17 seasons with the Indians (1975-79), Mariners (1981-82), Phillies (1983-86; 93-94), Astros (1986-90), Red Sox (1990) and Padres (1991-92)...Played in the 1983 and 1993 World Series with the Phillies...Began his coaching career in Reading (1995-96)...Graduated from Interlake High School (Seattle, WA) in 1971, prior to being drafted by the Indians in the 7th round.
http://phillies.mlb.com/phi/images/LA.jpg
SCOTT GRAHAM
Has hosted the Phillies pre- and post-game shows since 1991...He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA degree in political science...He began his broadcasting career in college as the Quakers football and basketball play-by-play announcer on the students' radio stations (WXPN-FM and WQHS-AM), before moving to a reporter's role in April 1988...He broadcast football for Delaware State (1990-92) and Penn (1993-95) and was the voice of Philadelphia's Big Five basketball on WPHT-AM radio from 1992-98. In addition, he worked for the American Sports Radio Network in 1994, hosting national baseball call-in shows and handling play-by-play of major college football games...Joined CN8 (Comcast Network) in 1996, where he was the network's lead play-by-play voice for all sports...Nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award in 1998.
http://phillies.mlb.com/phi/images/graham.jpg
TOM MCCARTHY
Joined the Phillies broadcast team in 2001, hosting the pre-game and post-game shows along with in-game rain delays...He filled in as the pre- and post-game host for seven games during the 2000 season...He turned to a full-time career in broadcasting radio in November of 1999 when he left the Double-A Trenton Thunder to create his own afternoon drive show on ESPN Radio 1680 AM...He began broadcasting for the Thunder in 1993, earning or sharing seven different publication awards for his work with Trenton...He handled radio and television duties (CN8) and was presented with a 2000 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on CN8.