The following is a list of the television and radio networks and sports announcers that have broadcast the Wild Card Playoff games in the American Football Conference throughout the years. It does not include any announcers who may have appeared on local radio broadcasts produced by the participating teams.
The years listed concentrate on the season instead of the calendar year that the game took place.
Television[]
2010s[]
| Season | Teams | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
| 2015 | Kansas City-Houston Pittsburgh-Cincinnati |
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| 2014 | Baltimore-Pittsburgh Cincinnati-Indianapolis |
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| 2013 | Kansas City-Indianapolis San Diego-Cincinnati |
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| 2012 | Cincinnati-Houston Indianapolis-Baltimore |
NBC CBS |
Dan Hicks Jim Nantz |
Mike Mayock Phil Simms |
Alex Flanagan |
| 2011 | Cincinnati-Houston Pittsburgh-Denver |
NBC CBS |
Tom Hammond Jim Nantz |
Mike Mayock Phil Simms |
Alex Flanagan |
| 2010 | New York Jets-Indianapolis Baltimore-Kansas City |
NBC CBS |
Al Michaels Jim Nantz |
Cris Collinsworth Phil Simms |
Andrea Kremer |
2000s[]
1990s[]
Notes[]
- In 1990, the league expanded its playoff system from a 10-team to a 12-team tournament. With these changes, three wild card teams (those non-division champions with the conference's best won-lost-tied percentages) qualified, up from two the year before.
1980s[]
Notes[]
- There was no traditional Wild Card playoff round in 1982. A players' strike reduced the regular season to nine games. Thus, the league used a special 16-team playoff format (dubbed the "Super Bowl Tournament"), just for this year. Division standings were ignored. Eight teams from each conference were seeded 1-8 based on their regular season records. Because of the eight-game first round, this was the first (and currently only) time that NFL playoff games were regionally televised across the United States instead of nationwide. This year was also the only season in which the conference championship games were played on separate days.
1970s[]
| Season | Teams | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
| 1979 | Denver-Houston | NBC | Charlie Jones | Len Dawson | |
| 1978 | Houston-Miami | NBC | Dick Enberg | Len Dawson |
Notes[]
- 1978 marked the first year that the playoffs expanded to a ten-team format, adding a second wild card team (a fifth seed) from each conference. The two wild card teams from each conference (the 4 and 5 seeds) would play each other in the first round, called the "Wild Card Playoffs." The division winners (seeds 1, 2, and 3) automatically advanced to the Divisional Playoffs, which became the second round of the playoffs.
Radio[]
2010s[]
| Season | Teams | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s) |
| 2015 | Kansas City-Houston Pittsburgh-Cincinnati |
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| 2014 | Baltimore-Pittsburgh Cincinnati-Indianapolis |
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| 2013 | Kansas City-Indianapolis San Diego-Cincinnati |
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| 2012 | Cincinnati-Houston Indianapolis-Baltimore |
Dial Global Dial Global |
Tom McCarthy Ian Eagle |
Tony Boselli Trent Green |
Steve Tasker Laura Okmin |
| 2011 | Cincinnati-Houston Pittsburgh-Denver |
Dial Global Dial Global |
Howard David Kevin Harlan |
Tony Boselli Dan Fouts |
Mark Malone Steve Tasker |
| 2010 | New York Jets-Indianapolis Baltimore-Kansas City |
CBS/Westwood One CBS/Westwood One |
Dave Sims Kevin Harlan |
Boomer Esiason James Lofton |
Steve Tasker Tony Boselli |
2000s[]
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