List of Rose Bowl broadcasters

Television[]

The Rose Bowl Game has been a part of college football on television since January 1, 1948. The 1948 Rose Bowl was telecast in Los Angeles on KTLA. The 1952 Rose Bowl, on NBC, was the first national telecast of a college football game. The network broadcast both the Tournament of Roses Parade and the following game. Television network, play-by-play and color commentator(s) for the Rose Bowl from 1952 to the present.

After the 2009-10 season, ESPN will have the contract to broadcast the BCS games, including the Rose Bowl game.^[1]^[2]

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 1, 2013	ESPN	Brent Musburger	Kirk Herbstreit	Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi
January 2, 2012	ESPN	Brent Musburger	Kirk Herbstreit	Erin Andrews^[3]
January 1, 2011	ESPN	Brent Musburger	Kirk Herbstreit	Erin Andrews
January 1, 2010	ABC^[4]	Brent Musburger	Kirk Herbstreit	Lisa Salters
January 1, 2009	ABC	Brent Musburger	Kirk Herbstreit	Lisa Salters
January 1, 2008	ABC	Brent Musburger	Kirk Herbstreit	Lisa Salters
January 1, 2007	ABC	Brent Musburger	Bob Davie and Kirk Herbstreit	Lisa Salters and Bonnie Bernstein
January 4, 2006	ABC	Keith Jackson	Dan Fouts	Todd Harris and Holly Rowe
January 1, 2005	ABC ^[5]	Keith Jackson	Dan Fouts	Todd Harris
January 1, 2004	ABC	Keith Jackson	Dan Fouts	Todd Harris
January 1, 2003	ABC	Brent Musburger	Gary Danielson	Jack Arute
January 3, 2002	ABC	Keith Jackson	Tim Brant	Todd Harris and Lynn Swann
January 1, 2001	ABC	Keith Jackson	Tim Brant	Todd Harris
January 1, 2000	ABC	Keith Jackson	Dan Fouts	Todd Harris
January 1, 1999	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese	Lynn Swann
January 1, 1998	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 1, 1997	ABC	Brent Musburger	Dick Vermeil
January 1, 1996	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 2, 1995	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 1, 1994	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 1, 1993	ABC	Brent Musburger	Dick Vermeil
January 1, 1992	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 1, 1991	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 1, 1990	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 2, 1989	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Griese
January 1, 1988	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1987	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1986	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1985	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 2, 1984	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1983	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1982	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1981	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1980	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen and O. J. Simpson
January 1, 1979	NBC	Curt Gowdy	John Brodie and O. J. Simpson
January 2, 1978	NBC	Curt Gowdy	John Brodie
January 1, 1977	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Don Meredith
January 1, 1976	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis	Ross Porter and Barbara Hunter
January 1, 1975	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis	Ross Porter
January 1, 1974	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis
January 1, 1973	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis
January 1, 1972	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis
January 1, 1971	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Kyle Rote
January 1, 1970	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Kyle Rote
January 1, 1969	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Kyle Rote
January 1, 1968	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Paul Christman
January 2, 1967	NBC	Lindsey Nelson	Terry Brennan
January 1, 1966	NBC	Lindsey Nelson	Terry Brennan
January 1, 1965	NBC	Lindsey Nelson	Ray Scott
January 1, 1964	NBC	Lindsey Nelson	Terry Brennan
January 1, 1963	NBC	Mel Allen	Bill Symes
January 1, 1962	NBC^[6]	Mel Allen	Braven Dyer
January 2, 1961	NBC	Mel Allen	Chick Hearn
January 1, 1960	NBC	Mel Allen	Chick Hearn
January 1, 1959	NBC	Mel Allen	Chick Hearn
January 1, 1958	NBC	Mel Allen	Chick Hearn
January 1, 1957	NBC	Mel Allen	Lee Giroux
January 2, 1956	NBC	Mel Allen	Sam Balter
January 1, 1955	NBC	Mel Allen
January 1, 1954	NBC	Mel Allen	Tom Harmon
January 1, 1953	NBC	Mel Allen
January 1, 1952	NBC^[7]	Mel Allen	Jack Brickhouse

Spanish[]

In 2013, ESPN Deportes will provide the first Spanish U.S. telecast of the Rose Bowl Game.^[8]

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
January 1, 2013	ESPN Deportes	Georgina Ruiz Sandoval	Robert Abramowitz

Radio[]

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 1, 2013	ESPN Radio	Dave Pasch	Brian Griese	Jenn Brown
January 2, 2012	ESPN Radio	Dave Pasch	Chris Spielman	Tom Rinaldi^[9]
January 1, 2011	ESPN Radio	Bill Rosinski	David Norrie	Joe Schad
January 1, 2010^[10]	ESPN Radio	Mike Tirico	Jon Gruden	Shelley Smith
January 1, 2009^[11]	ESPN Radio	Mike Tirico	David Norrie	Erin Andrews
January 1, 2008^[12]	ESPN Radio	Dave Barnett	Rod Gilmore	Erin Andrews
January 1, 2007^[13]	ESPN Radio	Sean McDonough	Chris Spielman	Todd Harris
January 4, 2006^[14]	ESPN Radio	Ron Franklin	Bob Davie	Dave Ryan
January 1, 2005	ESPN Radio	Sean McDonough	Rod Gilmore
January 1, 2004	ESPN Radio	Mike Tirico	Chris Spielman	Matt Winer
January 1, 2003	ESPN Radio	Steve Levy	Rod Gilmore	Dave Rowe
January 3, 2002	ESPN Radio	Ron Franklin	Mike Gottfried	Adrian Karsten
January 1, 2001	ESPN Radio	Charley Steiner	Bill Curry	Holly Rowe
January 1, 2000^[15]	ESPN Radio	Charley Steiner	Rod Gilmore	Rob Stone
January 1, 1999	ESPN Radio	Charley Steiner	Todd Christensen	Holly Rowe
January 1, 1998	ESPN Radio	Charley Steiner	Todd Christensen

Notes[]

↑ Disney makes $125 million BCS bid. Variety, November 12, 2008
↑ Reid Cherner & Tom Weir, "Rose Bowl headed to ESPN", USA today, June 12, 2009
↑ http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/11/30/football%e2%80%99s-top-commentators-to-work-espn%e2%80%99s-bowl-game-coverage/
↑ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2009-11-29-espn-abc-bowls_N.htm
↑ First year of HDTV broadcasting beginning with the 2005 Rose Bowl
↑ First year of color television broadcasting beginning with the 1962 Rose Bowl
↑ First coast-to-coast television broadcast of a football game with the 1952 Rose Bowl by NBC.
↑ "BCS National Championship and Bowl Games on ESPN Deportes". ESPN. http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/12/bcs-national-championship-and-bowl-games-on-espn-deportes/. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
↑ http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/11/30/football%e2%80%99s-top-commentators-to-work-espn%e2%80%99s-bowl-game-coverage/
↑ http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/12/bcs-national-championship-game-highlights-schedule-of-30-college-football-bowl-games-across-abc-espn-espn2-espn-radio-and-espn360-com/
↑ http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2008_12_dec/20081217_ABCESPNESPN2ESPNRadioESPN360.comCollegeFootballBowl.htm
↑ http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2007_12_dec/20071213_ABCESPNESPN2andESPNRadiotoProvideCoverageof27CollegeFootballBowlGames.htm
↑ http://espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2006_Dec/ABCESPNESPN2andESPNRadiotoProvideCoverageof27CollegeFootballBowlGames.htm
↑ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=12/28/05&id=20051228abc02
↑ http://www.armchairqb.com/selections.html#game1

External links[]

[1] Disney makes $125 million BCS bid. Variety, November 12, 2008

[2] Reid Cherner & Tom Weir, "Rose Bowl headed to ESPN", USA today, June 12, 2009

[3] ttp://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/11/30/football%e2%80%99s-top-commentators-to-work-espn%e2%80%99s-bowl-game-coverage/

[4] ttp://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2009-11-29-espn-abc-bowls_N.htm

[5] First year of HDTV broadcasting beginning with the 2005 Rose Bowl

[6] First year of color television broadcasting beginning with the 1962 Rose Bowl

[7] First coast-to-coast television broadcast of a football game with the 1952 Rose Bowl by NBC.

[8] "BCS National Championship and Bowl Games on ESPN Deportes". ESPN. http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/12/bcs-national-championship-and-bowl-games-on-espn-deportes/. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

[9] ttp://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2011/11/30/football%e2%80%99s-top-commentators-to-work-espn%e2%80%99s-bowl-game-coverage/

[10] ttp://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/12/bcs-national-championship-game-highlights-schedule-of-30-college-football-bowl-games-across-abc-espn-espn2-espn-radio-and-espn360-com/

[11] ttp://www.espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2008_12_dec/20081217_ABCESPNESPN2ESPNRadioESPN360.comCollegeFootballBowl.htm

[12] ttp://www.espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2007_12_dec/20071213_ABCESPNESPN2andESPNRadiotoProvideCoverageof27CollegeFootballBowlGames.htm

[13] ttp://espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2006_Dec/ABCESPNESPN2andESPNRadiotoProvideCoverageof27CollegeFootballBowlGames.htm

[14] ttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=12/28/05&id=20051228abc02

[15] ttp://www.armchairqb.com/selections.html#game1

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