List of American League Championship Series broadcasters
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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that have broadcast American League Championship Series games over the years.
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[edit] 2000s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 2007 | FOX | To be announced | To be announced |
| 2006[8] | FOX | Thom Brennaman | Steve Lyons (Games 1, 2, 3), Lou Piniella and Jose Mota (Game 4) |
| 2005[7] | FOX | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Lou Piniella |
| 2004[6] | FOX | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Al Leiter |
| 2003[5] | FOX | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Bret Boone |
| 2002[4] | FOX | Thom Brennaman | Steve Lyons |
| 2001[3] | FOX | Thom Brennaman (Games 1, 2) Joe Buck (Games 3, 4, 5) |
Steve Lyons (Games 1, 2) Tim McCarver (Games 3, 4, 5) |
| 2000 | NBC | Bob Costas | Joe Morgan |
[edit] 1990s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1999 | FOX | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly |
| 1998 | NBC | Bob Costas | Joe Morgan |
| 1997 | FOX | Joe Buck | Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly |
| 1996 | NBC | Bob Costas | Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker |
| 1995[2] | NBC (Games 1, 2, 7) ABC (Games 3, 4, 5, 6) |
Bob Costas (Games 1, 2, 7) Brent Musburger (Games 3, 4, 5, 6) |
Bob Uecker (Games 1, 2, 7) Jim Kaat (Games 3, 4, 5, 6) |
| 1993 | CBS | Greg Gumbel | Jim Kaat |
| 1992 | CBS | Dick Stockton | Jim Kaat |
| 1991 | CBS | Dick Stockton | Jim Kaat |
| 1990 | CBS | Dick Stockton | Jim Kaat |
[edit] 1980s
[edit] 1970s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1979 | NBC | Dick Enberg | Wes Parker and Sparky Anderson |
| 1978 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Howard Cosell and Jim Palmer |
| 1977 | NBC | Jim Simpson (Game 1) Dick Enberg (Game 2) Joe Garagiola (Games 3, 4, 5) |
Maury Wills (Game 1) Don Drysdale (Game 2) Tony Kubek (Games 3, 4, 5) |
| 1976 | ABC | Keith Jackson | Bob Uecker, Howard Cosell and Reggie Jackson |
| 1975[1] | NBC | Curt Gowdy | Tony Kubek |
| 1974 | NBC | Curt Gowdy | Tony Kubek |
| 1973 | NBC | Curt Gowdy | Tony Kubek |
| 1972 | NBC | Curt Gowdy | Tony Kubek |
| 1971 | NBC | Jim Simpson (Games 1, 2) Curt Gowdy (Game 3) |
Sandy Koufax (Games 1, 2) Tony Kubek (Game 3) |
| 1970 | NBC | Curt Gowdy | Tony Kubek |
[edit] 1960s
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color Commentator(s) |
| 1969 | NBC | Curt Gowdy | Tony Kubek |
[edit] Notes
[1]Except for Game 1 in both series, all games in 1975 were regionally televised. In addition, the first four games of the both of the 1995 League Championship Series were regionally televised.
[2]The rather messy 1995 arrangement was courtesy of The Baseball Network, which was Major League Baseball's in-house production facilities. ABC and NBC shared the same on-air graphics and even the microphone “flags” had the Baseball Network logo on it with the respective network logo.
[3]In 2001, Game 5 of the NLCS and Game 4 of the ALCS were split between FOX and Fox Sports Net.
[4]In 2002, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between FOX and Fox Sports Net.
[5]In 2003, Game 1 of the ALCS and Game 2 of the NLCS were split between FOX and FX Networks.
[6]In 2004, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between FOX and Fox Sports Net. Also in 2004, Game 5 of the ALCS ran way into the time slot of Game 5 of the NLCS. As a result, the first seven innings of the NLCS game were shown on FX Networks.
[7]In 2005, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 1 of the ALCS were split between FOX and FX Networks.
[8]In 2006, FOX removed Steve Lyons from their baseball coverage altogether following what they considered to be insensitive comments made about Hispanics during the Game 3 broadcast.
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