Dale Arnold

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Dale Arnold (born March 27, 1956) is a sportscaster who is primarily known as the co-host of a popular mid day sports talk radio show and the former play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins on NESN. Arnold lives in Wrentham, Massachusetts with his wife Susan and their three children Taylor, Alysha, and Brianna.

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[edit] Career

A Bowdoin College alum, Arnold began calling games for the school teams while a student there in the mid-1970's. In 1979, he succeeded Mike Emrick as the voice of the Maine Mariners. He joined the New Jersey Devils as their radio announcer in 1986, before returning to New England two years later. Arnold called New England Patriots games from 1988-90, and provided play-by-play coverage for Bruins home games from 1995-2007. In July 2007, NESN and the Bruins announced that he would be replaced by Jack Edwards, who wants more hours and who will now provide play-by-play for all Bruins games.[1][2]

Arnold currently hosts a midday talk show, Dale & Holley, with former Boston Globe columnist Michael Holley on Sportsradio 850 WEEI in Boston from 10 AM to 2 PM. Arnold has been with the radio station since its inception in 1991 (on its former frequency 590), and has been a constant in the midday time slot for several years. He first hosted a late-morning show from 10 AM to 1 PM, before being teamed up with Eddie Andelman on a show called the A-Team. After Andelman's departure from WEEI in 2001, he was paired with former television sportscaster Bob Neumeier on the Dale & Neumy Show. He has been paired with Michael Holley since Neumeier left the station in 2005.[3]

On February 11, 2008, Entercom and the Boston Red Sox announced that Arnold would be part of the four person Red Sox Radio broadcast team for the 2008 season. For the 2008 season, Arnold or Jon Rish will fill in to cover games with Joe Castiglione when Dave O'Brien is honoring his ESPN duties. Rish and Arnold will be filling the part time role held by Glenn Geffner during the 2007 season.[4] Working on the Red Sox broadcasts gives Arnold the rare achievement of being the only person in Boston sports history to call games for all five of the areas major professional sports franchises (Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and the New England Revolution).[5]

[edit] Awards and recognition

Arnold is a two-time Emmy Award winner.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dale Arnold: Boston Bruins Play-by-Play Announcer. NESN / Boston.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
  2. ^ Fluto Shinzawa (2007-07-07). Edwards gets all calls on NESN: Arnold bumped off home games. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  3. ^ Dale Arnold. WEEI. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
  4. ^ Eric Wilbur. Radio team announced. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
  5. ^ Dale Arnold Bio. WEEI. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.

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Preceded by
Curt Gowdy		 New England Patriots Play by Play announcer
1988–1990		 Succeeded by
Gil Santos
Preceded by
Gil Santos		 Boston College Eagles football Play by Play
1992		 Succeeded by
Dick Lutsk
Preceded by
Fred Cusick		 Boston Bruins Television Play by Play announcer (home Games)
1995-2007		 Succeeded by
Jack Edwards