List of FIFA World Cup broadcasters

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[edit] American television

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Studio host Studio analyst(s)
2006 ESPN
ESPN2
ABC		 Dave O'Brien Marcelo Balboa Brent Musburger Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy
2002 ESPN
ESPN2
ABC		 Jack Edwards Ty Keough Terry Gannon Eric Wynalda and Giorgio Chinaglia
1998 ESPN
ESPN2
ABC		 Bob Ley Seamus Malin Brent Musburger Eric Wynalda
1994 ESPN
ESPN2
ABC		 Roger Twibell Seamus Malin Jim McKay
1990 TNT JP Dellacamera, Randy Hahn, and Bob Neal (Final only) Rick Davis, Ty Keough, and Mick Luckhurst (Final only)
1986 ESPN
ABC		 JP Dellacamera
Don Criqui and Charlie Jones (Final only)		 Shep Messing
Seamus Malin
Seamus Malin, Rick Davis and Paul Gardner (Davis and Gardner only did the Final)
1982 PBS
ESPN
ABC (final only)		 Toby Charles
Bob Ley
Jim McKay		 None
Seamus Malin
Mario Machado and Paul Gardner
1978 No coverage
1974 CBS (used BBC's feed with BBC commentators) David Coleman
1970 ABC Jim McKay
1966 NBC (final only) Jim Simpson

[edit] Notes

  • Over 100 nations have provided wall-to-wall coverage since the communications satellite launchings allowed for worldwide coverage beginning in 1966. European coverage of the World Cup has been extensive since 1954 (though with the World Cup held in Chile in 1962, much of the Euro coverage that year was tape-delayed).
  • 1978 had no coverage on American television at all.
  • In 1982, PBS and ESPN provided the first thorough American television coverage of the World Cup. ABC aired the first live telecast of the final. ABC aired commercials during the live action. Meanwhile, PBS aired same day highlights of the top game of the day.
  • In 1990, the World Cup was covered exclusively by cable television (TNT) in the United States and had many features of the host country (Italy).
  • The 1994 American coverage had many firsts: The first with all of the matches televised, the first with no commercial interruptions during live action, and the first to feature an on-screen score & time box.
  • In 1998, all of the matches were televised in the United States live for the first time. The 2002 American coverage was all live as well, in spite of the games being played in Japan and South Korea. The 2006 coverage from Germany was fully live as well.

[edit] U.S. Spanish language television

Year Network Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
2006 Univision Pablo Ramirez Jesus Bracamontes and José Luis Chilavert
2002 Univision Pablo Ramirez Jesus Bracamontes
1998 Univision Andrés Cantor Norberto Longo
1994 Univision Andrés Cantor Norberto Longo
1990 Univision Andrés Cantor Norberto Longo
1986 SIN Tony Tirado Norberto Longo and Jorge Berry
1982 SIN (used Televisa's (Mexico) feed) Gerardo Pena
1978 SIN Tony Tirado Enrique Gratas
1974 SIN Tony Tirado
1970 SIN Tony Tirado

[edit] See also

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