Kevin Burkhardt is a reporter who works for SNY. He is the field reporter during New York Mets telecasts. He joined the broadcast team at the beginning of the 2007 season[1], replacing Chris Cotter. Burkhardt interviewed for the SNY job, but never thought he would be hired.[2]
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A 1997 graduate of William Paterson University, he grew up in South Jersey doing play-by play for Nintendo games in his junior high school days, in imitation of Gary Cohen, who is now his partner in the broadcast booth.[2] He took his degree in broadcasting to radio station WGHT[3] in northern New Jersey, spending eight years working for the station covering events including highs school football. The station is daytime only and goes off the air at night. Burkhardt became frustrated at WGHT; he left his job and became a car salesman after reading the local paper's Help Wanted ads. He sold cars for seven months before he wanted to go back into broadcasting again.
Burkhardt started at WFAN by doing freelance work for the station, which eventually turned into his becoming their full-time Jets reporter.[2][4][5]
Kevin was a regular on Out of Bounds for Philadelphia's CN8, did sports reporting for Time-Warner Cable and an sports reports for WCBS 880.[4][5]
On SNY he has done tons of Mets work as he appears on shows such as Mets Hot Stove, Mets Pre-Game Live, Mets Post-Game Live,Mets Year in Review.
Kevin will serve as play-by-play voice for Compass Media Networks' college and NFL football this fall.
He also did New Jersey Jackals minor league games on WJUX.
Burkhardt lives in central New Jersey with his wife, Rachel, and son, Logan.[4]
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