List of Miami Dolphins broadcasters

The Miami Dolphins' flagship radio station is AM 560 WQAM. WQAM has previously carried Dolphins broadcasts during the 1997-04, and 2007-09 NFL Seasons.[1] The radio broadcast team features Jimmy Cefalo providing play-by-play commentary and Joe Rose providing color commentary during preseason games, along with Griese for regular season games. Griese replaced longtime color commentator Jim Mandich, who played for the Dolphins under Don Shula. Mandich lost his fight with cancer in 2011, opening the door for Griese as his replacement. The Miami Dolphins Radio Network is a statewide network of radio stations in Florida.

Most preseason games are seen on WFOR (CBS) in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, WTVX (CW) in West Palm Beach/Fort Pierce, and WBBH (NBC) in Fort Myers with announcers Dick Stockton, Bob Griese, and Nat Moore.

ESPN reporter Hank Goldberg was a longtime color analyst on the Miami Dolphins Radio Network and hosted the Orange Bowl Express/Dolphin Express pre-game show on 610 WIOD.

Radio announcers

YearsFlagship stationPlay-by-playColor commentatorSideline reporter
1966AM 610 WIODMel AllenDan Bossler
1967-69Bob GallagherHenry Barrow
1970Joe CroghanLarry KingHenry Barrow
1971Rick WeaverLarry KingHenry Barrow
1972Rick WeaverLou CreekmurHenry Barrow
1973Rick WeaverFred WoodsonHenry Barrow
1974-76Rick WeaverAllan Minter
1977-91Rick WeaverHank GoldbergHenry Barrow
1992-93Rick WeaverJim Mandich
1994-01Bill ZimpferJim Mandich
2002-04AM 560 WQAMHoward DavidJim Mandich
2005-06AM 790 WAXYJimmy CefaloJoe RoseNat Moore
2007-2009AM 560 WQAMJimmy CefaloJim Mandich and Joe Rose
2010AM 940 WINZ / FM 105.9 WBGGJimmy Cefalo or Dick Stockton (week 4)Jim Mandich and Joe Rose
2011–2015AM 940 WINZ / FM 105.9 WBGGJimmy CefaloBob Griese[2] and Joe RoseKim Bokamper and Keith Sims[3]
2016-PresentAM 560 WQAM / FM KISS 99.9 WKISJimmy CefaloJason Taylor (Preseason) Bob Griese (Regular season) and Joe RoseKim Bokamper and Keith Sims

Preseason television announcers

YearPlay-by-playAnalyst(s)Field reporter(s)
1972Bob GallagherDave KocourekBob Halloran
1973Jim Thacker
1974
1975Bob HalloranHank StramJane Chastain and Tony Segreto
1976Roger TwibellTony Segreto and Nick Buoniconti
1977Tony Segreto
1978Paul Hornung (2 games) or
Frank Buetel (1 game)
1979Paul Hornung
1980Chuck DowdleTim Foley
1981Curt Gowdy
1982Chuck Dowdle
1983Roger TwibellBob GrieseJim Gallagher & John Loesing
1984
1985Jay RandolphAndy Leopold
1986Walt Gray
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993Brad Nessler
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998Bob Griese and Nat Moore
1999
2000Bob NealBob Griese
2001Craig BolerjackBob Griese and Trevor Matich
2002Bob Griese and Nat MooreKim Bokamper
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010Dick Stockton
2011
2012
2013Jesse Agler
2014Dick Stockton
2015

Regular season television coverage

From their inaugural season in 1966 until the end of the 1988 season, the majority of the Dolphins' games were carried on WSVN, as it was the Miami area's NBC affiliate (NBC carried the AFL/AFC package from 1965–97). In 1989, after NBC purchased CBS affiliate WTVJ (then on channel 4), NBC programming, and thus the Dolphins games, moved there. Prior to that time, WTVJ starting in 1973 aired sold-out Dolphins home games in which they played an NFC opponent (CBS had the NFC package at that time). From 1989 through 1993, those games would air on WCIX (then on channel 6), which was bought by CBS.

In 1994, the NFC package moved to Fox, and WSVN (which became the Fox affiliate after the network purchases of WTVJ and WCIX) starting airing the Dolphins' interconference home games. In 1998, the AFC package moved to CBS and, locally, the former WCIX, now known as WFOR (as it had swapped dial positions with WTVJ three years earlier).

WPLG was the local carrier of Monday Night Football games through 2005. When the Dolphins play on Monday nights, they now air locally on WSFL-TV.

WFOR produces the local telecasts of the Dolphins' preseason games, pre-empting CBS programming which is shown on sister station WBFS-TV. The preseason games are simulcast in the adjacent West Palm Beach television market on area CW affiliate WTVX, which was a sister station of WFOR from 1997 until 2008; all regular-season games are currently telecast by that market's CBS affiliate WPEC.

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