List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters
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[*] Ford C. Frick Award
Ford C. Frick Award
The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball." It is named for Ford Christopher Frick, former Commissioner of Major League Baseball...

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The current cubs games are broadcast on WGN (AM)
WGN (AM)
WGN is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is the only radio station owned by the Tribune Company, which also owns the flagship television station WGN-TV, the Chicago Tribune newspaper and Chicago magazine locally. WGN's transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois...


1920s-1940s

  • Hal Totten (1924-44)
  • Bob Elson
    Bob Elson
    Robert A. Elson was a pioneering American sportscaster.-Early life and career:Born in Chicago, Elson got into broadcasting by accident. While vacationing in St. Louis in 1928, Elson was touring KWK when a receptionist saw him among 40 men in line for an audition and thought he was going for one...

     (1928-41) [*]
  • Pat Flanagan (1929-43)
  • Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

     (1933-36) "Giddy up! Hey dog, that one's for the gipper! For the gipper I tell ye!"
  • Russ Hodges
    Russ Hodges
    Russell Patrick Hodges was an American broadcaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York and San Francisco Giants.-Early career:...

     (1935-38)
  • Charlie Grimm
    Charlie Grimm
    Charles John Grimm , nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs; he was also a sometime radio broadcaster, and a popular goodwill ambassador for baseball...

     (1939-42; 1960) "My toof hurts"
  • Jimmy Dudley
    Jimmy Dudley
    James R. "Jimmy" Dudley was an American sportscaster, best known as the play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians for nearly two decades....

     (1938-41)
  • Jack Brickhouse
    Jack Brickhouse
    John Beasley "Jack" Brickhouse was an American sportscaster. Known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1948 to 1981, he received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983...

     (1941-45; 1947-81) "Hey-hey!" "Weeeeee!" [*]
  • Bert Wilson
    Bert Wilson
    Bert Wilson was a play-by-play broadcaster for Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs from 1944 to 1955. He was an unabashed "homer", known for two catchphrases: "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!" and "Sic 'em, Cubs!" He also invented a short-lived catchphrase for the double play...

     (1944-55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!"

1950s-1970s

  • Bud Campbell (1950-53)
  • Harry Creighton (1951-56)
  • Gene Elston
    Gene Elston
    Gene Elston is a former Major League Baseball broadcaster, primarily with the Houston Astros.-Early life and career:A native of Fort Dodge, Iowa. Elston's first job in announcing was high school basketball in 1941. From there he progressed to minor league baseball starting in 1946...

     (1954)
  • Vince Lloyd
    Vince Lloyd
    Vince Lloyd Skaff, who worked under the name Vince Lloyd, was a radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs for over 30 years....

     (1955-86) "Holy mackerel!"
  • Milo Hamilton
    Milo Hamilton
    Leland Milo Hamilton is an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams since 1953...

     (1955-57; 1980-84) "Holy Toledo!!" [*]
  • Jack Quinlan
    Jack Quinlan
    Jack Quinlan was an American sportscaster. He was best known for covering the Chicago Cubs first on WIND 1955-56, then on WGN radio from 1957 to 1964, his broadcast partner was Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau 1957 to April 1960, 1961 to 1964 and Cubs legend Charlie Grimm April 1960 to October...

     (1956-64)
  • Lou Boudreau
    Lou Boudreau
    Louis "Lou" Boudreau was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970...

     (1958-59; 1961-87) "Kiss it goodbye!"
  • Lloyd Pettit
    Lloyd Pettit
    Lloyd Pettit was a sportscaster in Chicago and Milwaukee as well as the owner of the Milwaukee Admirals.-Early life:Pettit was born in Chicago and moved as a small child to the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Shorewood High School...

     (1963; 1965-1966; 1969-1970)
  • Jim West (1971-1976)

1980s-1990s

  • Harry Caray
    Harry Caray
    Harry Caray, born Harry Christopher Carabina, was an American baseball broadcaster on radio and television. He covered four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with a long tenure calling the games of the St...

     (1982-97) "It might be... it could be... it is!" "Holy cow!" "Cubs win!" [*]
    • In 1987, Caray suffered a stroke during the offseason leading to his absence from the broadcast booth for most of the first two months of the season. To fill the void, a series of celebrity guest announcers appeared on the WGN telecasts in his place.
  • Steve Stone
    Steve Stone (baseball player)
    Steven Michael Stone is an American former Major League Baseball player, and current sportscaster and author....

    (1983-2001, 2003-2004)
  • Dewayne Staats
    Dewayne Staats
    Dewayne Staats is the play-by-play commentator for the Tampa Bay Rays' television broadcasts . He is teamed with color commentary announcer Brian Anderson. He has previously worked with analysts Joe Magrane and Kevin Kennedy.-Biography:Growing up near St. Louis, Missouri in Wood River, IL, Staats...

     (1985-1989)
  • Dave Nelson
    Dave Nelson
    David Earl Nelson is a former Major League Baseball player and one of the current broadcasters for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team on Fox Sports Wisconsin...

     (1988-1989)
  • Ron Santo
    Ron Santo
    Ronald Edward Santo was an American professional baseball player and long-time radio sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1974, most notably as the third baseman for the Chicago Cubs. A nine-time All-Star, he was a powerful hitter who was also a good defensive...

     (1990-2010) "Boy, oh boy..."
  • Bob Brenly
    Bob Brenly
    Robert Earl Brenly is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He played the majority of his career as a catcher with the San Francisco Giants and played half a season for the Toronto Blue Jays...

     (1990-91 [radio]; 2005-present [TV])
  • Thom Brennaman
    Thom Brennaman
    Thomas Wade "Thom" Brennaman is an American sportscaster, and the son of current Cincinnati Reds radio sportscaster Marty Brennaman.-Broadcasting career:...

     (1990-95)
  • Pat Hughes
    Pat Hughes (baseball)
    Vergil Patrick "Pat" Hughes has been the play-by-play voice of the Chicago Cubs, working for WGN radio, since 1996. He partnered with color commentator Ron Santo, former All-Star third baseman for the Cubs from 1996 until 2010, when Santo died of cancer. Their unique on-air chemistry came to be...

     (1996-present) "This ball's got a chaaaance...GONE!" "Get out the tape measure, LONG gone!"
  • Dan Roan
    Dan Roan
    Daniel Roan is the sports director for WGN, a Chicago television station. He is also the host of WGN's Instant Replay.- Career :Dan's career began in 1977 at WCIA in Champaign, Illinois, where he was sports director for seven years....

     (1980s-present; substitute broadcaster and host of certain specials; WGN
    WGN (AM)
    WGN is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is the only radio station owned by the Tribune Company, which also owns the flagship television station WGN-TV, the Chicago Tribune newspaper and Chicago magazine locally. WGN's transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois...

     only)
  • Josh Lewin
    Josh Lewin
    Josh Lewin is an American sports play-by-play announcer who most recently called television games for the Texas Rangers baseball club. He serves as radio voice of the San Diego Chargers football team...

     (1997)

2000s

  • Andy Masur
    Andy Masur
    Andy Masur is an American sportscaster, announcing San Diego Padres baseball and University of San Diego men's basketball games over XEPRS-AM in Tijuana near San Diego....

     (1998-2006); radio fill in and pre-post game host.
  • Chip Caray (1998-2004) "Swung on and belted!" "Fisted!"
  • Joe Carter
    Joe Carter
    Joseph Christopher Carter is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from to . Carter is most famous for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays....

     (2001-02) "Like a deer with headlights!"
  • Dave Otto
    Dave Otto
    David Alan Otto , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1987-1994. Dave is a 1982 graduate of Elk Grove High School. At 6'7" he is the tallest pitcher to hurl for Elk Grove's Grenadiers...

      (2001-02) "You gotta be some kind of strong..."
  • Len Kasper
    Len Kasper
    Len Kasper is a play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs , teaming with Bob Brenly on WGN-TV, WCIU-TV, and Comcast SportsNet.- Personal life :Kasper grew up in Michigan...

     (2005-present) "Way back! It's outta here!"
  • Dan Plesac
    Dan Plesac
    Daniel Thomas Plesac is a former Major League Baseball pitcher with an 18-year career from to . He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies...

     (2005-2008; substitute broadcaster; CSN Chicago
    Comcast SportsNet
    Comcast SportsNet is a group of regional sports networks in the United States primarily owned by the Comcast cable television company....

     only)
  • Cory Provus (2007-2008); radio fill in and pre-post game host.
  • Judd Sirott
    Judd Sirott
    Judd Kevin Sirott is an American sportscaster on WGN 's coverage of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Blackhawks. On Cubs broadcasts he does color commentary during the 5th inning, provides scores on other games throughout the broadcast, and hosts pregame and postgame shows...

     (2009-present); radio fill in and pre-post game host.
  • Keith Moreland
    Keith Moreland
    Bobby Keith "Zonk" Moreland is a former outfielder, catcher and infield in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres. In , the final year of his career, he played for the Detroit Tigers, then the Baltimore Orioles...

    (2011-present)
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