List of College World Series broadcasters

Through 1987, the College World Series was a pure double-elimination event. The format was changed in 1988, when the tournament was divided into two four-team double-elimination brackets, with the survivors of each bracket playing in a single championship game. The single-game championship was designed for network television, with the final game on CBS on Saturday afternoon.

In 2003, the tournament returned entirely to cable television on ESPN, which had been covering all of the other games of the CWS since 1982 (and a partial schedule since 1980).^[1] The championship final became a best-of-three series between the two bracket winners, with games scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday evenings. In the results shown here, Score indicates the score of the championship game(s) only.

The following is a list of the American television networks and announcers that have broadcast the College World Series.

Television By decade

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)
2016	ESPN	Karl Ravech	Eduardo Pérez and Kyle Peterson	Kaylee Hartung and Alex Cora
2015	ESPN	Karl Ravech	Kyle Peterson and Aaron Boone	Jessica Mendoza and Kaylee Hartung
2014	ESPN	Karl Ravech	Kyle Peterson and Aaron Boone	Jessica Mendoza and Jaymee Sire
2013	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser and Kyle Peterson	Jessica Mendoza and Kaylee Hartung
2012	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser and Kyle Peterson	Jenn Brown and Jessica Mendoza
2011	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura	Jenn Brown and Kyle Peterson
2010	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura	Erin Andrews and Kyle Peterson

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)
2009	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser and Robin Ventura	Erin Andrews and Kyle Peterson
2008	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser	Erin Andrews
2007	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Orel Hershiser	Erin Andrews
2006	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Harold Reynolds
2005	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Harold Reynolds
2004	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Harold Reynolds	Kyle Peterson
2003	ESPN	Mike Patrick	Harold Reynolds	Dave Ryan
2002	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Rick Cerone
2001	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Ray Knight
2000	CBS	Greg Gumbel	Jerry Kindall

1990s

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1989	CBS	Brent Musburger^[3]	Joe Morgan^[4]
1988	CBS	Brent Musburger^[5]	Rick Monday

Radio By decade

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)
2016	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Scott Graham	Gary Sharp
2015	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Scott Graham	Gary Sharp
2014	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Scott Graham	Gary Sharp
2013	Dial Global/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Scott Graham	Ted Emrich
2012	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Scott Graham
2011	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Scott Graham	Joe Castellano
2010	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)
2009	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Joe Castellano
2008	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Jerry Trupiano
2007	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Jerry Trupiano
2006	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Joe Castellano
2005	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Joe Castellano
2004	Westwood One/NRG Media	Kevin Kugler	Joe Castellano
2003	Westwood One/NRG Media	Joe Castellano		Kevin Kugler

Basic television broadcaster overview

1980^[6]-1981^[7] - ESPN (selected games of the CWS)
1982^[8]-1987^[9] - ESPN (entire CWS)
1988-1990 - CBS (championship game); ESPN^[10]^[11]^[12] (remainder of CWS)
1991-2002 - CBS (championship game plus one game on first Saturday); ESPN (remainder of CWS)
2003–present - ESPN (entire CWS)

Note: ESPN aired some of these games on ESPN2^[13]

References

External links

NCAA Division I Men's College World Series

Ballparks	Hyames Field (1947, 1948) Lawrence–Dumont Stadium (1949) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (1950–2010) TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (2011–present)

Tournaments	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Broadcasters	CBS television coverage

Most Outstanding Players NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

ESPN Major League Baseball

Related programs

Baseball Tonight (1990–present)
Sunday Night Baseball (1990–present)
Monday Night Baseball (2002–present)
Wednesday Night Baseball (1990–present)
Thursday Night Baseball (2003–2006)

Radio	Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio (1998–present) The Baseball Show (2005–present)

Non-ESPN programming	Major League Baseball on ABC (broadcasters) Major League Baseball on TSN (1984–present)

Non-MLB programming	College World Series on ESPN Little League World Series (broadcasters)

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Aaron Boone Jeff Brantley Dave Campbell Terry Francona Nomar Garciaparra Tony Gwynn Orel Hershiser Norm Hitzges Tommy Hutton Reggie Jackson David Justice Eric Karros Kevin Kennedy Ray Knight Mike Lupica Fred Lynn Buck Martinez Jessica Mendoza Joe Morgan Mark Mulder Jim Palmer Steve Phillips Kirby Puckett Jerry Reuss Jim Rooker Chris Singleton Steve Stone Rick Sutcliffe Bobby Valentine

Field reporters	Erin Andrews Bonnie Bernstein Duke Castiglione Peter Gammons Tim Kurkjian Gary Miller Wendi Nix Buster Olney Sam Ryan

Lore

2,131 (1995)
Chasing Maris (1998)
Civil Rights Game (2007)
Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
Wild Card Wednesday (2011)
Braves–Marlins game at Fort Bragg (2016)

Tie-breaker games	1995 AL West Playoff 1998 NL Wild Card Playoff 1999 NL Wild Card Playoff

New York Yankees	Final game at Yankee Stadium (2008) Yankees–Red Sox rivalry Curse of the Bambino

Postseason	Baseball's longest postseason game (2005)

AL Division Series

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002 (coverage aired on ABC Family)
2003
2004
2005
2006

NL Division Series

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002 (coverage aired on ABC Family)
2003
2004
2005
2006

AL Wild Card Game

2015
2017
2019
2021

NL Wild Card Game

2014
2016
2018
2020

Major League Baseball on CBS

Related programs

Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1955–1965; 1990–1993)
Major League Baseball on CBS Radio (1927–1941; 1976–1997)
College World Series on CBS (1988–2002, broadcasters)
The Franchise (2011-2012)

1964 season	Baltimore Orioles Chicago Cubs New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals

CBS TV Stations	WJZ 13 (Baltimore Orioles, 1954) WBZ 4 (Boston Braves, 1948-1949; Boston Red Sox, 1948-1954) WCBS 2 (Brooklyn Dodgers, 1946–1949; New York Yankees, 2002-2004) KPIX 5 (Oakland Athletics, 1975-1981; 1985-1992) WPTZ 3 (later KYW) (Philadelphia Athletics, 1947-1954) KDKA 2 (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1958-1995)

Sponsors	Falstaff Brewing Corporation

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Buddy Blattner Frankie Frisch Jim Kaat Tim McCarver Jim McKay Pee Wee Reese Frank Reynolds

Hosts & field reporters	James Brown Jerry Coleman Jim Gray Andrea Joyce Pat O'Brien Lesley Visser

Guest commentators	Johnny Bench Tommy Lasorda Steve Stone

World Series

1947 (Games 3-4)
1948
1949
1950
1990
1991
1992
1993

AL Championship

NL Championship

All-Star Game

Lore

Music

Instrumentals	"Desert Ride" Jurassic Park (film score) "Overture" "The Walk Home"

Seasons

Early World Series coverage	1947 1948 1949

Initial Game of the Week era	1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 (New York Yankees games only)

Exclusive network package	1990 1991 1992 1993

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