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List of Cleveland Browns broadcasters

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List of Cleveland Browns broadcasters
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Since 2013, radio coverage of the Cleveland Browns professional football team has originated from flagship stations WKNR (850 AM), WKRK-FM (92.3 FM) and WNCX (98.5 FM). Play-by-play announcer Andrew Siciliano, color commentator Nathan Zegura and sideline analyst/reporter Je'Rod Cherry form the radio team (during the preseason, Zegura moves to TV, Cherry moves to the booth, and Ken Carman serves as sideline reporter).[1] Spanish-language broadcasts originate over WJMO (1300 AM) with announcers Rafa Hernández-Brito and Octavio Sequera.

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WEWS (channel 5) is the preseason TV home of the Browns, with veteran national announcer Chris Rose (play by play), Nathan Zegura (color commentary) and sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala comprising the broadcast team.[2]

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Further information: Cleveland Browns Radio Network

The following is a list of sportscasters who have covered the Browns over the radio throughout the team's history (including its first four seasons as a member of the All-America Football Conference and original incarnation in the NFL from 1950 to 1995), split by play-by-play and commentary. The team began using radio sideline reporters upon its return to the NFL in 1999. Gold shading indicates championship season.[3]

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  1. [a]
    WGAR became WKNR in 1990; currently home to WHKW.
  2. [b]
    WERE became WJMO in 2007.
  3. [c]
    WTAM became KYW in 1956, WKYC in 1965, WWWE in 1972 and reverted to the WTAM calls in 1996.
  4. [d]
    Coleman died while the 2006 season was in progress, with Knott taking over immediately thereafter (as he had already been filling in during Coleman's illness).[26]
  5. [e]
    From 2007-2012 during the preseason, Donovan called the games on TV, Mike Snyder called them on radio, and Donovan went back to radio for the regular season. When the Browns changed radio flagships for the 2013 season, Jeff Phelps called preseason games on radio
  6. [f]
    Mike Snyder also filled in for Donovan for two games during the 2011 season related to his treatment for leukemia.[28]
  7. [g]
    Renamed from WRMR in 2001 and is the successor to the original WKNR; see 2001 in radio.
  8. [h]
    Nathan Zegura was suspended for eight games during the 2018 season after an altercation with an NFL referee; Dustin Fox of co-flagship WKRK-FM filled in for Zegura.[29]
  9. [i]
    Following the season opener, Donovan announced he would step away from the broadcast team to undergo treatment for leukemia, with Chris Rose, Andrew Siciliano, Paul Keels and Tom McCarthy filling in during his absence.[32] Donovan returned for the week 11 game on November 19.[33]
  10. [j]
    Donovan announced his retirement shortly before the start of the regular season due to undergoing treatment for cancer, with Siciliano named as his replacement
  11. [k]
    WJMO became the Spanish-language flagship on November 1, 2024.[34]
  12. [l]
    WVKO-FM became WWLA in 2024 and added WJYD as a simulcast.[34]
  13. [m]
    Golic served as play-by-play announcer for the first game, with Rosen then taking over for the remainder of the preseason.
  14. [n]
    The Browns voided their three-year[37] preseason contract with WOIO on July 18, 2006, after the station's news coverage of the drowning of then-team owner Randy Lerner's six-year-old niece.[38] A replacement contract with WKYC was announced on August 3, 2006.[39]
  15. [o]
    Andrew Catalon filled in for Jim Donovan during the 2011 preseason during Donovan's recovery from a bone marrow transplant.[42]
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