Since 2013, radio coverage of the Cleveland Browns professional football team has originated from flagship stations WKNR (850AM), WKRK-FM (92.3FM) and WNCX (98.5FM). Jim Donovan has served as the team's play-by-play announcer since it resumed play in 1999. Color commentator Nathan Zegura and sideline analyst/reporter Je'Rod Cherry round out the radio team.[1] Spanish language broadcasts are heard on WNZN 89.1 FM with announcers Rafa Hernández-Brito and Octavio Sequera.
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-American 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]
^ abcWTAM became KYW in 1956, WKYC in 1965, WWWE in 1972 and reverted to the WTAM calls in 1996.
^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]
^Mike Snyder filled in for Jim Donovan for two games during the 2011 season related to his treatment for leukemia.[28]
^Renamed from WRMR in 2001 and is the successor to the original WKNR; see 2001 in radio.
^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]
^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]
^Golic served as play-by-play announcer for the first game, with Rosen then taking over for the remainder of the preseason.
^The Browns voided their three-year[36] 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.[37] A replacement contract with WKYC was announced on August 3, 2006.[38]
^Andrew Catalon filled in for Jim Donovan during the 2011 preseason during Donovan's recovery from a bone marrowtransplant.[41]
^ abcd"The voices of Browns games past". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. November 10, 2002. p. J6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via NewsBank.
^Offineer, Bee (September 12, 1947). "Microphones Move To Gridirons". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. 11. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Wallace, Julie (September 17, 1989). "'Mayer in the morning' surrounded by memories". Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. Elyria, Ohio. p. E6. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022 – via NewspaperArchive.
^"Browns Broadcast on New Ohio Network". The Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. August 17, 1948. p. 6. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"WHIZ To Air Browns' Play This Season". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. August 8, 1949. p. 12. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Coleman, McColgan Browns Announcers". The Daily Times. New Philadelphia, Ohio. International News Service. July 28, 1954. p. 10. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Broadcast Browns Games". The Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. September 27, 1957. p. 10. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"WERE To Air Browns' Tilts This Season". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. July 10, 1962. p. 36. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"WAKR Radio Airs Bengal Grid Tilts". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. March 30, 1968. p. A12. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Sports Announcer Jim Graner Dies". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. Associated Press. January 16, 1976. p. 20. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Phelps, Peter (February 11, 1984). "WHK keeps Browns' games". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. B2. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"WLTF broadcasts Browns games". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. August 3, 1990. p. C5. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Dyer, Bob (February 9, 1991). "Browns, buzzards to share air". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C1. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Shea, Bill (February 17, 1998). "Kardiac Kids on the comeback". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Lancaster, Ohio. pp. C1–C2. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Pluto, Terry (January 26, 1999). "Browns Notes". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. B5. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
Ridenour, Marla (October 17, 2011). "Streak continues for center Mack". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C6. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Ridenour, Marla; Ulrich, Nate (November 7, 2011). "Blood flows and Texans fire up". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. C3. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abHeldenfels, R.D. (April 6, 2005). "WOIO expands Browns coverage". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. E7. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Purpura, Dave (August 5, 2006). "Browns playing remote control games". The Newark Advocate. Newark, Ohio. pp. 1C–2C. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Thomas, George M. (April 21, 2007). "Browns call an audible on network". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. pp. C1, C5. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.