List of Boston Celtics broadcasters explained

Television

2020s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2024-25	NBC Sports Boston	Drew Carter	Brian Scalabrine (primary)	Abby Chin or Chris Forsberg	Abby Chin	Chris Forsberg, Brian Scalabrine, Kendrick Perkins and/or Eddie House
2023-24	NBC Sports Boston	Mike Gorman (home games) Drew Carter (road games)	Brian Scalabrine (primary)	Abby Chin or Amina Smith	Abby Chin or Amina Smith	Chris Forsberg, Brian Scalabrine, Kendrick Perkins and/or Eddie House
2022-23		Mike Gorman Sean Grande (most road games) Brian Scalabrine (select games)	Brian Scalabrine (primary) Eddie House (when Scalabrine is on play-by-play) Cedric Maxwell (select games)	Abby Chin or Amina Smith	Abby Chin or Amina Smith	Chris Forsberg, Brian Scalabrine, Kendrick Perkins and/or Eddie House
2021-22		Mike Gorman	Brian Scalabrine	Abby Chin, Chris Forsberg, or Chris Mannix	Abby Chin or Amina Smith	Chris Forsberg, Brian Scalabrine, Kendrick Perkins and/or Chris Mannix
2020-21			Brian Scalabrine	Abby Chin, Chris Forsberg, Brian Scalabrine, Kendrick Perkins or Chris Mannix	Abby Chin	Chris Forsberg, Brian Scalabrine, Kendrick Perkins and/or Chris Mannix

2010s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2019-20		Mike Gorman or Kyle Draper	Tom Heinsohn (Home Games) Brian Scalabrine (Road Games)	Abby Chin	Kyle Draper	Tom Heinsohn, Brian Scalabrine, Tim Welsh and/or Chris Mannix
2018-19
2017-18		Mike Gorman
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14			Tom Heinsohn (Home Games) Dave Cowens, Cedric Maxwell, Danny Ainge, or Chris Herren (Road Games)			Tom Heinsohn, Dave Cowens, Tim Welsh and/or Chris Mannix
			Tom Heinsohn Donny Marshall or Brian Scalabrine (Select Road Games)	Greg Dickerson	Gary Tanguay	Donny Marshall, Brian Scalabrine, and/or Tom Heinsohn
2011-12			Tom Heinsohn or Donny Marshall (Select Road Games)			Donny Marshall or Tom Heinsohn (Select road games)
2010-11			Tom Heinsohn (Home games and Atlantic Division road games) Donny Marshall (Most road games) Bill Walton (4 West Coast road games)			Donny Marshall, Tom Heinsohn, and/or Dave Cowens

2000s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2009-10		Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn or Donny Marshall (Select Road Games)	Greg Dickerson	Gary Tanguay	Donny Marshall or Tom Heinsohn (Select road games)
2007-08
2006-07			Tom Heinsohn			Donny Marshall
2005-06
				Willie Maye	Gary Tanguay & Greg Dickerson	Guest Analysts
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01					Gary Tanguay & Eric Frede

1990s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Courtside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
1999-2000		Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn	Willie Maye	Gary Tanguay & Eric Frede	Guest Analysts
1998-99		Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn	Willie Maye	Eric Frede
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy		Doug Brown
1997-98		Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn	Willie Maye	Leah Secondo
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy
1996-97		Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn	Willie Maye	Kim Walden
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy
1995-96	SportsChannel New England WSBK	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn		Willie Maye
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy		Doug Brown
1994-95		Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn		Willie Maye
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy		Doug Brown
1993-94	SportsChannel New England WSBK-TV WBZ-TV^[1]	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn		Mike Lynch
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy		Doug Brown
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy		Bob Lobel (Weeknights) or Bob Neumeier (Weekends)
1992-93	SportsChannel New England WFXT	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn		Bob Lobel
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy	Jimmy Myers	Jimmy Myers
1991-92	SportsChannel New England WFXT	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn		Bob Lobel
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy	Jimmy Myers	Jimmy Myers	Dennis Johnson (Playoffs Only)
1990-91	SportsChannel New England WFXT^[2]	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn		Bob Lobel
		Tom Heinsohn	Bob Cousy	Jimmy Myers	Jimmy Myers

1980s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1989-90	SportsChannel New England WLVI-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn	Bob Lobel
		Mike Crispino	Bob Cousy
1988-89	SportsChannel New England WLVI-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos^[3]	Bob Cousy
1987-88	SportsChannel New England WLVI-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos	Bob Cousy	Bob Gamere^[4]
1986-87	SportsChannel New England WLVI-TV^[5]	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos	Bob Cousy
1985-86	SportsChannel New England WLVI-TV^[6]	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos	Bob Cousy
1984-85	SportsChannel New England WBZ-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos^[7]	Bob Cousy
1983-84	SportsChannel New England WBZ-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos^[8]
1982-83	PRISM New England WBZ-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos	Bob Cousy
1981-82	PRISM New England WBZ-TV	Mike Gorman	Tom Heinsohn
		Gil Santos	Bob Cousy
1980-81	WBZ-TV	Roger Twibell	Bob Cousy

1970s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1979-80	WBZ-TV	Roger Twibell	Bob Cousy
1978-79
1977-78		Len Berman
1976-77	WBZ-TV HBO^[9]	Len Berman Dick Stockton
1975-76	WBZ-TV	Len Berman
1974-75		Dick Stockton^[10]
1973-74		Johnny Most^[11]	Len Berman
1972-73		Bob Fouracre
1971-72	WSMW-TV^[12]
1970-71		Cy Follmer^[13]	Red Auerbach

1960s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1969-70	WSMW-TV	Cy Follmer	Red Auerbach (select games)
1968-69	WKBG-TV WSBK-TV (playoffs only)^[14]	Tom Heinsohn	Red Auerbach
1967-68	WKBG-TV	Tom Heinsohn	Red Auerbach
1966-67	WKBG-TV	Marty Glickman or Tom Heinsohn	Tom Heinsohn
1965-66	WHDH-TV (mainly playoff away games)	Don Gillis	Tom Heinsohn
1964-65	WIHS-TV^[15] (playoff games simulcast on WHDH-TV)	Harry Caray	Bill Sharman
1963-64	WHDH-TV	Don Gillis
1962-63	WHDH-TV	Don Gillis
1961-62	WHDH-TV	Don Gillis
1960-61	WHDH-TV	Curt Gowdy

1950s

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter
1952-53	WNAC-TV^[16]	Curt Gowdy		Les Smith^[17]

Substitutes

Play-by-Play

• Mike Crispino (1988–89)
• Mike Lynch (1988–94)
• Bob Lobel (1989–93)
• Gary Tanguay (2007–Present)

Color commentator

• John Havlicek (1983–89)
• Hank Finkel (1983–93)
• Rick Weitzman (1983–90)
• Dave Gavitt (1983–89)
• Upton Bell (1983–88)
• Jimmy Myers (1983–90)
• Bob Ryan (1983–89)
• M.L. Carr (1985–89)
• Dave Cowens (1985–89)
• Ronnie Perry Jr. (1988–90)
• Cedric Maxwell (2007–present)
• Bill Raftery (2009–10)

Courtside Reporter

• Willie Maye (2008–Present)

Studio Host

• Paul Devlin (1998–99)
• Mike Felger (2007–Present)

Studio Analyst

• Tim Welsh (2008–09)

Notes

• From 1975 to 1995, select Celtics games were shown in the Hartford area on WATR-TV (1975–1982), WTXX (1982–1995), and WTIC-TV (1987–1995).

Radio

See also: Boston Celtics Radio Network.

2020s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2022-23		Sean GrandeJon Wallach (when Grande is on NBC Sports Boston)	Cedric MaxwellAbby Chin (when Maxwell is on NBC Sports Boston)
2021-22		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2020-21		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell

2010s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2019-20		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2018-19		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2017-18		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2016-17		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2015-16		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2014-15		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2013-14		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell
2012-13		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	John Ryder
2011-12		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	John Ryder
2010-11		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	John Ryder

2000s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2009-10		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	John Ryder
2008-09		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	John Ryder
2007-08		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	John Ryder
2006-07		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	Jimmy Myers and Jimmy Young
2005-06		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	Jimmy Myers and Jimmy Young
2004-05		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	Jimmy Myers
2003-04		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	Jimmy Myers
2002-03		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	Jimmy Myers
2001-02		Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell	Dave Jageler & Marty Tirrell
2000-01		Howard David	Cedric Maxwell	Ted Sarandis

1990s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1999-2000		Howard David	Cedric Maxwell	Ted Sarandis
1998-99		Howard David	Cedric Maxwell	Ted Sarandis
1997-98		Howard David	Cedric Maxwell	Ted Sarandis
1996-97		Spencer Ross	Cedric Maxwell	Ted Sarandis
1995-96		Spencer Ross	Cedric Maxwell	Ted Sarandis
1994-95		Glenn Ordway	Jerry Sichting	Craig Mustard
1993-94		Glenn Ordway	Jerry Sichting	Craig Mustard
1992-93		Glenn Ordway	Jerry Sichting	Craig Mustard
1991-92		Glenn Ordway	Jerry Sichting	Craig Mustard
1990-91		Glenn Ordway	Doug Brown	Craig Mustard

1980s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1989-90		Glenn Ordway	Doug Brown or Johnny Most	Craig Mustard
1988-89		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway	Glenn Ordway
1987-88		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway	Glenn Ordway
1986-87		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway	Glenn Ordway
1985-86		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway	Glenn Ordway
1984-85		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway	Glenn Ordway
1983-84		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway	Glenn Ordway
1982-83		Johnny Most	Glenn Ordway^[18]	Glenn Ordway
1981-82		Johnny Most	Rick Weitzman	Glenn Ordway
1980-81		Johnny Most	Rick Weitzman^[19]	Gil Santos

1970s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
1979-80		Johnny Most	Gil Santos	Gil Santos
1978-79			Gil Santos
1977-78			Bob Lobel (home games)^[20]
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75
1973-74			Len Berman
1972-73
1971-72
1970-71

1960s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1969-70	WBZ^[21]	Johnny Most	Wayne Embry
1968-69	WHDH
1967-68	WHDH
1966-67	WHDH
1965-66	WHDH
1964-65	WHDH		Jim Pansullo
1963-64	WHDH
1962-63	WHDH
1961-62	WHDH		Bill Harrington
1960-61	WHDH		John Bassett

1950s

Year	Flagship Station	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1959-60	WHDH	Johnny Most
1958-59	WHDH	Johnny Most
1957-58	WHDH	Johnny Most
1956-57	WHDH	Johnny Most
1955-56	WHDH	Johnny Most
1954-55	WNAC	Johnny Most
1953-54	WCOP	Johnny Most
1952-53	WHDH	Curt Gowdy	Don Gillis
1951-52	WHDH	Curt Gowdy^[22]	Don Gillis

Substitutes

Play by Play

• Bob Lobel (1976–1978)
• Gil Santos (1979–1980)
• Glenn Ordway (1981–1989)
• Sean McDonough (1997–2001)
• Ted Sarandis (1997–2001)
• Jeff Twiss (1998–99)
• Dave Jageler (2001–2002)
• Dale Arnold (2010–2011)

Color commentator

• Jimmy Myers (2002–2003)

See also

• List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters
• List of Boston Red Sox broadcasters
• List of Boston Bruins broadcasters
• List of New England Patriots broadcasters

Notes

• From 1999 to 2008, Bob Cousy appeared as a part-time analyst on Celtics games, calling about 10 games each season.^[23]
• During the 1980 NBA Playoffs, Johnny Most split play-by-play duties with Gil Santos due to problems with Most's voice. Most called the first and fourth quarters and served as an analyst during the second and third, while Santos called the second and third and analyzed the other two.^[24]

Notes and References

1. News: Jim Baker . Green goes Brown Lands Ch.38's Celtics in-studio job . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104091039/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/68156381.html?dids=68156381:68156381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&typ . dead . November 4, 2012 . Boston Herald . November 7, 1993. 2010-06-03 .
2. News: Craig. Jack. A Man for All Celtic Channels? Heinsohn is Preparing For Double Duty This Season in Broadcast Booth. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106123002/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61650309.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. November 6, 2012. 22 April 2011. Boston Globe. July 15, 1990.
3. News: Craig. Jack. Santos Qutis Celtics: Mike Crispino Takes Over Play-By-Play. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106123013/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61508534.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. November 6, 2012. 22 April 2011. Boston Globe. August 9, 1989.
4. News: Craig. Jack. NFL to Skip Makeups, Accommodate Networks. The Boston Globe. September 27, 1987.
5. News: Craig. Jack. No Far-Reaching Outcry Over WTBS Blackout. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106123025/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59492111.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. November 6, 2012. 22 April 2011. Boston Globe. May 5, 1987.
6. News: Craig. Jack. Dishing Up Junkie Food. https://archive.today/20130131175417/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/659925681.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. January 31, 2013. 22 April 2011. Boston Globe. May 23, 1986.
7. News: Craig. Jack. Sportview Jack Craig; Replays Tainted Celtics-Bucks Taped Coverage. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106123052/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/662870421.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. November 6, 2012. 22 April 2011. Boston Globe. May 23, 1984.
8. News: Craig. Jack. Sportview Jack Craig; On The Celtics, Ordway, Andelman. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106123142/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/662882711.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT. dead. November 6, 2012. 22 April 2011. Boston Globe. June 1, 1984.
9. News: Craig. Jack. NBC spoils sports promotion of Marv Albert. Boston Globe. October 31, 1976.
10. News: Cooz will air Celtics games. 22 April 2011. Associated Press. August 30, 1974.
11. Book: Berman, Len. Spanning the World: The Crazy Universe of Big-Time Sports, All-Star Egos, and Hall of Fame Bloopers. 2006. HarperCollins. 9780060757533.
12. News: Doyle. Bill. Sixth Man not on C's bench; A real circus comes to town.. 22 April 2011. Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
13. News: WSMW To Telecast Celtic Road Games. The Hartford Courant. September 30, 1970.
14. News: Celtics Face Suns in N.Y., Host Knicks Tomorrow. Boston Globe. February 25, 1969.
15. News: Celtics Basketball Games On Ch. 38 Starting Oct. 28. The Boston Globe. October 11, 1964.
16. News: Sunday Sports Feature. The Boston Daily Globe. January 4, 1953.
17. News: Ashby . Ted . Courteous Humor . The Boston Daily Globe . January 12, 1953.
18. News: Craig. Jack. Ordway is in, Weitzman Out. Boston Globe. July 22, 1982.
19. News: Fishman. Phil. Rick Weitzman's Back with the Pros. Boston Globe. December 21, 1980.
20. News: Craig. Jack. You believe him even if you don't see him. The Boston Globe. December 30, 1977.
21. News: Concannon. Joe. Harvard Names Embry Aide to Coach Harrison. Boston Globe. September 24, 1969.
22. Book: The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. 2009. Gale / Cengage Learning. 9780684315751. 184.
23. Web site: Worcester Telegram & Gazette News . 2008-10-19 . 2008-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081013121018/http://www.telegram.com/article/20081010/NEWS/810100411/1009 . dead .
24. News: Craig. Jack. Less of Most: WBZ knows why. The Boston Globe. April 11, 1980.