List of Houston Astros broadcasters explained

Broadcasters for the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team.

Play by Play

• Gene Elston (1962–1986)
• Loel Passe (1962–1976)
• Guy Savage (1962–1963)
• Al Helfer (1962)
• Mickey Herskowitz (1963)
• Harry Kalas (1965–1970)
• Bob Prince (1976)
• Dewayne Staats (1977–1984)
• Mike Elliott (1984)
• Larry Hirsch (1984)
• Jim Durham (1984–1985)
• Milo Hamilton (1985–2012) (only home games from 2006–2012)
• Jerry Trupiano (1985–1986)
• Bill Worrell (1986–1996, 2000–2003)
• Dave Hofferth (1987)
• Bill Brown (1987–2016) (just home games and select road games from 2013–2016)
• Bruce Gietzen (1988–1990)
• Vince Cotroneo (1991–1997)
• Brett Dolan (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Dave Raymond) and all road games)
• Dave Raymond (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Brett Dolan) and all road games)
• Alan Ashby (1998–2006 (radio); 2013–2016 (television) (from 1998–2006, he provided 2 innings of play-by-play on the radio and from 2013–2016, he provided play-by-play for games without Bill Brown)
• Robert Ford (2013–present)
• Steve Sparks (2013–present) (2 innings a game on radio)
• Todd Kalas (2017–present)
• Kevin Eschenfelder (2017–present)

Color Analyst

• Larry Dierker (1979–1996, 2004–2005)
• Enos Cabell (1989–1994)
• Alan Ashby (radio: 1998–2005), (TV: 2013–2016)
• Jim Deshaies (1997–2012)
• Steve Sparks (2013–present)
• Geoff Blum (2013–present) (road games with Ashby and select home games, 2013–2016; home and road games 2017–present)

Spanish

• René Cárdenas (1962–1977, 2007)
• Orlando Sanchez-Diago (1962–1992)
• Rolando Becerra (1987–1992)
• Francisco Ernesto Ruiz (1993–2007)
• Manny Lopez (1993)
• Danny Gonzalez (1994–1996)
• Alex Treviño (1997–Present)
• Adrian Chavarria (2006–2007)
• Enrique Vasquez (2006)
• Francisco Romero (2008–Present)

Broadcast Outlets

Television

Over-the-air

• KTRK-TV (1962–1972)
• KPRC-TV (1973–1978)
• KRIV (1979–1982)
• KTXH (1983–1997, 2008–2011)
• KNWS-TV (1998–2007)
• KUBE-TV (2013–present)

Cable

• Fanfare Cable (1979)
• Home Sports Entertainment/Prime Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest (1983–2004)
• Fox Sports Houston (2005–2012)
• Comcast Sportsnet Houston/Root Sports Southwest/AT&T Sportsnet Southwest (2013–2023)^[1]
• Space City Home Network (2024-Present)

Note: Fox Sports Houston was originally a sub-feed of Fox Sports Southwest from 2005 to 2008; however, the Houston feed became its own standalone channel as of January 2009.
Note: Comcast Sportsnet Houston became Root Sports Southwest in November, 2014 which later became AT&T Sportsnet Southwest in July, 2017

Spanish language

• unknown

Radio

• KPRC (AM) (1962–1980)
• KNTH (1981–1982)
• KRBE (1983–1984)
• KTRH (1985–1995, 1999–2012)
• KILT (AM) (1996–1998)
• KBME (AM) (2013–present)

Spanish Radio

• KXTN-FM (1988)
• KXYZ (1989–2002)
• KLAT (2003–2014; 2021–present)
• KODA HD-3 (2015-2017)
• KEYH / KNTE (2018-2020)

See also

• List of current Major League Baseball announcers
• Houston Astros Radio Network

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aufdenspring. Matt. Rockets, Astros fans rejoice! ROOT Sports Southwest launches in Houston. Click2Houston.com.