Westwood One Kicks Off 2015 NFL Season Coverage
| RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, September 9, 2015 | 11:55pm CT |
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Westwood One announces its 2015 NFL broadcast season package featuring 100 games. The regular season schedule kicks off on Thursday, September 10 at 7:45pm ET when the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kevin Harlan and former quarterback Boomer Esiason return to the booth as the lead broadcast crew for "Monday Night Football." This marks Harlan's sixth full season behind the microphone and Esiason's 16th season as the lead analyst on Monday nights.
Two-time NFL MVP Kurt Warner will fill-in for Esiason on select Monday night games during the season. Jim Gray will anchor the pregame and halftime portions of "Monday Night Football" and the Super Bowl for the 15th straight season. Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald return as contributors and will join Jim in the pregame show each Monday night.
Kevin Kugler returns as the voice of "Sunday Night Football," his third straight year in that role for the network. Hall of Famer James Lofton remains as the color analyst, his seventh season in the booth. For the 8th consecutive season, Ian Eagle will call all the action on "Thursday Night Football." Tim Ryan and Tony Boselli will alternate as the analysts for this package of games. Scott Graham returns for the as the pre-game, halftime and post-game host of all the remaining games in the primetime package, his seventh consecutive year in that role.
For Sunday afternoon NFL broadcasts, Tom McCarthy returns as play-by-play announcer and will pair with former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker to form one of the regular broadcast tandems. John Sadak and former Steelers quarterback Mark Malone will call the other Sunday afternoon game each week. Kevin Lee will fill-in on play-by-play on select Sunday afternoon games.
Westwood One's NFL broadcasts can be heard on nearly 500 stations nationwide, as well as on SiriusXM radio and through NFL Game Pass on NFL.com and the NFL Mobile from Verizon app.
