Broadcasting
The Crew was the first MLS team to land a local television network, when they did so in March 1996. Crew matches are telecast on Fox Sports Ohio. 1 Dwight Burgess serves as play-by-play commentator, and former Crew player Duncan Oughton serves as color commentator for home and away games. Ashleigh Ignelzi is the sideline reporter for all games telecast on Fox Sports Ohio. Select games are broadcast nationally on NBC Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, and TeleFutura.
English radio broadcasts can be heard on 610 AM WTVN with Neil Sika as play-by-play commentator and John Bluem (during home broadcasts) as color commentator. Spanish radio broadcasts can be heard on 103.1-FM WVKO-FM with Carlos Cordova and Benny Pietrangelo calling all home and road games and include 15-minute pre- and post-game shows.
From approximately 2005-2011, ONN aired a weekly half-hour program, Crew Xtra, where host Beau Bishop and a panel of guests reviewed the past week in Crew action and looked ahead to upcoming fixtures. SportsTime Ohio frequently re-airs the program later in the week. Crew Soccer Updates air weekdays on 105.7 FM WBWR and 106.7 FM WRXS.
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“We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what’s happening here. And we learn what’s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)