Broadcasting
Several Portland Timbers games are televised nationally in English by NBC, NBC Sports Network, ESPN or ESPN2 and nationally in Spanish by Galavisión. The rest of the games are televised regionally in English by Root Sports Northwest (formerly FSN Northwest), locally in English by FOX 12 Oregon or PDX TV and locally in Spanish by Estrella TV. Beginning in 2012 the Portland Timbers Broadcast Network was launched and provides coverage of over the air games to additional markets. Partners of the network include NTVZ/KTVZ 21.2 in Bend, OR, KEVU 23 in Eugene, OR, and KFBI 48.1 in Medford, OR. FOX 12 Oregon also airs a weekly highlight show called Timbers in 30 on Sunday evenings.
John Strong – a USL Timbers radio play-by-play announcer – calls the games for the local and regional broadcasts and is joined by former Premier League and Jamaica midfielder Robbie Earle on color commentary.
On the radio, all Timbers games are broadcast in English on 750 AM "The Game" and are simulcast in Spanish on both La Pantera 940 AM and Recuerdo 95.1 FM. 750 AM also features Talk Timbers, a weekly radio show dedicated to the team and soccer, hosted by Fletcher Johnson.
Long-time Portland Timbers broadcaster Andy McNamara handles play-by-play duties for the majority of the English-language radio broadcasts – with former NASL Timbers broadcaster Greg Flakus filling in when McNamara is not available – and is joined by former USL Timbers player Ross Smith as an analyst during home matches. Spanish-language radio broadcasts are called by Fernando Sobrevilla.
Read more about this topic: Portland Timbers
Famous quotes containing the word broadcasting:
“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)