List of National League Championship Series broadcasters

The following is a list of the national television and radio networks and announcers that have broadcast National League Championship Series games over the years. It does not include any announcers who may have appeared on local broadcasts produced by the participating teams.

National television

2020s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)	Pregame host	Pregame analysts	Trophy presentation
2025	TBS/TruTV/HBO Max	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and Jeff Francoeur	Lauren Shehadi	Adam Lefkoe	Jimmy Rollins, Pedro Martínez, and Curtis Granderson	Lauren Shehadi
2024	Fox (Games 1–2)	Joe Davis	John Smoltz	Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci	Matt Vasgersian (Games 1, 6) Kevin Burkhardt (Games 2–5)	Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Derek Jeter	Tom Verducci
	FS1 (Games 2–6)
2023	TBS/Max	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and Jeff Francoeur	Matt Winer	Lauren Shehadi	Jimmy Rollins, Pedro Martínez, Curtis Granderson, and Albert Pujols (Games 1–2)	Matt Winer
	TruTV (AltCast)	Alanna Rizzo	Pedro Martínez (Games 1–4, 6–7), Albert Pujols (Games 1–2, 4–7), Nestor Cortés (Games 1–3, 6–7), Yonder Alonso (Games 1–3), Enrique Hernández (Games 1–2), Iván Rodríguez (Game 3), Patrick Sandoval (Games 4–5), and Rubén Amaro Jr. (Game 5)	—N/a
2022	FS1 (Games 1–3, 5)	Joe Davis	John Smoltz	Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci	Kevin Burkhardt (Games 1–4) Matt Vasgersian (Game 5)	Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas	Tom Verducci
	Fox (Games 2, 4)
2021	TBS	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and Jeff Francoeur	Lauren Shehadi	Bob Costas	Jimmy Rollins, Pedro Martínez, and Curtis Granderson	Lauren Shehadi
2020	Fox (Games 1, 4, 7)	Joe Buck (Games 1–6) Joe Davis (Game 7)	John Smoltz	Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci	Kevin Burkhardt	Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas	Tom Verducci
	FS1 (Games 2–7)

Notes

• Beginning in 2022, the new 7 year Major League Baseball contract called for both Fox network and FS1 to air more post-season games (two Divisional Series and one best-of-7 League Championship Series) while keeping the regular season structure intact. The deal saw Fox continue to air the All-Star Game and the World Series exclusively. However, Fox has expanded digital rights, and will air at least two of the first four League Championship Series games and all seventh games in its league from 2020 to 2028. Also, TBS will air Tuesday Night Baseball for the duration of the contract.
• 2020 – Joe Davis called play-by-play for Game 7 due to Joe Buck calling the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Green Bay Packers NFL game for Fox.
• 2021 – Bob Costas took over for Ernie Johnson as pregame host for TBS due to Johnson's Inside the NBA duties for TNT.
• 2022 – Matt Vasgersian filled in for Kevin Burkhardt as pregame host for Game 5 due to Burkhardt calling the Kansas City Chiefs–San Francisco 49ers NFL game for Fox. Vasgersian also filled in for Burkhardt on the postgame show after Game 4 the night before.
• 2024 – Matt Vasgersian filled in for Kevin Burkhardt as pregame host for Games 1 and 6 due to Burkhardt calling the Week 6 Detroit Lions–Dallas Cowboys and Week 7 Kansas City Chiefs–San Francisco 49ers NFL games for Fox.

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)	Pregame hosts	Pregame analysts	Trophy presentation
2019	TBS	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and Jeff Francoeur	Lauren Shehadi	Casey Stern	Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martínez, Jimmy Rollins, and Curtis Granderson	Brian Anderson
2018	FS1 (Games 1, 3–7)	Joe Buck	John Smoltz	Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci	Kevin Burkhardt	Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Frank Thomas	Tom Verducci
	Fox (Game 2)
2017	TBS	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling	Sam Ryan	Casey Stern	Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martínez, Jimmy Rollins, and Ryan Howard (Games 4–5)	Brian Anderson
2016	FS1	Joe Buck	John Smoltz	Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci	Kevin Burkhardt	Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose, Frank Thomas, and Tom Verducci (in Chicago)	Kevin Burkhardt
2015	TBS	Ernie Johnson	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken	Matt Winer and Sam Ryan	Casey Stern	Gary Sheffield, Pedro Martínez, and Dusty Baker	Ernie Johnson
2014	Fox (Game 1)	Joe Buck	Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci	Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews	Kevin Burkhardt	C. J. Nitkowski, Eric Karros, Gabe Kapler, and Frank Thomas	Erin Andrews
	FS1 (Games 2–5)
2013	TBS	Ernie Johnson	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken	Craig Sager	Keith Olbermann	Tom Verducci, Pedro Martínez, and Gary Sheffield	Ernie Johnson
2012	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Ken Rosenthal Erin Andrews (Games 1–4, 6–7) Chris Myers (Game 5)	Matt Vasgersian	Harold Reynolds, Eric Karros, and A. J. Pierzynski	Erin Andrews
2011	TBS	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and John Smoltz	Craig Sager	Matt Winer	David Wells, Cal Ripken, and Dennis Eckersley	Matt Winer
2010	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Ken Rosenthal	Chris Rose	Eric Karros and Mitch Williams	Chris Rose

Notes

• The 2010 NLCS did not air in some Philadelphia-area homes after Cablevision pulled local Fox station WTXF off its lineup on October 16 as the result of a carriage dispute with News Corporation, Fox's parent company.
• Brian Anderson took over for Ernie Johnson as the lead play-by-play man for TBS during the 2011 postseason because Johnson had to care for his son Michael (who suffered from Muscular dystrophy and was placed in intensive care around the same time as the playoffs). His son died 10 years later at 33.
• Nielsen ratings for Game 7 of the 2012 NLCS between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals showed that 31.8% of households in the St. Louis area watched the game compared with 27.5 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nationally, Nielsen found that 8.1 million viewers saw this game, a 4.9% share of households. The rating peaked at 5.8 at 7:30 p.m. (Central Time Zone) before declining as viewers switched to Monday Night Football or the presidential debate.
• Beginning in 2014, when Fox Sports began a new television contract with Major League Baseball, FS1 airs 40 regular season MLB games (mostly on Saturdays), along with up to 15 post-season games (eight Divisional Series games and one best-of-7 League Championship Series). The deal resulted in a reduction of MLB coverage on the Fox network, which will air 12 regular season games, the All-Star Game, and the World Series.
  • Game 1 of the 2014 NLCS was simulcast on Fox Sports 1 and hosted by Kevin Burkhardt, Gabe Kapler and C. J. Nitkowski, who offered sabermetric analysis of the game.
• 2017 – Anderson again took over for Johnson as the NLCS play-by-play announcer for TBS, this time because of Johnson's Inside the NBA duties for TNT.

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)	Pregame hosts	Pregame analysts	Trophy presentation
2009	TBS	Chip Caray	Ron Darling and Buck Martinez	Craig Sager	Ernie Johnson	David Wells, Cal Ripken, and Dennis Eckersley	Ernie Johnson
2008	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Ken Rosenthal and Chris Myers	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy, Mark Grace, and Eric Karros	Chris Myers
2007	TBS	Chip Caray	Tony Gwynn and Bob Brenly	Craig Sager and José Mota	Ernie Johnson	Frank Thomas, Cal Ripken, and Ron Darling	Ernie Johnson
2006	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver and Luis González	Ken Rosenthal	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy and A. J. Pierzynski	Kenny Albert
2005	Fox	Thom Brennaman	Steve Lyons and Bob Brenly	Chris Myers, Patrick O'Neal, and Kenny Albert	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	Steve Lyons
2004	Fox	Thom Brennaman	Steve Lyons and Bob Brenly	Chris Myers and Josh Lewin	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	Steve Lyons
2003	Fox	Thom Brennaman	Steve Lyons and Al Leiter	Josh Lewin	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	Steve Lyons
2002	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	—N/a	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	Tim McCarver
2001	Fox	Joe Buck (in Arizona) Thom Brennaman (in Atlanta)	Tim McCarver (in Arizona) Steve Lyons (in Atlanta)	—N/a	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	Steve Lyons
2000	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly	Bob Brenly	Keith Olbermann	Kevin Kennedy	Keith Olbermann

Notes

• In 2001, Game 5 of the NLCS and Game 4 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. This came off the heels of Fox airing an NFL doubleheader that particular day (October 21).
• In 2002, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. The regional split was done in order for Fox to avoid televising a weekday afternoon game.
• In 2003, Game 1 of the ALCS and Game 2 of the NLCS were split between Fox and FX.
• In 2004, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. Also in 2004, Game 5 of the ALCS ran way into the time slot of Game 5 of the NLCS. As a result, the first seven innings of the NLCS game were shown on FX, except in the home markets of the teams competing in the NLCS, which saw the conclusion of the ALCS on FX and the NLCS on Fox.
• In 2005, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and FX.
• The 2007 NLCS on TBS marked the first time that a League Championship Series was exclusively broadcast on a cable television network.

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)
1999	NBC	Bob Costas	Joe Morgan	Jim Gray and Craig Sager
1998	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly
1997	NBC	Bob Costas	Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker	Jim Gray
1996	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly
1995	ABC (in Cincinnati)	Al Michaels	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver	Lesley Visser
	NBC (in Atlanta)	Greg Gumbel	Joe Morgan	Johnny Bench
1993	CBS	Sean McDonough	Tim McCarver	Jim Gray
1992	CBS	Sean McDonough	Tim McCarver	Jim Gray
1991	CBS	Jack Buck	Tim McCarver	Andrea Joyce
1990	CBS	Jack Buck	Tim McCarver	James Brown

Notes

• The 1990 postseason started on a Thursday, while World Series started on a Tuesday due to the brief lockout.
  • In 1990, Major League Baseball and CBS went with some rather unconventional scheduling during the LCS round, with two consecutive scheduled off-days in the NLCS after Game 2.
• In 1991, CBS didn't come on the air for baseball for weeknight LCS telecasts until 8:30 p.m. ET. Instead, they opted to show programming such as Rescue 911 at 8 p.m. rather than a baseball pregame show.
• The 1994 National League Championship Series was planned to air on NBC. However, those plans were scrapped when a strike caused the entire postseason to be cancelled.
• The rather messy 1995 arrangement was courtesy of "The Baseball Network", which was Major League Baseball's in-house production facility. ABC and NBC (who essentially, distributed the telecasts rather than produce them by themselves like in the past) shared the same on-air graphics and even the microphone "flags" had the "Baseball Network" logo on it with the respective network logo. In addition, the first four games of both of the 1995 League Championship Series were regionally televised.

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1989	NBC	Vin Scully (Games 1, 3–5) Bob Costas (Game 2)	Tom Seaver
1988	ABC	Al Michaels	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver
1987	NBC	Vin Scully	Joe Garagiola
1986	ABC	Keith Jackson	Tim McCarver
1985	NBC	Vin Scully	Joe Garagiola
1984	ABC	Don Drysdale	Earl Weaver and Reggie Jackson
1983	NBC	Vin Scully	Joe Garagiola
1982	ABC	Al Michaels	Tommy Lasorda Howard Cosell (Games 1, 3)
1981	NBC	Dick Enberg	Tom Seaver
1980	ABC	Keith Jackson	Don Drysdale and Howard Cosell

Notes

• On October 11, 1980, Keith Jackson called an Oklahoma vs. Texas college football game for ABC in the afternoon, then flew to Houston, Texas to call Game 4 of the NLCS. In the meantime, Don Drysdale filled-in for Jackson on play-by-play for the early innings (up until the middle of the fourth inning). ABC used Steve Zabriskie as a field reporter during the 1980 NLCS.
• The 1981 NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Montreal Expos was also broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) with Dave Van Horne and Duke Snider announcing. This was still during a period in which the participating ballclubs were allowed to do their own local League Championship Series telecasts.
  • Even though Dick Enberg did play-by-play for the 1981 NLCS for NBC, Merle Harmon was, for the most part, NBC's backup baseball play-by-play man (serving behind Joe Garagiola, who called that year's ALCS for NBC with Tony Kubek) in 1981. Harmon's broadcast partner during this period was Ron Luciano. Bryon Day covered the postgame interviews for NBC following the Los Angeles Dodgers' victory in Game 5.
• Game 1 of the 1982 NLCS had to be played twice. In the first attempt (on October 6), the Atlanta Braves led against the St. Louis Cardinals 1–0 behind Phil Niekro. The game was three outs away becoming official when the umpire stopped it. When the rain did not subside, the game was cancelled. Game 1 began from the start the following night in a pitching match-up of Pascual Pérez for the Braves and longtime Cardinal starter Bob Forsch.
  • ABC's Howard Cosell did not broadcast Game 2 of the 1982 NLCS because of his commitment of hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers' 50th Anniversary dinner in Pittsburgh on October 9, 1982, which was broadcast live on Pittsburgh's ABC affiliate, WTAE-TV and Pittsburgh's NBC affiliate, WPXI-TV.
  • ABC's Jim Lampley interviewed the winners in the Cardinals' clubhouse after clinching the National League pennant in Game 3.
• 1983 marked the last year that the local flagship television stations for the competing teams were allowed to produce their own League Championship Series broadcasts. In 1982, Major League Baseball recognized a problem with this due to the emergence of cable superstations such as WTBS in Atlanta and WGN-TV in Chicago. When WTBS tried to petition for the right to do a "local" Braves broadcast of the 1982 NLCS, Major League Baseball got a Philadelphia federal court to ban them on the grounds that as a cable superstation, they could not have a nationwide telecast competing with ABC's.

• The rather unusual 1984 NLCS schedule (which had an off day after Game 3 rather than Game 2) allowed ABC to have a prime time game each weeknight even though Chicago's Wrigley Field did not have lights at the time (which remained the case until four years later). ABC used Tim McCarver as a field reporter during the 1984 NLCS. During the regular season, McCarver teamed with Don Drysdale on backup games while Al Michaels, Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver/Howard Cosell formed ABC's number one broadcasting team.
• On Thursday, October 10, 1985, NBC didn't come on the air for Game 2 of the NLCS until 8:30 p.m. ET to avoid disrupting The Cosby Show at 8. NBC would do the same thing for Thursday night games in subsequent postseasons. Dick Enberg hosted the 1985 NLCS pregame shows with Joe Morgan. It was Enberg who broke the news to most of the nation that Vince Coleman was injured before Game 4. NBC even aired an interview with one of the few people who actually saw the incident, a Dodger batboy.
• On October 15, 1986, Game 6 of the NLCS ran so long (lasting for 16 innings, 5 hours and 29 minutes), that it bumped up against the start time of Game 7 of the ALCS (also on ABC).
  • Jack Whitaker served as an essayist during ABC's coverage of the 1986 NLCS.
  • During Game 6 of the NLCS, ABC color commentator Tim McCarver left the booth during the bottom of the 16th, in order to cover the expected celebration in the New York Mets' clubhouse. As a result, play-by-play man Keith Jackson was on the air by himself for a short time. Eventually, McCarver rejoined the broadcast just before the end of the game, watching the action on a monitor in the Mets' clubhouse, then doing the postgame interviews with the Mets.
  • Corey McPherrin, a sports anchor with WABC (ABC's flagship station out of New York) interviewed Mike Scott when he was presented with the 1986 NLCS MVP award after Game 6.
• NBC used Don Sutton as a pre and postgame analyst for their 1987 LCS coverage. Marv Albert went back-and-forth during both 1987 LCS. He hosted the pregame for Game 1 of the NLCS with Joe Morgan, and in fact had to read the lineups to the viewing audience. There was a problem with the St. Louis P.A. feed, so he ended up reading the script from the Cardinal dugout while the players were introduced to the crowd. He then went to Minnesota the next night to host the ALCS pregame with Don Sutton. Jimmy Cefalo hosted the pregame coverage for Game 5 of the NLCS, as Marv Albert was away on a boxing assignment for NBC.
  • NBC's Jay Randolph, who was also the sports director for KSDK-TV, the NBC affiliate in St. Louis, interviewed the winners in the St. Louis Cardinals' clubhouse following their Game 7 victory. Also following Game 7, NBC's Marv Albert interviewed 1987 NLCS MVP, Jeffrey Leonard of the San Francisco Giants (to date, the last person from the losing team to win a postseason series Most Valuable Player Award, either League Championship Series or World Series).
• Game 2 of the 1988 NLCS didn't start until 10 p.m. ET due to a vice presidential debate. This is the latest ever scheduled start for an LCS game.
  • After wrapping up his play-by-play duties for ABC's coverage of the 1988 ALCS, in which the Oakland Athletics swept the Boston Red Sox in four games, Gary Bender covered the postgame interviews in the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse following Game 7 of the 1988 NLCS.
• NBC lead play-by-play man Vin Scully was unable to call Game 2 of the 1989 NLCS because he had come down with laryngitis. Thus, #2 play-by-play man, Bob Costas filled-in for him. Around the same time, Costas was assigned to call the American League Championship Series between Oakland and Toronto. Game 2 of the NLCS occurred on Thursday, October 5, which was an off day for the ALCS. NBC then decided to fly Costas from Toronto to Chicago to substitute for Scully on Thursday night. Afterward, Costas flew back to Toronto, where he resumed work on the ALCS the next night.
  • NBC used Mike Schmidt as a guest analyst (Marv Albert served as the pregame host) for Game 1 of the NLCS. Schmidt subsequently, did on-field reporting for the series. Schmidt also provided periodic commentary (albeit, taped prior to the playoffs) for ABC during the 1988 NLCS.

1970s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1979	NBC	Joe Garagiola	Tony Kubek and Don Sutton
1978	ABC	Al Michaels	Don Drysdale and Johnny Bench
1977	NBC	Joe Garagiola (in Los Angeles) Jim Simpson (Game 3) Dick Enberg (Game 4)	Tony Kubek (in Los Angeles) Maury Wills (Game 3) Don Drysdale (Game 4)
1976	ABC	Al Michaels	Warner Wolf and Tom Seaver
1975	NBC	Joe Garagiola (in Cincinnati) Curt Gowdy (in Pittsburgh)	Maury Wills (in Cincinnati) Tony Kubek (in Pittsburgh)
1974	NBC	Jim Simpson (Game 1) Curt Gowdy (in Los Angeles)	Maury Wills (Game 1) Tony Kubek (in Los Angeles)
1973	NBC	Curt Gowdy (in Cincinnati) Jim Simpson (in Queens, New York)	Tony Kubek (in Cincinnati) Maury Wills (in Queens, New York)
1972	NBC	Jim Simpson (Game 1) Curt Gowdy (in Cincinnati)	Sandy Koufax (Game 1) Tony Kubek (in Cincinnati)
1971	NBC	Curt Gowdy (in San Francisco) Jim Simpson (in Pittsburgh)	Tony Kubek (in San Francisco) Sandy Koufax (in Pittsburgh)
1970	NBC	Curt Gowdy (in Pittsburgh) Jim Simpson (in Cincinnati)	Tony Kubek (in Pittsburgh) Sandy Koufax (in Cincinnati)

Notes

• In 1970, NBC televised the second games of both League Championship Series on a regional basis. Some markets got the NLCS at 1 p.m. ET along with a 4 p.m. NFL game while other markets got the ALCS at 4 p.m. along with a 1 p.m. NFL game.
• NBC did not air Game 2 of the 1972 NLCS or the 1974 NLCS.
• Except for Game 1 in both series, all games in 1975 were regionally televised. Game 3 of both League Championship Series were aired in prime time, the first time such an occurrence happened.
• 1976 marked the first time that all LCS games were televised nationally.

1969

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1969	NBC	Jim Simpson (Game 1) Curt Gowdy (Games 2–3)	Sandy Koufax (Game 1) Tony Kubek (Games 2–3)

Notes

• In the early years of the League Championship Series, NBC typically televised a doubleheader on the opening Saturday, followed by a single game on Sunday (because of NFL coverage). They then covered the weekday games with a 1.5 hour overlap, joining the second game in progress when the first one ended. NBC usually swapped announcer crews after Game 2.
• From 1969 to 1983, the Major League Baseball television contract allowed a local TV station in the market of each competing team to also carry the LCS games. So in 1969, for example, Mets fans in New York could choose to watch either the NBC telecast or Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and Ralph Kiner on WOR-TV.

Surviving telecasts

For all of the League Championship Series telecasts spanning from 1969 to 1975, only Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series (Oakland vs. Detroit) is known to exist. However, the copy on the trade circuit of Game 2 of the 1972 ALCS is missing the Bert Campaneris-Lerrin LaGrow brawl. There are some instances where the only brief glimpse of telecast footage of an early LCS game can be seen in a surviving newscast from that night. For instance, the last out of the 1973 National League Championship Series as described by Jim Simpson was played on that night's NBC Nightly News, but other than that, the entire game is gone. On the day the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles wrapped up their respective League Championship Series in 1969, a feature story on the CBS Evening News showed telecast clips of the ALCS game (there's no original sound, just voiceover narration). This is all that likely remains of anything from that third game of the Orioles-Twins series. While all telecasts of World Series games starting with 1975 are accounted for and exist, the LCS is still a spotty situation through the late 1970s:

• 1976 ALCS - Only Game 5 from the ABC vault is known to exist.
• 1976 NLCS - An off-air recording of Game 3, taped in the Portland market is the only game that is known to exist. Apparently, this copy which makes the trade circuit is the only extant version because a second-hand story says that the ABC vault copy has no sound.
• 1977 - Major League Baseball has in the vault, Game 3 of the NLCS (from the Philadelphia Phillies' local NBC affiliate) and apparently has all of Game 4 of the NLCS. Also, both the WPIX and NBC versions of Game 5 of the ALCS (both of which are also out there in terms of off-air recordings) are known to exist. Earlier games of the NLCS and ALCS have not surfaced and may not exist in the vault.
• 1978 - Trade collectors have all four games of the ALCS (the ABC version) but only Game 4 of the NLCS (again, the source copies are those taped by those at home).

Local television

As previously mentioned, from 1969 until 1983, the Major League Baseball television contract allowed a local TV station in the market of each competing team to also carry the LCS games.

1960s

Year	Teams	Local TV	Play-by-play #1	Play-by-play #2	Play-by-play #3	Color commentator(s)
1969	New York Mets-Atlanta	WOR-TV (New York Mets)	Lindsey Nelson	Bob Murphy	Ralph Kiner	Bob Uecker
		WSB-TV (Atlanta)	Ernie Johnson	Milo Hamilton

Notes

• 1969 - Locally, the NLCS was broadcast in New York City by WOR-TV, the Mets' flagship TV station, and WNBC-TV, the New York City, New York NBC affiliate, and in Atlanta by WSB-TV, the Braves' flagship TV station and Atlanta, Georgia NBC affiliate.

National radio

From 1969 to 1975, there was no official national radio network coverage of the League Championship Series. NBC only had the national radio rights to the All-Star Game and World Series during this period. Instead, national coverage was provided via broadcasts syndicated over ad hoc networks.

2020s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
2025	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Doug Glanville
2024	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Doug Glanville
2023	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Doug Glanville
2022	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Doug Glanville
2021	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Jessica Mendoza
2020	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Jessica Mendoza

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
2019	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Jessica Mendoza
2018	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Chris Singleton
2017	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Aaron Boone
2016	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Aaron Boone
2015	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Chris Singleton
2014	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Aaron Boone
2013	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Orel Hershiser
2012	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Chris Singleton
2011	ESPN	Jon Sciambi (Games 1–3, 6) Dave O'Brien (Games 4–5)	Bobby Valentine (Games 1–4, 6) Buck Martinez (Game 5)
2010	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell

Notes

• Originally Terry Francona was assigned to call the 2012 NLCS with Jon Sciambi. However, he was hired by the Cleveland Indians as its manager.

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
2009	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2008	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Steve Phillips (in Philadelphia) Orel Hershiser (in Los Angeles)
2007	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2006	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2005	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2004	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2003	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2002	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell
2001	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Dave Campbell
2000	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Dave Campbell

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1999	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Kevin Kennedy
1998	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Kevin Kennedy
1997	CBS	Gary Cohen	Jerry Coleman
1996	CBS	Jim Hunter	Jerry Coleman
1995	CBS	Jim Hunter	Jerry Coleman
1993	CBS	Jerry Coleman	Johnny Bench
1992	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman
1991	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman
1990	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman

See also

• List of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio broadcasters

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1989	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman
1988	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman
1987	CBS	Dick Stockton	Johnny Bench
1986	CBS	Brent Musburger	Johnny Bench
1985	CBS	Brent Musburger	Johnny Bench
1984	CBS	Harry Kalas	Ross Porter
1983	CBS	Jerry Coleman	Duke Snider
1982	CBS	Jack Buck	Jerry Coleman
1981	CBS	Jack Buck	Jerry Coleman
1980	CBS	Jack Buck	Jerry Coleman

1970s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1979	CBS	Jack Buck	Jerry Coleman
1978	CBS	Ralph Kiner	Jerry Coleman
1977	CBS	Ralph Kiner	Jerry Coleman
1976	CBS	Ralph Kiner	Jerry Coleman
1975	Ad hoc	Ralph Kiner	Red Schoendienst
1974	Ad hoc	Marty Brennaman	Bob Gibson
1973	Ad hoc	Vin Scully	Bob Gibson
1972	WLW	Al Michaels	Joe Nuxhall
1971	Ad hoc	Vin Scully	Bob Gibson
1970	Ad hoc	Vin Scully	Bob Gibson

Notes

• National radio coverage of the 1972 NLCS between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates was essentially, a nationally syndicated simulcast of the Reds' local radio broadcasts.

1969

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1969	Ad hoc	Bob Prince	Gene Elston

Local radio

Since 1969, the non-national radio broadcasts of the National League Championship Series have been broadcast on the flagship stations and radio networks of the teams participating in the series.

2000s

Year	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play #1	Play-by-play #2	Play-by-play #3	Color commentator(s)
2002	San Francisco-St. Louis	KMOX	Mike Shannon	Joel Meyers
		KNBR (San Francisco)	Duane Kuiper (Games 1–4) Jon Miller (Game 5)	Joe Angel	Duane Kuiper (Game 5)	Mike Krukow
2001	Arizona-Atlanta	KTAR-AM (Arizona)	Greg Schulte	Jeff Munn		Rod Allen and Jim Traber
		WSB-AM (Atlanta)	Pete Van Wieren	Skip Caray		Don Sutton and Joe Simpson

Notes

• 2002 - Locally, the NLCS was called on KNBR in San Francisco by Jon Miller (Game 5), Duane Kuiper, Joe Angel, and Mike Krukow, and on KMOX-AM in St. Louis by Mike Shannon and Joel Meyers.
• 2001 - Locally, the NLCS was called on KTAR-AM in Phoenix by Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Rod Allen and Jim Traber, and on WSB-AM in Atlanta by Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, and Joe Simpson.

1980s

Year	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play #1	Play-by-play #2	Color commentator(s)
1989	San Francisco-Chicago Cubs	WGN-AM (Chicago Cubs)	Harry Caray	Dewayne Staats	Dave Nelson
		KNBR (San Francisco)	Hank Greenwald	Ron Fairly
1986	New York Mets-Houston	WHN (AM) (New York)

Notes

• 1989 - Locally, the NLCS was called on KNBR in San Francisco by Hank Greenwald and Ron Fairly, and on WGN-AM in Chicago by Harry Caray, Dewayne Staats and Dave Nelson.

1960s

Year	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play #1	Play-by-play #2	Play-by-play #3
1969	New York Mets-Atlanta	WJRZ-AM/WABC-FM (New York Mets)	Lindsey Nelson	Bob Murphy	Ralph Kiner
		WSB-AM (Atlanta)	Ernie Johnson	Milo Hamilton

Notes

• 1969 - Locally, the NLCS was called on WJRZ-AM/WABC-FM in New York by Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and Ralph Kiner, and on WSB-AM in Atlanta by Ernie Johnson and Milo Hamilton.