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Broadcasters for the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team.




Contents






  • 1 Play by Play


  • 2 Color Analyst


  • 3 Spanish


  • 4 Broadcast Outlets


    • 4.1 Television


    • 4.2 Radio




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





Play by Play[edit]




  • 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)



Color Analyst[edit]




  • 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[edit]




  • 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[edit]



Television[edit]


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




  • 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–present)[1]


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[edit]




  • 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)


  • KODA HD-3 (2015-2017)


  • KEYH (2018-Present)



See also[edit]



  • List of current Major League Baseball announcers

  • Houston Astros Radio Network



References[edit]





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