List of New York Rangers broadcasters

Television[]

2020s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Rinkside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2021	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's absences)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone		Steve Valiquette

2010s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Rinkside reporter	Studio host	Studio analysts
2019–20	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig	Steve Valiquette
2018–19	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig	Steve Valiquette
2017–18	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig	Steve Valiquette
2016–17	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2015–16	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2014–15	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2013–14	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2013	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2011–12	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2010–11	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig

2000s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Rinkside reporter	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
2009–10	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig	Ron Duguay, Stan Fischler, Mike Keenan, and Dave Maloney
2008–09	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2007–08	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2006–07	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	Joe Micheletti (primary) Dave Maloney (during Micheletti's NHL on NBC assignments)	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2005–06	MSG Network	Sam Rosen (primary) Mike Crispino (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments)	John Davidson (primary) Dave Maloney (during Davidson's NHL on NBC assignments)	John Giannone	Al Trautwig
2003–04	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on ABC assignments)		Al Trautwig
2002–03	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on ABC assignments)		Al Trautwig
2001–02	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on ABC assignments)		Al Trautwig
2000–01	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on ABC assignments)		Al Trautwig

For the first two games of the 2008-09 season, in Prague, WEPN carried a simulcast of MSG audio with Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti in Prague, and Don La Greca and Pete Stemkowski in the New York studio for intermissions.

1990s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
1999–2000	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on ABC assignments)	Al Trautwig
1998–99	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on Fox assignments)	Al Trautwig
1997–98	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on Fox assignments)	Al Trautwig
1996–97	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson (primary) Sal Messina (during Davidson's NHL on Fox assignments)	Al Trautwig
1995–96	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig
1995	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig
1993–94	MSG Network (main)	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig
1993–94	MSG II (alternate)	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig
1992–93	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig
1991–92	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Bruce Beck
1990–91	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Bruce Beck

1980s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host	Studio analysts
1989–90	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Bruce Beck
1988–89	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Bruce Beck
	WWOR-TV
1987–88	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Bruce Beck
	WWOR-TV
1986–87	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Bruce Beck
	WOR-TV
1985–86	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	Phil Esposito	Bruce Beck
	WOR-TV
1984–85	MSG Network	Sam Rosen	Phil Esposito	Bruce Beck
	WOR-TV
1983–84	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Phil Esposito	Bruce Beck	John Davidson
	WOR-TV
1982–83	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Phil Esposito	Bruce Beck	Mike Eruzione
	WOR-TV
1981–82	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Phil Esposito	Sam Rosen	Mike Eruzione
	WOR-TV
1980–81	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV

1970s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentators
1979–80	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV
1978–79	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV
1977–78	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV
1976–77	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV
1975–76	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV
1974–75	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick
	WOR-TV
1973–74	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bill Chadwick and Bob Wolff
	WOR-TV
1972–73	MSG Network	Sal Marchiano	Bill Chadwick and Bob Wolff
	WOR-TV
1971–72	MSG Network	Tim Ryan	Norman Mac Lean and Bob Wolff
	WOR-TV
1970–71	MSG Network	Tim Ryan	Bill Mazer and Bob Wolff
	WOR-TV

HBO's first sports broadcast was of a New York Rangers-Vancouver Canucks NHL game, transmitted to a Service Electric cable system in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on November 8, 1972. From 1972-74, HBO used only one announcer on Rangers games so Marty Glickman, who was in charge of HBO Sports, hired other announcers to replace him when he was unavailable, generally owing to his radio commitments to Giants football.

1960s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1969–70	MSG Network	Jim Gordon	Bob Wolff
1969–70	WOR-TV	Jim Gordon	Bob Wolff
1968–69	WOR-TV	Jim Gordon	Bob Wolff
1967–68	WOR-TV	Jim Gordon	Bob Wolff
1966–67	WOR-TV	Jim Gordon	Bob Wolff
1965–66	WOR-TV	Norm Jary	Bob Wolff
1964–65	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bob Wolff
1963–64	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bob Wolff
1962–63	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bob Wolff

Win Eliot called the Rangers games on WPIX-11 as part of The Saturday Night Sports Special. In the early 1960s, the Rangers played Saturday afternoon games, which were tape delayed^[1] for evening re-broadcast on Channel 11. The Saturday night^[2] hockey games were almost always shown at 9 p.m. Road games were usually aired live if the Rangers were at Chicago, where the game was at 8:30 p.m., and after expansion, in St. Louis or Minnesota, where 9 p.m. would be the actual start time. In the 1964-65 season, Win Elliott did all the Saturday night games until March 20, which was the first Saturday of the racing season at Aqueduct, where Elliott hosted a Saturday afternoon series. Jim Gordon therefore, did the last two Saturday nights of the season. When the Rangers weren't scheduled on Saturday nights, Channel 11 would run events such as track and field and ECAC Basketball. This occurred from 1962–65, before the Knicks and Rangers moved to Channel 9. They even showed a different NHL game on occasion, which was the case on March 27, 1965, when Jim Gordon went to Toronto to do a Detroit-Toronto game for WPIX.

1950s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1957–58	WPIX	Bud Palmer	Bob Wolff
1956–57	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bud Palmer
1955–56	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bud Palmer
1954–55	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bud Palmer
1953–54	WPIX	Win Elliot	Bud Palmer
1952–53	WPIX	Win Elliot
1951–52	WPIX	Win Elliot
1950–51	WPIX	Win Elliot

1940s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play
1949–50	WPIX	Win Elliot
1948–49	WPIX	Win Elliot
1947–48	WCBS-TV	Win Elliot
1946–47	WCBW	Bob Edge
1945–46	WCBW	Bob Edge
1944-45	WNBT	Bob Stanton
1943-44	WNBT	Bob Stanton
1942-43	WNBT	Bob Stanton
1941-42	WNBT	Bob Stanton
1940-41	W2XBS	Bob Stanton
1939-40	W2XBS	Bob Stanton

The Rangers' home game against the Montreal Canadiens on February 25, 1940 was the first National Hockey League game to ever be broadcast on television.

Radio[]

2020s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2021–22	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Joe Tolleson orDon La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, Turner Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Pat O'Keefe
2021	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Pat O'Keefe

2010s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host
2019–20	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments) Sam Rosen (during select national broadcasts)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Pat O'Keefe
2018–19	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments) Sam Rosen (during select national broadcasts)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Pat O'Keefe
2017–18	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments) Sam Rosen (during select national broadcasts)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Pat O'Keefe
2016–17	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Joe Tolleson orDon La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, Turner Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments) Sam Rosen (during select national broadcasts)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Joe Tolleson
2015–16	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Joe Tolleson
2014–15	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Joe Tolleson
2013–14	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)	Don La Greca or Joe Tolleson
2012–13	WEPN	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, NBC Sports, Knicks on MSG, or MLB on Fox TV assignments)	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski(during Maloney's absences)
2011–12	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney
2010–11	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney

2000s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
2009–10	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney	Don La Greca
2008–09	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney	Don La Greca
2007–08	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney	Don La Greca
2006–07	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski (when Maloney is on MSG Network assignments)	Don La Greca
2005–06	WEPN	Kenny Albert	Dave Maloney (primary) Pete Stemkowski (when Maloney is on MSG Network assignments)	Don La Greca
2003–04	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Brian Mullen
2002–03	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
2001–02	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
2000–01	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina

1990s[]

Year	Flagship station	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
1999–2000	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
1998–99	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
1997–98	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
1996–97	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
1995–96	WFAN	Kenny Albert	Sal Messina
1994–95	WFAN	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1993–94	WFAN–AM 660 (main) WEVD–AM 1050 (alternate)	Marv Albert (main) Howie Rose (alternate)	Sal Messina	Howie Rose (main) Steve Somers (alternate)
1992–93	WFAN	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1991–92	WFAN	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1990–91	WFAN	Marv Albert	Sal Messina

1980s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
1989–90	WFAN	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1988–89	WFAN	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1987–88	WNBC	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Mike Emrick
1986–87	WNBC	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Mike Emrick
1985–86	WNBC	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Mike Emrick
1984–85	WPAT/WGBB/WFAS	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Mike Emrick
	WPAT/WGBB/WFAS
	WPAT/WGBB/WFAS
1983–84	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen
1982–83	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen
1981–82	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen
1980–81	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen

1970s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
1979–80	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen
1978–79	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen
1977–78	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina	Sam Rosen
1976–77	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1975–76	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1974–75	WNEW	Marv Albert	Sal Messina
1973–74	WNBC	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick
1972–73	WNBC	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick	Gene Stuart
1971–72	WNBC	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick
1970–71	WHN	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick	Dave Marash

Notes[]

For many years when he was the radio voice of the Rangers, Marv Albert missed more games than he called. Marv had multiple commitments that forced him to miss games. The alternate radio play-by-play announcers from 1985–1987 actually did more games than Marv Albert. In his 19 year career as the color commentator, Sal Messina worked with 18 different play-by-play partners, even though nominally his only partners were Marv or Kenny Albert. Messina also did play-by-play on several games. Sal Messina also sometimes did TV, filling in for Bill Chadwick, and later John Davidson. So there were some additional radio analysts at times. Pete Stemkowski, Dave Maloney, Ron Greschner, Pierre Larouche, Emile Francis, Chris Nilan, and Ulf Nilsson filled in for Messina. During the years when only the non-televised road games were broadcast, at times the TV crew, Sal Marchiano/Bill Chadwick (in 1972–73), Jim Gordon/Chadwick, and Gordon/Phil Esposito later did the games on radio, especially on lengthy road trips.

1960s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1969–70	WHN	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick
1968–69	WHN	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick
1967–68	WHN	Marv Albert	Bill Chadwick
1966–67	WHN	Marv Albert
1965–66	WHN	Marv Albert
1964–65	WCBS	Win Elliot
1963–64	WCBS	Win Elliot
1962–63	WCBS	Jim Gordon
1961–62	WINS	Jim Gordon

1950s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
1959–60	WINS	Jim Gordon		Monty Hall
1958–59	WINS	Jim Gordon		Monty Hall
1957–58	WINS
1956–57	WINS
1955–56	WINS
1954–55	WMGM
1953–54	WMGM	Bert Lee
1952–53	WMGM	Bert Lee
1951–52	WMGM	Bert Lee
1950–51	WMGM	Bert Lee

1940s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1949–50	WMGM	Bert Lee
1948–49	WMGM	Bert Lee
1947–48	WHN	Bert Lee
1946–47	WHN	Bert Lee
1945–46	WHN	Bert Lee
1944–45	WHN	Bert Lee
1943–44	WHN	Bert Lee
1942–43	WHN	Bert Lee
1941–42	WHN	Bert Lee
1940–41	WHN	Bert Lee

1930s[]

Year	Channel	Play-by-play
1939–40	WHN	Bert Lee

It was not until the 1987-88 season that all Rangers' games was broadcast locally on radio in New York; for many years prior to that, only home games and (after the late 1940s) a handful of away games were heard. Regular-season away games heard on radio after the early 1960s were generally not broadcast locally on television.

Alternate announcers[]

Television[]

Play-by-play[]

Bruce Beck: 1982–1984
Mike Crispino: 2005–2007
John Giannone: 2005–Present
Bob Wischusen: 2006–2007

Color commentator[]

Sal Messina: 1972–2004
Dave Maloney: 2005–2007

Studio host[]

John Giannone: 2005–Present
Bill Pidto: 2009–Present

Radio[]

Play-by-play[]

Bob Wolff: 1970–1980
Tim Ryan: 1971–1972
Spencer Ross: 1973-2007
John Sterling: 1973–1974
Jim Gordon: 1973–1984
Sal Messina: 1975–1982
: 1976–1977, 1999–2000
Sam Rosen: 1977–1989
Al Albert: 1982–1983
Mike Emrick: 1983–1988
John Kelly: 1988–1989
Howie Rose: 1985–1995
Kenny Albert: 1995–1997
Al Trautwig: 1995–1997
Gary Cohen: 1995–1997
: 1995–1996
Joe Beninati: 1996–1997
Steve Albert: 1996–1997
Bob Wischusen: 2000–2007
Joe Tolleson: 2002–present
Mike Crispino: 2005–2007
John Giannone: 2006–2008
Don LaGreca: 2008–present

Color commentator[]

Pete Stemkowski: 2005–Present

Studio host[]

Steve Somers: 1990s

References[]

^ Grimm, George (5 September 2017). We Did Everything But Win: Former New York Rangers Remember the Emile ... Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781510722316.
^ Grimm, George (January 2, 2012). "RETRO RANGERS: WIN ELLIOT". Retro Rangers.

[1] Grimm, George (5 September 2017). We Did Everything But Win: Former New York Rangers Remember the Emile ... Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781510722316.

[2] Grimm, George (January 2, 2012). "RETRO RANGERS: WIN ELLIOT". Retro Rangers.

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