List of current WNBA broadcasters

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The following is a list of current (entering the 2024 WNBA season) Women's National Basketball Association broadcasters for each individual team. The announcers who call the television broadcasts also call the WNBA League Pass Production broadcasts unless noted otherwise. Teams listed under local broadcasts for them are 2024 broadcast teams.

Eastern Conference[edit]

Television[edit]

Team Play-by-play Analyst(s) Sideline Reporter Flagship Station
Atlanta Angel Gray
Andy Demetra
Mike Conti
Carl Dukes
LaChina Robinson
Autumn Johnson
Tabitha Turner-Wilkins
Tenitra Batiste WPCH-TV
Peachtree Sports Network
Chicago Lisa Byington
Jason Ross Jr. (when Byington has other events)
Stephen Bardo
Shimmy Gray-Miller
Awvee Storey
Marke Freeman Marquee Sports Network
Marquee+
WCIU-TV
Connecticut Brendan Glasheen
John Brickley
Ashley Battle
Meghan McKeown
Edona Thaqi
Terrika Foster-Brasby NBC Sports Boston
New England Cable News
Indiana Pat Boylan Debbie Antonelli Kelsie Kasper WTHR
WALV-CD
New York Michael Grady
Chris Shearn (selected home games)
Zora Stephenson (selected home games)
John Fanta
Julianne Viani
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
Tina Cervasio WNYW
WWOR
Washington Meghan McPeak Christy Winters-Scott Meg McDonald Monumental Sports Network

Western Conference[edit]

Television[edit]

Team Play-by-play Analyst(s) Sideline reporter Flagship station
Dallas Ron Thulin Sheryl Swoopes
Nancy Lieberman
Fran Harris
ShaVonne Herndon Bally Sports Southwest
Las Vegas Krista Blunk Carolyn Peck Jennifer Stehlin KVVU
Los Angeles Rahshaun Haylock
Mike Trudell
Mary Murphy
Allie Clifton
Nikki Kay (selected home games) Spectrum SportsNet
Minnesota Marney Gellner Lea B. Olsen Sloane Martin
Alex Zappa
Bally Sports North
Phoenix Cindy Brunson Ann Meyers-Drysdale KTVK
KPHE
Seattle Dick Fain Elise Woodward Piper Shaw
Alyssa Charlton
KZJO
KCPQ

Radio[edit]

Team Play-by-play Flagship station
Las Vegas TC Martin KWWN
Minnesota Wendell Epps KFXN-FM

Nationwide[edit]

ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2[1][edit]

ESPN airs select regular season games and acts as the exclusive provider for the Semifinals and the WNBA Finals.

Play-by-play[edit]

Color analysts[edit]

Sideline reporter[edit]

ESPN Deportes[edit]

Play-by-play announcers[edit]

  • Miguel Ángel Briseño
  • Kenneth Garay
  • Julia Headley
  • Leo Montero
  • Alejandro Pérez

Color analysts[edit]

  • Pablo Viruega
  • Toño Rodriguez
  • Marcelo Nogueira

CBS[edit]

Play-by-play announcers[edit]

Color analysts[edit]

  • Julianne Viani
  • Isis Young

Sideline reporter[edit]

Ion[edit]

Beginning with the 2023 season, Scripps Sports will carry WNBA on Ion Friday night games. These games will be a simulcast of the world feed television broadcast.

Twitter[edit]

Twitter will carry selected WNBA broadcasts throughout the season. These games will be a simulcast of the world feed television broadcast.

NBA TV[edit]

NBAtv will carry select games throughout the season. These games will remain available on WNBA League Pass and will be a simulcast of the world feed television broadcast.

CBS Sports Network[2][edit]

Beginning with the 2019 season CBSSN entered into a contract to broadcast a minimum of 40 WNBA games per season. It is a multi-year deal, but the length of the deal wasn't announced.

WNBA League Pass[edit]

Every game not broadcast on an ESPN Network or CBSSN is carried live for everyone to watch on WNBA League Pass. No blackouts apply outside of the ESPN and CBSSN productions.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2019/05/espn-tips-off-the-2019-wnba-season-on-may-25/ ESPN Tips off the 2019 WNBA Season on May 25
  2. ^ Megdal, Howard. "New CBS Deal With WNBA Is Latest Reminder Of League's New Revenue Streams". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-12.