Biography Thom Brennaman

1 biography

1.1 broadcasting career

1.1.1 move cincinnati reds
1.1.2 national baseball work


1.2 other ventures

biography
broadcasting career

after graduating in 1982 cincinnati s anderson high school thom attended ohio university, president of beta kappa chapter of beta theta pi fraternity. entered college uncertain of whether follow in father s footsteps , become broadcaster. while @ ohio joined station wath, developing own love radio. after graduating in 1986, brennaman worked sports reporter/anchor wlwt, nbc affiliate in cincinnati. during same period, worked television play-by-play announcer cincinnati reds alongside major league baseball hall of famer johnny bench. in 1990s did chicago cubs broadcasts, alternating hall of fame broadcaster harry caray between television , radio. in 1994, hired fox sports call network s national football league , major league baseball telecasts. served first television voice arizona diamondbacks, , left after 2006 season join father marty in cincinnati.

in 2006, brennaman named fox s lead play-by-play announcer bowl championship series. in addition calling bcs national championship game, brennaman called 2007 fiesta bowl. on both broadcasts, brennaman worked former university of wisconsin–madison head coach barry alvarez (only in 2007), , former university of tennessee defensive , current broadcaster charles davis. brennaman called 2008 sugar bowl , 2009 orange bowl.

additionally, big ten network named brennaman lead play-by-play announcer college football games 2 seasons beginning in september 2007. return calling nfl games fox in 2009, working brian billick filling in lead announcer while joe buck did mlb playoffs. prior that, brennaman had been voice of cotton bowl classic on fox 2000 2006.

brennaman, along brian billick, laura okmin, , chris myers called 2012 nfc divisional playoff matchup between seattle seahawks , atlanta falcons instead of kenny albert, daryl johnston, , tony siragusa. brennaman s first time calling nfl playoff game, although brennaman , billick called 2011 pro bowl along terry bradshaw , sideline reporters tony siragusa , jay glazer.

move cincinnati reds

on october 3, 2006, cincinnati reds owner robert castellini hired brennaman through 2010 season announce 45 reds games on fs ohio television , 45 games on cincinnati reds radio network, flagship station being 700 wlw. father s contract reds set expire after 2010 season. currently, both thom , marty continue broadcast cincinnati reds.

national baseball work

brennaman part of fox sports #2 baseball broadcast team beginning of fox s involvement in major league baseball in 1996 until 2015. has teamed bob brenly, steve lyons, joe girardi, , eric karros. in capacity, called play-by-play numerous postseason games 1996 until 2006. 2007 2013, #2 team not given postseason assignments due fox not holding rights concurrent postseason series.

in 2014, brennaman , karros began split #2 role matt vasgersian , john smoltz. fox returned using multiple broadcast teams in postseason year, brenneman , karros passed on in favor of vasgersian , smoltz playoff assignment. in 2015, fox vasgersian , smoltz took on role full-time, brenneman dropping fill-in role on national fox games.

other ventures

brennaman has contributed voice-over work video games microsoft baseball 2001, all-star baseball 2002, , all-star baseball 2003–2005 gamecube, playstation 2 , xbox. has done college basketball announcing cbs radio , fox sports net cable. spokesman cbts, cincinnati bell company, in television commercials. called basketball games cincinnati bearcats , fox college hoops.