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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Westwood One Has March Madness Covered


CUMULUS MEDIA’s Westwood One will once again be home to every bounce, basket, and buzzer beater of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Coverage will tip off with First Four® action on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. ET. Fans will be able to hear play-by-play action from all 67 men’s basketball games including 32 first-round and second-round games, plus regional semifinals and finals. In addition, Westwood One will also broadcast live coverage of NCAA Men’s Final Four® on Saturday, April 2 and the National Championship Game on Monday, April 3 in both English and Spanish.  

📻Where to Listen 

Westwood One’s complete NCAA men's tournament coverage can be heard on terrestrial radio stations nationwide and via SiriusXM. All 67 Division I men’s games will also be streamed online for free at NCAA.com/MarchMadness and on westwoodonesports.com. Additionally, the broadcasts will be available for free via the NCAA March Madness Live app or The Varsity Network app. Fans can also  access live audio via Alexa-enabled devices by asking to “Open Westwood One Sports”. TuneIn premium subscribers can also hear all the action live. 

🎧All-Star Broadcast Team 

The trio of Kevin Kugler, Jim Jackson, and Clark Kellogg will announce all the action for the Final Four and the National Championship in English. Kellogg will serve as a studio analyst for both CBS Sports and Warner Brothers Discovery Sports television coverage in addition to Westwood One’s audio coverage. Immediately following the pregame show broadcast on the TV set, Kellogg will make his way courtside to the Westwood One radio broadcast position to join Kugler and Jackson to call the game. Then he will rejoin TV for halftime before repeating the process in the second half and postgame.  Andy Katz will return to serve as courtside reporter; PJ Carlesimo, Doug Gottlieb, and three-time NCAA Player of the Year and Hall of Famer Bill Walton will provide pregame, halftime, and postgame analysis from the Final Four and National Championship in Houston. 

Westwood One will present the Spanish-language broadcast for the sixth time. The game will be called by Rafael Hernandez Brito and former All-American  Greivis Vásquez and hosted by Carlos Morales. 

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