NFL Raiders Announce Broadcast Teams

The Oakland Raiders will introduce revamped broadcast lineups for the team’s 2018 television and radio broadcasts.

Brent Musburger, one of the most prominent voices and personalities in sports broadcasting, joins the radio team as the Silver and Black’s new play-by-play voice for 2018. Musburger will be joined on the call for all Raiders games this season by former All-Pro tackle Lincoln Kennedy, who moves to the booth to handle color analyst duties, and Chris Townsend, who will report from the sidelines.

Rich Gannon will join the television booth for the team’s four preseason games, linking up with play-by-play voice Beth Mowins and former Raider and veteran color commentator Matt Millen, both of whom return for their fourth season broadcasting the Silver and Black’s preseason slate. JT the Brick also returns to handle host and sideline reporter duties for the preseason broadcasts.

“I’m looking forward to chronicling the biggest stories in the NFL, including the return of Jon Gruden to the Raiders’ sideline,” said Musburger. “Who knew you could have so much fun at my age?”

“I am really looking forward to returning to Oakland to join my friends Beth Mowins and Matt Millen in the broadcast booth as we call Raider preseason games,” said Gannon. “It is both an honor and a privilege to join Beth and Matt and be associated with one of the finest organizations in all of professional sports. I am also looking forward to Coach Gruden’s return to the sidelines and the passion, energy, and professionalism which he’ll bring to all of Raider Nation!”

Brent Musburger

“It is a pleasure and an honor to work alongside a legend like Brent Musburger,” said Kennedy. “I’m really looking forward to the upcoming season. I know the Raider Nation will enjoy our broadcasts. One people, one love, one nation…Raider Nation!”

Musburger called countless major sporting events during his time at CBS and ABC/ESPN from 1975-2017.  Kennedy returns to the Raiders’ radio team, having served three years as the broadcast’s sideline reporter.  Townsend joins the radio team for his first season on the sideline with the Silver and Black.  Mowins returns for her fourth season in the booth for Raiders preseason contests, having started with the Silver and Black in 2015. Last year, Mowins handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s Monday Night Football opening week doubleheader broadcast, becoming the first woman to call a nationally-televised NFL regular season game.

Rich Gannon

Gannon returns to the Raiders as part of the preseason broadcast team after previously serving as an analyst for Green Bay Packers’ preseason games. Millen was an NFL commentator for both CBS and FOX before becoming President and CEO of the Detroit Lions from 2001 to 2008. He returned to broadcasting in 2009 with ESPN, covering both the NFL and college football. He has also served as an analyst and color commentator for NBC, the NFL Network and Westwood One radio. He returned to FOX Sports in May 2015 as the lead game analyst for the Big Ten Network.

Raiders preseason, regular season and postseason contests will be broadcast on terrestrial radio via the multi-state Raiders Radio Network, which is operated by Compass Media Networks. In the Bay Area, all Raiders games will be broadcast on KCBS 740 AM, while select games will also be broadcast on KGMZ 95.7 FM and KFRC 106.9 FM. Beasley Media Group is in its second year as the Las Vegas radio partner for the Silver and Black, and will broadcast Raiders games on Country KCYE 102.7 FM and KDWN 720 AM. Raiders Spanish broadcasts in the Bay Area will be aired on La Z 1490-AM/107.5-FM.