Bay Area Radio: Renel Brooks-Moon Exits As MLB Giants PA Voice

Renel Brooks-Moon

After a 24-season run as the Giants' PA announcer, legendary radio personality Renel Brooks-Moon announced Monday she will no longer be the voice of the Giants at Oracle Park.

Those who were listening to Bay Area radio back in the 1980s and 1990s remember Giants PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon simply as “Renel,” from her KMEL Morning Zoo era, and then her “Renel in the Mornings” duty at KISS-FM. But she went by the full name Renel Brooks-Moon when talking over PA announcing duties for your San Francisco Giants in 2000 when they moved to what we now call Oracle Park, and she’s remained in that role for the 24 years since.

That run has now ended. SFist.com reports She is parting ways with the Giants, in what seems like an amicable, albeit surprising separation.

“As a Bay Area native, it has been the honor of my lifetime to serve on the mike and in the community for the Giants for 24 years,” Brooks-Moon said in a statement released Monday. “My very first game on April 11, 2000, I shall never forget, because the job has always been bigger than me. Representation matters, and it is my great hope that my time in the booth has inspired little girls, young women and people of color to pursue their dreams even if those dreams seem impossible, because impossible dreams can come true.”

And while it does sound like Brooks-Moon is splitting with the Giants on friendly terms, it seems like there was some sort of contract dispute here. The Bay Area News Group reports that her Giants contract ended this past December, and the press release announcing her departure said the two sides had “extensive discussions” about extending her contract, but “mutually and amicably” agreed to part ways.