List of Little League World Series Championship Game broadcasters

Note that this list focuses on the television network(s) and announcers who have broadcast the Little League World Series' World Championship Game.

1950s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
1953	CBS	Jim McKay

1960s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
1960	ABC
1963		Chris Schenkel
1964		Jim McKay	Bill Veeck and Sonny Fox
1965			Jackie Robinson and Sonny Fox
1966			Sonny Fox	Keith Jackson
1967			Ted Williams	Howard Cosell
1968		Keith Jackson	Jimmy Piersall	Jim McKay
1969		Jim McKay	Mickey Mantle	Vin Scully

1970s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
1970	ABC	Jim McKay	Mickey Mantle	Jack Twyman
1971				Jack Buck
1972		Bud Palmer		Keith Jackson
1973		Keith Jackson	Bob Gibson	Frank Gifford
1974		Jim McKay	Carlton Fisk	Frank Gifford and Howard Cosell
1975		Keith Jackson	Bob Uecker	Al Michaels
1976			Bob Gibson	Ross Porter
1977		Al Michaels	Don Sutton	Reggie Jackson
1978			Brooks Robinson	Keith Jackson
1979		Mel Allen	Red Barber	Curt Gowdy and Keith Jackson

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
1980	ABC	Al Michaels	Don Drysdale and Willie Stargell	Howard Cosell
1981		Jim McKay	Davey Lopes	Bill Russell
1982			Steve Stone	Frank Gifford
1983		Keith Jackson	Earl Weaver	Al Michaels
1984		Curt Gowdy	Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver	O. J. Simpson
1985		Jim McKay	Jim Palmer	Curt Gowdy
1986		Al Trautwig	Johnny Bench	Lynn Swann
1987			Jim Palmer	Cheryl Miller and Becky Dixon
1988				Reggie Jackson and Lynn Swann
1989				Mike Adamle

Notes

• At first, only the World Championship Game was televised under the Wide World of Sports anthology umbrella on ABC. Since the late 1980s, when the tournament was reorganized, both the U.S. and international championships, the "semifinals," have been shown.
  • ESPN first began covering the games in 1982. With the expansion of ESPN's brand and its family of networks, the total number of games has significantly increased. In 2000, a total of 12 games were televised by ESPN. In addition, the popularity of the game increased the total number of teams from 8 to 16 and ESPN covered all eight U.S. regional championships in 2001 (something they still do today). This was as a result of a second stadium, Volunteer Stadium, which allowed games to take place simultaneously. Also that year, ABC began televising the U.S. Championship Game. That year, ESPN aired a total of 25 games. In 2003, ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 carried a total of 35 games including regional championships. All games aired on any ESPN network are also available via Internet streaming on ESPN3.
• 1985 - ABC carries the Little League World Series championship game live for the first time on Wide World of Sports. For the first time in baseball history, the home plate umpire wears a miniature camera on his mask.

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
1990	ABC	Al Trautwig	Jim Palmer	Mike Adamle
1991		Brent Musburger		Julie Moran
1992
1993		John Saunders		Julie Moran and Maria Sansone
1994				Maria Sansone
1995		Terry Gannon	Jimmy Key	Maria Sansone
1996			Kirby Puckett	Dan Patrick
1997		Brent Musburger	Jim Palmer	Jimmy Roberts
1998				Jack Arute
1999		Terry Gannon	Harold Reynolds	Dave Ryan

Notes

• 1994 - A three-hour rain delay forced Wide World of Sports to go off the air on many ABC affiliates before the game could be completed. The West Coast however, got to see the remainder of the game live from Williamsport, Pa.
• 1997 - For the first time, U.S. Regional championship games in Little League Baseball are televised nationally on ESPN2.

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
2000	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds and Orel Hershiser	Dave Ryan
2001				Leslie Gudel and Álvaro Martín
2002			Harold Reynolds and Tony Gwynn	Todd Harris
2003			Harold Reynolds	Sam Ryan
2004			Harold Reynolds and Buck Martinez	Sam Ryan and Dave Ryan
2005			Harold Reynolds	Sam Ryan
2006	ESPN2		Orel Hershiser and Joe Morgan	Erin Andrews and Orestes Destrade
2007	ABC		Orel Hershiser and Dusty Baker	Erin Andrews and Orestes Destrade
2008			Orel Hershiser	Stacey Dales, Pedro Gomez, and Orestes Destrade
2009				Moises Arias and Orestes Destrade

Notes

• 2002 - Both the U.S. Championship and World Championship Games were televised live during prime time for the first time (6:30 ET). The World Championship Game was aired on tape delay on the West Coast.
• In 2006, 28 of the 36 games were televised on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.
  • 2006 - The World Championship Game was initially supposed to air on ABC. However, a rain delay caused the game to be postponed until following day (Monday, August 28, 2006). As a result, the Championship Game instead, aired on ESPN2.
• In January 2007, it was announced that ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC had extended their contract with the Little League organization through 2014.

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
2010	ABC	Brent Musburger	Orel Hershiser	Kyle Peterson and Bobby Valentine
2011				Kyle Peterson
2012		Karl Ravech	Nomar Garciaparra	Jenn Brown
2013			Orel Hershiser and Nomar Garciaparra	Jaymee Sire
2014			Barry Larkin and Nomar Garciaparra
2015			Nomar Garciaparra and Kyle Peterson
2016			John Kruk and Kyle Peterson
2017			Aaron Boone and Kyle Peterson	Julie Foudy and Sebastian Salazar
2018			Kyle Peterson and David Ross
2019

2020s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporters
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	ABC	Karl Ravech	Kyle Peterson and Jessica Mendoza	Julie Foudy
2022				Julie Foudy and Sebastian Salazar
2023			Jessica Mendoza and Todd Frazier

See also

• Wide World of Sports
• Major League Baseball on ABC
• ESPN Major League Baseball
• Little League World Series#Little League World Series champions
  • Little League World Series#Media coverage
• Little League World Series on television

External links

• Tony Gwynn To Be In Broadcast Booth For Little League Baseball World Series
• ESPN.com
• Little League Chronology
• NASO LockerRoom - ESPN Expands Little League World Series Coverage

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