List of Chicago Bears broadcasters

Currently, WBBM NewsRadio 780 airs the Bears games with Jeff Joniak doing the play-by-play, along with color commentator Tom Thayer and sideline reporter Zach Zaidman. Over the years, many Bears play-by-play broadcasters have included Jack Brickhouse and Wayne Larrivee. Their current preseason TV announcers on Fox Chicago are Sam Rosen (play-by-play), Jim Miller (color commentary) and Lou Canellis (sideline reporter).

Radio announcers

Years	Flagship station	Play-by-play	Color commentator
1933-1936	WGN	Bob Elson
1937-1938	WJJD	Jimmy Evans
1939-1941	WJJD/WIND	Jack Drees
1942-1948	WJJD/WIND	Bert Wilson
1949–52	WIND	Red Grange
1953-1969	WGN	Jack Brickhouse	Irv Kupcinet
1970	WNUR-FM	Jay Scott	Marty Baughman
1971-1976	WGN	Jack Brickhouse	Irv Kupcinet
1977–1984	WBBM	Joe McConnell	Brad Palmer
1985-1987	WGN	Wayne Larrivee	Dick Butkus & Jim Hart
1988–1989	WGN	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush & Jim Hart
1990–1991	WGN	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush & Gary Fencik
1992–1993	WGN	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush, Dick Butkus, & Gary Fencik
1994	WGN	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush & Dick Butkus
1995–1996	WGN	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush & Dan Hampton
1997–1998	WMAQ	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush & Tom Thayer
1999	WMAQ	Gary Bender	Hub Arkush & Tom Thayer
2000	WBBM	Gary Bender	Hub Arkush & Tom Thayer
2001-2002	WBBM	Jeff Joniak	Hub Arkush & Tom Thayer
2003-2010	WBBM	Jeff Joniak	Tom Thayer
2011-present	WBBM/WCFS-FM	Jeff Joniak	Tom Thayer

References

Chicago Bears

Founded in 1919 Formerly the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Staleys Based in Chicago, Illinois Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois

Franchise	History Coaches Seasons Current season

Records	Records and statistics Franchise records All-time record versus NFL Team awards and honors Players Head coaches Pro Football Hall of Famers First-round draft picks Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Staley Field Wrigley Field Soldier Field Memorial Stadium Soldier Field II

Lore	Fog Bowl 1932 Playoff Game First NFL Championship Game "The Sneakers Game" Monsters of the Midway T formation 46 defense 15–1 Super Bowl XX Bears 73, Redskins 0 Staley Swindle Cardiac Kids George S. Halas Trophy Brian Piccolo Award 75th Anniversary League Team NFL All-Time Team 2006 game vs. Arizona Cardinals

Culture	Brian's Song 1971 2001 "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" "The Super Bowl Shuffle" Bill Swerski's Superfans Chuck Swirsky Staley Da Bear Logos and uniforms Halas Hall A. E. Staley Jack Brickhouse Papa Bear Mike Ditka Roosevelt/Wabash 85386 Payton Chicago Honey Bears Jim Cornelison

Rivalries	Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings

Retired numbers	3 5 7 28 34 40 41 42 51 56 61 66 77 89

Key personnel	Chairman: George McCaskey President/CEO: Ted Phillips General Manager: Ryan Pace Head Coach: John Fox

Division championships (18)	1933 1934 1937 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 2001 2005 2006 2010

Conference championships (4)	1956 1963 1985 2006

League championships (9)	1921 1932 1933 1940 1941 1943 1946 1963 1985 (XX)

Media	Radio: WBBM (AM) WCFS-FM (FM simulcast of WBBM) Personnel: Jeff Joniak (play-by-play) Tom Thayer (analyst) Zach Zaidman (sideline reporter and radio coach's show host) Television: WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox, official pre-game and post-game) Comcast SportsNet Chicago (in-season team programming) Personnel: Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter) Sam Rosen (pre-season play-by-play) Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (96)	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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