List of NFC Championship Game broadcasters

The following is a list of the television and radio networks and announcers who have broadcast the National Football Conference Championship Game throughout the years. The years listed concentrate on the season instead of the calendar year that the game took place. The forerunner to the NFC Championship Game (prior to the 1970 AFL–NFL merger) was the NFL Championship Game. Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value).

Television

2010s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analysts	Trophy presentation
2014	Green Bay at Seattle	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Erin Andrews and Chris Myers	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2013	San Francisco at Seattle	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2012	San Francisco at Atlanta	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Erin Andrews	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2011	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2010	Green Bay at Chicago	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw

2000s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analysts	Trophy presentation
2009^[1]	Minnesota at New Orleans	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Chris Myers
2008^[2]	Philadelphia at Arizona	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2007^[3]	N.Y. Giants at Green Bay	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2006^[4]	New Orleans at Chicago	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	Joe Buck and Curt Menefee	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2005^[5]	Carolina at Seattle	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2004^[6]	Atlanta at Philadelphia	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2003^[7]	Carolina at Philadelphia	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth	Pam Oliver and Chris Myers	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2002^[8]	Tampa Bay at Philadelphia	Fox	Joe Buck	Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth	Pam Oliver and Ron Pitts	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
2001^[9]	Philadelphia at St. Louis	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Ron Pitts and Pam Oliver	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Cris Collinsworth	Ron Pitts
2000^[10]	Minnesota at N.Y. Giants	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Pam Oliver and D. J. Johnson	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Cris Collinsworth	Terry Bradshaw

Notes

In 2008, Fox's studio show did not go on-site for the first time since 2001. However, Terry Bradshaw left the studios in Los Angeles after the pregame show so he could emcee the trophy presentation.

1990s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analysts	Trophy presentation
1999^[11]	Tampa Bay at St. Louis	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Ron Pitts and D. J. Johnson	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Cris Collinsworth	Terry Bradshaw
1998^[12]	Atlanta at Minnesota	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Ron Pitts and Pam Oliver	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Cris Collinsworth	Terry Bradshaw
1997^[13]	Green Bay at San Francisco	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Ron Pitts and Pam Oliver	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Ronnie Lott	Terry Bradshaw
1996^[14]	Carolina at Green Bay	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Ron Pitts	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Ronnie Lott	Terry Bradshaw
1995^[15]	Green Bay at Dallas	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Matt Millen and Pam Oliver	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
1994^[16]	Dallas at San Francisco	Fox	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Matt Millen	James Brown	Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson	Terry Bradshaw
1993^[17]	San Francisco at Dallas	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Jim Gray	Greg Gumbel	Terry Bradshaw	Lesley Visser
1992^[18]	Dallas at San Francisco	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Jim Gray	Greg Gumbel	Terry Bradshaw	Lesley Visser
1991^[19]	Detroit at Washington	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden		Greg Gumbel	Terry Bradshaw	Lesley Visser
1990^[20]	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Lesley Visser	Greg Gumbel	Terry Bradshaw	Greg Gumbel

1980s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analysts	Trophy presentation
1989^[21]	L.A. Rams at San Francisco	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Irv Cross, Will McDonough, and Randy Cross	Brent Musburger	Dick Butkus and Mike Ditka	Irv Cross
1988^[22]	San Francisco at Chicago	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Irv Cross and Will McDonough	Brent Musburger	Dick Butkus	Brent Musburger
1987^[23]	Minnesota at Washington	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	James Brown	Brent Musburger		Brent Musburger
1986^[24]	Washington at N.Y. Giants	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Irv Cross and Will McDonough	Brent Musburger	Dan Dierdorf and Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder	Brent Musburger
1985^[25]	L.A. Rams at Chicago	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Irv Cross	Brent Musburger	Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, Tony Dorsett and Bud Grant	Brent Musburger
1984^[26]	Chicago at San Francisco	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Irv Cross	Brent Musburger	Dick Vermeil and Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder	Brent Musburger
1983^[27]	San Francisco at Washington	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Irv Cross	Brent Musburger	Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder and Dick Vermeil	Brent Musburger
1982^[28]	Dallas at Washington	CBS	Pat Summerall	John Madden	Jimmy Snyder	Brent Musburger		Brent Musburger
1981^[29]	Dallas at San Francisco	CBS	Vin Scully	Hank Stram	Irv Cross and Terry Bradshaw	Brent Musburger	Phyllis George, Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder and Roger Staubach	Irv Cross
1980^[30]	Dallas at Philadelphia	CBS	Pat Summerall	Tom Brookshier	Jimmy Snyder	Brent Musburger		Brent Musburger

Notes

It is often mistakenly assumed that Pat Summerall and John Madden handled the call on CBS-TV for the 1981 NFC Championship Game, when San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark made "The Catch" to lift the 49ers to a 28–27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys and a berth in Super Bowl XVI. Summerall instead handled the call of the game on CBS Radio with Jack Buck, while Vin Scully and Hank Stram (CBS' "B team" for NFL broadcasts in 1981) called the game on television. Meanwhile, John Madden was off to Detroit to prepare for his Super Bowl telecast with Summerall. Hank Stram returned to his normal position as the color analyst on CBS Radio alongside Buck for the Super Bowl, while Summerall and Madden teamed for the first of eight Super Bowls together.

1970s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Studio Host
1979^[31]	L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay	CBS	Pat Summerall	Tom Brookshier		Brent Musburger
1978^[32]	Dallas at L.A. Rams	CBS	Pat Summerall	Tom Brookshier	Frank Glieber	Brent Musburger
1977^[33]	Minnesota at Dallas	CBS	Vin Scully	Alex Hawkins	Tim Ryan and Gary Bender	Brent Musburger
1976^[34]	L.A. Rams at Minnesota	CBS	Pat Summerall	Tom Brookshier	Sam Huff	Brent Musburger
1975^[35]	Dallas at L.A. Rams	CBS	Vin Scully	Sonny Jurgensen	Sam Huff	Brent Musburger
1974^[36]	L.A. Rams at Minnesota	CBS	Pat Summerall	Tom Brookshier and Bart Starr	Sam Huff
1973^[37]	Minnesota at Dallas	CBS	Jack Buck	Pat Summerall and Wayne Walker	Brent Musburger	Jack Whitaker
1972^[38]	Dallas at Washington	CBS	Jack Buck	Pat Summerall		Bruce Roberts
1971^[39]	San Francisco at Dallas	CBS	Jack Buck	Pat Summerall		Bruce Roberts
1970^[40]	Dallas at San Francisco	CBS	Ray Scott	Pat Summerall		Jack Whitaker

Radio

2010s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2014	Green Bay at Seattle	Westwood One	Kevin Harlan	Dan Fouts	Mark Malone
2013	San Francisco at Seattle	Westwood One	Kevin Kugler	James Lofton	Mark Malone
2012	San Francisco at Atlanta	Dial Global	Dave Sims	James Lofton	Tony Boselli
2011	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco	Dial Global	Kevin Harlan	Dan Fouts	Mark Malone
2010	Green Bay at Chicago	CBS/Westwood One	Kevin Harlan	Randy Cross	Mark Malone

2000s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2009	Minnesota at New Orleans	CBS/Westwood One	Dave Sims	James Lofton	Hub Arkush
2008	Philadelphia at Arizona	CBS/Westwood One	Marv Albert	Jim Fassel	Mark Malone
2007	N.Y. Giants at Green Bay	CBS/Westwood One	Bill Rosinski	Jim Fassel	Kevin Kiley
2006	New Orleans at Chicago	CBS/Westwood One	Dave Sims	Bob Trumpy	Kevin Kiley
2005	Carolina at Seattle	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	John Riggins	Rick Walker
2004	Atlanta at Philadelphia	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Bob Trumpy	Rick Walker
2003	Carolina at Philadelphia	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Bob Trumpy	John Dockery
2002	Tampa Bay at Philadelphia	CBS/Westwood One	Joel Meyers	Bob Trumpy	John Dockery
2001	Philadelphia at St. Louis	CBS/Westwood One	Howard David	Boomer Esiason
2000	Minnesota at N.Y. Giants	CBS/Westwood One	Howard David	Matt Millen and Boomer Esiason

1990s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1999	Tampa Bay at St. Louis	CBS/Westwood One	Mike Kelly	Matt Millen
1998	Atlanta at Minnesota	CBS/Westwood One	John Rooney	Matt Millen
1997	Green Bay at San Francisco	CBS/Westwood One	Howard David	Matt Millen
1996	Carolina at Green Bay	CBS/Westwood One	Howard David	Matt Millen
1995	Green Bay at Dallas	CBS/Westwood One	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1994	Dallas at San Francisco	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1993	San Francisco at Dallas	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1992	Dallas at San Francisco	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1991	Detroit at Washington	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1990	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram

1980s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1989	L.A. Rams at San Francisco	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1988	San Francisco at Chicago	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1987	Minnesota at Washington	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1986	Washington at N.Y. Giants	NBC	Don Criqui	Bob Trumpy
1985	L.A. Rams at Chicago	NBC	Don Criqui	Bob Trumpy
1984	Chicago at San Francisco	CBS	Lindsey Nelson	Jim Kelly
1983	San Francisco at Washington	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1982	Dallas at Washington	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1981	Dallas at San Francisco	CBS	Jack Buck	Pat Summerall
1980	Dallas at Philadelphia	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram

1970s

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1979	L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1978	Dallas at L.A. Rams	CBS	Jack Buck	Hank Stram
1977	Minnesota at Dallas	Mutual	Bob Starr
1976	L.A. Rams at Minnesota	Mutual	Don Klein
1975	Dallas at L.A. Rams	Mutual	Don Klein	Jim Kelly
1974	L.A. Rams at Minnesota	Mutual	Don Klein
1973	Minnesota at Dallas	Mutual	Don Klein	Andy Musser
1972	Dallas at Washington	Mutual	Don Klein	Andy Musser
1971	San Francisco at Dallas	Mutual	Don Klein	Bob Reynolds
1970	Dallas at San Francisco	Mutual

Local radio

The participating teams' radio networks carries the NFC Championship Game on the flagship station only, with the participating teams' radio network affiliates carry the NFC Championship Game via network radio.

2010s

Season	Teams	Flagship station(s)	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2011	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco

2000s

Season	Teams	Flagship station(s)	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
2007	N.Y. Giants at Green Bay	WFAN (N.Y. Giants)	Bob Papa	Carl Banks and Dick Lynch	Howard Cross
2007	N.Y. Giants at Green Bay	WTMJ–AM (Green Bay)	Wayne Larrivee	Larry McCarren

1990s

Season	Teams	Flagship station(s)	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1997	Green Bay at San Francisco	WTMJ-AM (Green Bay)	Jim Irwin
1997	Green Bay at San Francisco	KGO-AM (San Francisco)	Joe Starkey	Wayne Walker
1994	Dallas at San Francisco	KVIL-FM (Dallas)	Brad Sham	Dale Hansen
1994	Dallas at San Francisco	KGO–AM (San Francisco)	Joe Starkey	Wayne Walker
1993	San Francisco at Dallas	KGO-AM (San Francisco)	Joe Starkey	Wayne Walker
1993	San Francisco at Dallas	KVIL-FM (Dallas)	Brad Sham	Dale Hansen
1992	Dallas at San Francisco	KVIL-FM (Dallas)	Brad Sham	Dale Hansen
1992	Dallas at San Francisco	KGO-AM (San Francisco)	Joe Starkey	Wayne Walker
1991	Detroit at Washington	WWJ-AM (Detroit)	Mark Champion	Jim Brandstatter
1991	Detroit at Washington	WMAL-AM (Washington)	Frank Herzog	Sam Huff and Sonny Jurgenson
1990	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco	WNEW-AM (N.Y. Giants)	Jim Gordon	Karl Nelson and Dick Lynch
1990	N.Y. Giants at San Francisco	KGO-AM (San Francisco)	Joe Starkey	Wayne Walker

1980s

Season	Teams	Flagship station(s)	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1989	L.A. Rams at San Francisco	KMPC-AM (L.A. Rams)	Bob Starr	Jack Youngblood
1989	L.A. Rams at San Francisco	KGO–AM (San Francisco)	Joe Starkey	Wayne Walker
1988	San Francisco at Chicago	KGO–AM (San Francisco)	Lon Simmons	Wayne Walker	Joe Starkey
1988	San Francisco at Chicago	WGN-AM (Chicago)	Wayne Larrivee	Hub Arkush and Jim Hart
1987	Minnesota at Washington	KSTP-FM (Minnesota)	Joe McConnell	Stu Voigt
1987	Minnesota at Washington	WMAL-AM (Washington)	Frank Herzog	Sam Huff and Sonny Jurgenson
1986	Washington at N.Y. Giants	WMAL-AM (Washington)	Frank Herzog	Sam Huff and Sonny Jurgenson
1986	Washington at N.Y. Giants	WNEW-AM (N.Y. Giants)	Jim Gordon	Dick Lynch
1984	Chicago at San Francisco	WBBM-AM (Chicago)	Joe McConnell	Brad Palmer
1984	Chicago at San Francisco	KCBS–AM (San Francisco)	Don Klein	Don Heinrich
1982	Dallas at Washington	KRLD-AM (Dallas)	Verne Lundquist	Brad Sham and Charlie Waters
1982	Dallas at Washington	WMAL-AM (Washington)	Frank Herzog	Sam Huff and Sonny Jurgenson
1981	Dallas at San Francisco	KRLD-AM (Dallas)	Verne Lundquist	Brad Sham
1981	Dallas at San Francisco	KCBS–AM (San Francisco)	Don Klein	Wayne Walker

1970s

Season	Teams	Flagship station(s)	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1970	Dallas at San Francisco	WFAA-AM (Dallas)	Bill Mercer	Verne Lundquist
1970	Dallas at San Francisco	KSFO-AM (San Francisco)	Lon Simmons	Russ Hodges

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