List of current Women's National Basketball Association broadcasters

The following is a list of current (entering the 2020 WNBA season) Women's National Basketball Association broadcasters for each individual team. The announcers who call the television broadcasts also call the WNBA League Pass Production broadcasts unless noted otherwise.

For 2020 Atlanta, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minnesota (FS North+ games), and Seattle have decided to use the World Feed for their local broadcasts. Teams listed under local broadcasts for them are 2019 broadcast teams.

Eastern Conference

Television
Team Play-by-play Analyst(s) Sideline Reporter Flagship Station
Atlanta Andy Demetra
Mike Conti		 Amy Audibert Fox Sports South
Fox Sports Southeast
Chicago Lisa Byington
Matt Schumacker (when Byington has other events)
Dan P. Kelly (when Byington has other events)		 Jordan Cornette
Patricia Babcock-McGraw (Select)		 Patricia Babcock-McGraw WCIU
Connecticut Bob Heussler Rebecca Lobo
Kim Adams
LaChina Robinson
Monica McNutt		 Robyn Brown NESN
WCCT
Indiana Pat Boylan Tully Bevilaqua
Bria Goss		 Fox Sports Indiana
WNDY
New York Chris Shearn
Michael Grady (selected home games)		 Julianne Viani YES
Fox Sports Go
Washington Meghan McPeak Christy Winters-Scott Dan Nolan Monumental Sports Network
NBC Sports Washington

Western Conference

Television
Team Play-by-play Analyst(s) Sideline reporter Flagship station
Dallas Ron Thulin Raegan Pebley
Ashley Robinson		 Katie Engleson Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest+
Las Vegas Anne Marie Anderson Rushia Brown KVMY
Los Angeles Angel Gray Mary Murphy Kirsten Watson
Mike Trudell		 Spectrum SportsNet
Minnesota Marney Gellner (FS North) Lea B. Olsen (FS North) Katie Emmer (FS North) Fox Sports North/Fox Sports North+
Fox Sports Go
Phoenix Tom Leander Ann Meyers-Drysdale Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports Arizona+
Seattle Dick Fain Elise Woodward
Jody Wynn		 KZJO

Radio
Team Play-by-play Flagship station
Las Vegas TC Martin KWWN
Minnesota Sloane Martin KLCI (Simulcast on FS Go exclusives)

Nationwide

ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2[1]

ESPN airs select regular season games and acts as the exclusive provider for the Semifinals and the WNBA Finals.

Play-by-play announcers

Color analysts

Sideline reporters

Play-by-play announcers
  • Kenneth Garay

Color analysts
  • Pablo Viruega

World Feed

With the 2020 season being played all at one site, the WNBA decided to introduce a "World Feed" for non-ESPN broadcasts. Local markets have the option of using the World Feed or local broadcasters, but games on League Pass, NBAtv, Facebook, and CBSSN will use the world feed. All ESPN productions are also considered to be World Feed broadcasts.

Play-by-play announcers
  • Ron Thulin
  • Sean Salisbury
  • Tiffany Greene
  • Leah Secondo

Color analysts

Twitter

Twitter has signed up to carry 10 WNBA broadcasts in 2020. The games focus more on analytics and use a mix of local pxp and analysts from the G League and the WNBA.

Play-by-play announcers

Color analysts

NBA TV

NBAtv will carry select games throughout the season. These games will remain available on WNBA League Pass and will be a simulcast of the world feed television broadcast.

CBS Sports Network[2]

Beginning with the 2019 season CBSSN entered into a contract to broadcast a minimum of 40 WNBA games per season. It is a multi-year deal, but the length of the deal wasn't announced. CBSSN carries the world feed for WNBA matches.

WNBA League Pass

Every game not broadcast on an ESPN Network or CBSSN is carried live for everyone to watch on WNBA League Pass. No blackouts apply outside of the ESPN and CBSSN productions. WNBA League Pass productions simulcast the world feed.

See also

References
  1. https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2019/05/espn-tips-off-the-2019-wnba-season-on-may-25/ ESPN Tips off the 2019 WNBA Season on May 25
  2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardmegdal/2019/04/23/new-cbs-sports-network-deal-with-wnba-latest-reminder-of-new-revenue-streams/ New CBS Deal With WNBA Is Latest Reminder Of League's New Revenue Streams
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