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The following is a list of the American radio and television networks and announcers that have broadcast the Major League Baseball All-Star Game over the years.

Television [edit]

2010s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Field reporter(s)	Pregame host	Pregame analyst(s)	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
2012	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Royals	Ken Rosenthal and Erin Andrews	Matt Vasgersian	Harold Reynolds and Eric Karros	6.8	12	6,743,724	10,900,000
2011	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Chase Field, Arizona Diamondbacks	Ken Rosenthal, Eric Karros and Mark Grace	Chris Rose	Eric Karros	6.9	12	7,712,000	11,000,000
2010	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Ken Rosenthal, Chris Rose and Eric Karros	Chris Rose		7.5	13	8,692,500	12,100,000

† Scheduled to broadcast the game, subject to change.

Notes [edit]

The 2010 All-Star Game marked the first time the annual game would be shown in 3D. Kenny Albert and Mark Grace were the announcers for the 3D broadcast.

2000s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Field reporter(s)	Pregame host	Pregame analyst(s)	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
2009	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals	Ken Rosenthal, Chris Rose and Eric Karros	Chris Rose		8.9	15	10,754,230	14,610,000
2008	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees	Ken Rosenthal, Kevin Kennedy and Eric Karros	Jeanne Zelasko and Chris Rose		9.3	16	10,441,000	14,540,000
2007	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	AT&T Park, San Francisco Giants	Ken Rosenthal, José Mota and Eric Byrnes	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy and Eric Karros	8.4	15	9,343,000	12,530,000
2006	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	PNC Park, Pittsburgh Pirates	Ken Rosenthal	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	9.3	16	10,301,000	14,424,000
2005	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers	Kevin Kennedy	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	8.1	14	8,884,000	12,330,000
2004	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Minute Maid Park, Houston Astros	Kevin Kennedy	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	8.8	15	9,573,000	13,995,000
2003	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago White Sox	Kevin Kennedy	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	9.5	17	10,156,000	13,810,000
2002	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Miller Park, Milwaukee Brewers	Kevin Kennedy	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	9.5	17	10,046,000	14,653,000
2001	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver	Safeco Field, Seattle Mariners	Steve Lyons	Jeanne Zelasko	Kevin Kennedy	11.0	19	11,198,000	16,029,000
2000	NBC	Bob Costas	Joe Morgan	Turner Field, Atlanta Braves	Jim Gray	Hannah Storm		10.1	18	10,167,000	14,714,000

Notes [edit]

In 2008, Fox went on the air at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time with a special, one hour "red carpet parade" show hosted by Jeanne Zelasko and Chris Rose. Also contributing to the program were reporters Mark Grace, Laura Okmin, and Charissa Thompson. This was followed by play-by-play man Joe Buck presiding over the pregame festivities (e.g. player introductions and the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner") via the public address system.
- The British rights-holder for this game, five (now known as Channel 5) ended its coverage at 6 a.m. BST with the game still in the 12th inning. The network explained that it had a commitment to carry the children's cartoon show The Wiggles that it could not break. The situation is similar to the infamous "Heidi Game" on the U.S. network NBC in 1968.^[1]

1990s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Field reporter(s)	Pregame host	Pregame analyst(s)	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
1999	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly	Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox	Thom Brennaman	Keith Olbermann	Steve Lyons	12.0	22	11,890,000	17,640,000
1998	NBC	Bob Costas^[2]	Joe Morgan	Coors Field, Colorado Rockies	Jim Gray	Hannah Storm and Keith Olbermann		13.3	25	13,026,000	18,970,000
1997	Fox	Joe Buck	Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly	Jacobs Field, Cleveland Indians		Chip Caray	Steve Lyons	11.8	21	11,420,000	16,723,000
1996	NBC	Bob Costas^[3]	Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker	Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Phillies	Jim Gray^[4]	Hannah Storm		13.2	23	12,690,000	18,479,000
1995	ABC	Al Michaels^[5]	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver	The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas Rangers	Lesley Visser and Rick Dempsey	John Saunders^[6]		13.9	25	13,260,000	20,163,000
1994	NBC^[7]	Bob Costas^[8]	Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker	Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh Pirates	Hannah Storm and Johnny Bench	Greg Gumbel^[9]		15.7	28	14,790,000	22,015,000
1993	CBS	Sean McDonough^[10]	Tim McCarver^[11]	Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles	Jim Kaat	Pat O'Brien and Andrea Joyce		15.6	28	14,550,000	22,306,000
1992	CBS	Sean McDonough^[12]	Tim McCarver^[13]	Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego Padres	Jim Kaat and Lesley Visser	Pat O'Brien		14.9	27	13,720,000	21,981,000
1991	CBS	Jack Buck^[14]	Tim McCarver	SkyDome, Toronto Blue Jays	Jim Kaat and Lesley Visser	Pat O'Brien		17.4	32	16,200,000	24,670,000
1990	CBS	Jack Buck^[15]	Tim McCarver^[16]	Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs	Jim Kaat, Lesley Visser and Pat O'Brien	Greg Gumbel		16.2	33	14,940,000	24,365,000

Notes [edit]

The 1990 All-Star Game from Chicago's Wrigley Field was marred by an approximately 68 minute rain delay that started during the top of the 7th inning. In the mean time, CBS aired Rescue 911.^[17]

For CBS' coverage of the 1992 All-Star Game, they introduced Basecam,^[18] a lipstick-size camera, inside first base.
- The 1992 All-Star Game on CBS was interpreted with coverage of the Democratic National Convention.

In June 1993, CBS Sports' Lesley Visser suffered a jogging accident in New York's Central Park in which she broke her hip and skidded face-first across the pavement.^[19] She required reconstructive plastic surgery on her face and in 2006, she required an artificial hip replacement. She missed the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game due to the accident. In Visser's place in the meantime, came Jim Kaat.

The 1994 All-Star Game marked NBC's first broadcast of a Major League Baseball game since Game 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series on October 9. It also marked the inaugural broadcast of "The Baseball Network", which was a short-lived (lasting through the conclusion of the 1995 World Series), revenue-sharing joint venture between NBC, ABC and Major League Baseball. The '94 All-Star game was also broadcast in Spanish on NBC's Secondary Audio Program. Boston Red Sox announcer Hector Martinez and seven time All-Star Tony Pérez were the announcers for the occasion.

1980s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Field reporter(s)	Pregame host	Pregame analyst(s)	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
1989	NBC	Vin Scully	Tom Seaver and Ronald Reagan^[20] (1st inning only)	Anaheim Stadium, California Angels		Bob Costas and Marv Albert		18.2	33	16,450,000	25,840,000
1988	ABC	Al Michaels^[21]^[22]	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver^[23]	Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Reds	Gary Bender and Joe Morgan	Al Michaels	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver	20.4	33	18,070,000	29,526,000
1987	NBC	Vin Scully	Joe Garagiola	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Athletics		Bob Costas and Marv Albert		18.2	37	15,910,000	24,295,000
1986	ABC	Al Michaels	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver	Astrodome, Houston Astros	Don Drysdale	Al Michaels	Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver	20.3	35	17,440,000	28,375,000
1985	NBC	Vin Scully^[24]^[25]	Joe Garagiola	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota Twins		Bob Costas		20.5	36	17,400,000	28,210,000
1984	ABC	Al Michaels	Howard Cosell and Earl Weaver	Candlestick Park, San Francisco Giants	Don Drysdale, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer	Howard Cosell	Don Drysdale, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer	20.1	35	16,840,000	28,500,000
1983	NBC^[26]	Vin Scully	Joe Garagiola^[27] and Don Sutton	Comiskey Park, Chicago White Sox		Bob Costas and Len Berman		21.5	39	17,910,000	27,190,000
1982	ABC	Al Michaels^[28] (first half) and Keith Jackson (second half)	Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale	Olympic Stadium, Montréal Expos	Bob Uecker	Al Michaels and Keith Jackson	Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale	25.0	44	20,380,000	34,120,000
1981	NBC	Joe Garagiola	Tony Kubek	Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland Indians	Marv Albert	Bryant Gumbel^[29]		20.1	36	15,640,000	Not Available
1980	ABC	Keith Jackson (first half) and Al Michaels (second half)	Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale	Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers	Bob Uecker	Al Michaels and Keith Jackson	Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale	26.8	46	20,450,000	36,270,000

Notes [edit]

The 1981 All-Star Game is to date, the only one to be played on a weekend (Sunday night). The game was originally to be played on July 14, but was cancelled due to the players' strike lasting from June 12 to July 31. It was then brought back as a prelude to the second half of the season, which began the following day.

For NBC's 1983 All-Star Game coverage, Don Sutton was in New York, periodically tracking pitches with the aid of NBC's "Inside Pitch" technology.

In 1984, Jim Palmer only served as a between innings analyst for ABC's coverage.

In 1985, NBC's telecast of the All-Star Game out of the Metrodome in Minnesota was the first program to be broadcast in stereo by a TV network.

Former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan (who had just left office) served as the color commentator instead of Tom Seaver (Vin Scully's normal NBC broadcasting partner at the time) for the first inning of the 1989 game.

1970s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Field reporter(s)	Pregame host	Pregame analyst(s)	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
1979	NBC	Joe Garagiola	Tony Kubek	Kingdome, Seattle Mariners		Bryant Gumbel		24.4	45	18,180,000	31,980,000
1978	ABC	Keith Jackson	Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale	San Diego Stadium, San Diego Padres	Bob Uecker	Keith Jackson	Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale	26.1	47	19,030,000	35,529,000
1977	NBC	Joe Garagiola	Tony Kubek	Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees	Curt Gowdy	Bryant Gumbel		24.5	45	17,440,000	31,000,000
1976	ABC	Bob Prince	Warner Wolf and Bob Uecker	Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Phillies				27.1	53	18,680,000	36,330,000
1975^[30]	NBC	Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola	Tony Kubek	County Stadium, Milwaukee Brewers				21.5	41	14,730,000	28,170,000
1974	NBC	Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola^[31]	Tony Kubek	Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh Pirates				23.4	44	15,490,000	Not Available
1973	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Tony Kubek	Royals Stadium, Kansas City Royals				23.8	45	15,420,000	27,600,000
1972	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Tony Kubek	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta Braves				22.9	43	14,220,000	26,300,000
1971	NBC	Curt Gowdy^[32]	Tony Kubek	Tiger Stadium, Detroit Tigers	Lindsey Nelson			27.0	50	16,230,000	Not Available
1970	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Tony Kubek and Mickey Mantle	Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Reds	Lindsey Nelson			28.5	54	16,670,000	Not Available

Notes [edit]

1976 - The ABC team of Bob Prince, Bob Uecker and Warner Wolf alternated roles for the broadcast. For the first three innings, Prince did play-by-play with Wolf on color commentary and Uecker doing field interviews. For the middle innings, Uecker worked play-by-play with Prince on color and Wolf doing the interviews. For the final three innings, Wolf worked play-by-play with Uecker on color and Prince doing interviews.
- ABC aired Democratic National Convention coverage from roughly 7:30-8 p.m. EDT prior to the game and another half hour after the game.

1960s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
1969	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Tony Kubek and Mickey Mantle	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington Senators	15.1	42	8,610,000	Not Available
1968	NBC^[33]	Curt Gowdy and Gene Elston	Pee Wee Reese and Sandy Koufax	Astrodome, Houston Astros	25.8	49	14,450,000	Not Available
1967	NBC	Curt Gowdy and Buddy Blattner	Pee Wee Reese and Sandy Koufax	Anaheim Stadium, California Angels	25.6	50	14,050,000	Not Available
1966	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Pee Wee Reese	Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals	13.7	46
1965	NBC	Jack Buck	Joe Garagiola	Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota Twins	12.9	46
1964	NBC	Lindsey Nelson	Buddy Blattner	Shea Stadium, New York Mets	16.0	53
1963	NBC	Vin Scully	Joe Garagiola	Municipal Stadium, Cleveland Indians	13.6	49
1962 (1st game)	NBC	Mel Allen	Joe Garagiola	D.C. Stadium, Washington Senators	15.7	57
1962 (2nd game)	NBC	Vin Scully	Curt Gowdy	Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs	13.4	52
1961 (1st game)	NBC	Mel Allen	Russ Hodges	Candlestick Park, San Francisco Giants	17.5	55
1961 (2nd game)	NBC	Curt Gowdy	Joe Garagiola	Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox	13.1	51
1960 (1st game)	NBC^[34]	Curt Gowdy	Russ Hodges	Municipal Stadium, Kansas City Athletics	13.5	51
1960 (2nd game)	NBC	Mel Allen	Vin Scully	Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees	13.5	53

Notes [edit]

The 1967 All-Star Game in Anaheim can be considered the first "prime time" telecast of a Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game started at approximately 7:00 p.m. on the East Coast.

The 1969 game was originally scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, July 22, but heavy rains forced its postponement to the following afternoon. The 1969 contest remains the last All-Star Game to date to be played earlier than prime time in the Eastern United States.

1950s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Rating	Share	Households	Viewers
1959 (1st game)	NBC	Mel Allen	Curt Gowdy	Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Pirates	16.1	64
1959 (2nd game)	NBC	Mel Allen	Vin Scully	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Dodgers	25.1	56
1958	NBC	Mel Allen	Al Helfer	Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Orioles	17.9	66
1957	NBC	Mel Allen	Al Helfer	Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Cardinals	19.8	68
1956	NBC	Mel Allen	Al Helfer	Griffith Stadium, Washington Senators	18.9	69
1955	NBC^[35]	Mel Allen	Al Helfer	County Stadium, Milwaukee Braves	21.5	67
1954	NBC^[36]	Mel Allen	Gene Kelly	Municipal Stadium, Cleveland Indians	17.7	65
1953	NBC^[37]	Jack Brickhouse	Mel Allen	Crosley Field, Cincinnati Reds	8.6	32
1952	NBC	Jack Brickhouse	Mel Allen	Shibe Park, Philadelphia Phillies	15.6	53
1951	NBC	Jack Brickhouse	Jim Britt	Briggs Stadium, Detroit Tigers	27.3	89
1950	NBC	Jack Brickhouse		Comiskey Park, Chicago White Sox	16.5	65

Notes [edit]

The 1952 All-Star Game in Philadelphia was the first nationally televised All-Star Game, but it was shortened by rain.

In 1950, the Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the television broadcast rights to the World Series and All-Star Game for the next six years. Mutual may have been reindulging in TV network dreams or simply taking advantage of a long-standing business relationship; in either case, the broadcast rights were sold to NBC in time for the following season's games at an enormous profit.

1940s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1949	CBS	Red Barber		Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Dodgers
1948	KSD	Bob Ingham		Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Browns

Radio [edit]

2010s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Reporter(s)	Studio host
2012	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Chris Singleton	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Royals	Peter Pascarelli and John Rooney	Marc Kestecher
2011	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Chris Singleton	Chase Field, Arizona Diamondbacks	Peter Pascarelli and John Rooney	Marc Kestecher
2010	ESPN	Jon Sciambi	Dave Campbell	Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Peter Pascarelli and John Rooney	Marc Kestecher

2000s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team	Reporter(s)	Studio host
2009	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals	Peter Pascarelli and John Rooney	Marc Kestecher
2008	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees	Peter Pascarelli and John Rooney	Marc Kestecher
2007	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	AT&T Park, San Francisco Giants	Peter Pascarelli and John Rooney	Joe D'Ambrosio
2006	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	PNC Park, Pittsburgh Pirates
2005	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers
2004	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	Minute Maid Park, Houston Astros
2003	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago White Sox
2002	ESPN	Dan Shulman	Dave Campbell	Miller Park, Milwaukee Brewers
2001	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Dave Campbell	Safeco Field, Seattle Mariners
2000	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Dave Campbell	Turner Field, Atlanta Braves	Joe D'Ambrosio	Karl Ravech

1990s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1999	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Dave Campbell	Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox
1998	ESPN	Charley Steiner	Kevin Kennedy	Coors Field, Colorado Rockies
1997	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Jeff Torborg	Jacobs Field, Cleveland Indians
1996	CBS	John Rooney	Jim Hunter	Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Phillies
1995	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Jeff Torborg	The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas Rangers
1994	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Jeff Torborg	Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh Pirates
1993	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles
1992	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego Padres
1991	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	SkyDome, Toronto Blue Jays
1990	CBS	John Rooney	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs

1980s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1989	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Anaheim Stadium, California Angels
1988	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Reds
1987	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland Athletics
1986	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Astrodome, Houston Astros
1985	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minnesota Twins
1984	CBS	Brent Musburger	Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench	Candlestick Park, San Francisco Giants
1983	CBS	Brent Musburger	Duke Snider and Brooks Robinson	Comiskey Park, Chicago White Sox
1982	CBS	Vin Scully	Brent Musburger	Olympic Stadium, Montréal Expos
1981	CBS	Vin Scully	Win Elliot and Herb Score	Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland Indians
1980	CBS	Vin Scully	Brent Musburger	Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers

1970s [edit]

1960s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1969	NBC	Jim Simpson	Sandy Koufax	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington Senators
1968	NBC	Jim Simpson	Tony Kubek and Gene Elston	Astrodome, Houston Astros
1967	NBC	Jim Simpson	Tony Kubek and Buddy Blattner	Anaheim Stadium, California Angels
1966	NBC	Jim Simpson	Tony Kubek	Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals
1965	NBC	Herb Carneal	Bob Prince	Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota Twins
1964	NBC	Blaine Walsh	Dan Daniels	Shea Stadium, New York Mets
1963	NBC	Bob Neal	George Bryson	Municipal Stadium, Cleveland Indians
1962 (1st game)	NBC	Lindsey Nelson	John MacLean	D.C. Stadium, Washington Senators
1962 (2nd game)	NBC	Jack Quinlan	George Kell	Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs
1961 (1st game)	NBC	Jimmy Dudley	Jerry Doggett	Candlestick Park, San Francisco Giants
1961 (2nd game)	NBC	Blaine Walsh	Ernie Harwell	Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox
1960 (1st game)	NBC	Merle Harmon	Jack Quinlan	Municipal Stadium, Kansas City Athletics
1960 (2nd game)	NBC	Bob Elson	Waite Hoyt	Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees

1950s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1959 (1st game)	NBC	Jack Brickhouse	Bob Prince	Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Pirates
1959 (2nd game)	NBC	Bob Neal	Russ Hodges	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Dodgers
1958	NBC	Bob Neal	Ernie Harwell	Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Orioles
1957	NBC	Bob Neal	Harry Caray	Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Cardinals
1956	Mutual	Bob Neal	Bob Wolff	Griffith Stadium, Washington Senators
1955	Mutual	Bob Neal	Earl Gillespie	County Stadium, Milwaukee Braves
1954	Mutual	Al Helfer	Jimmy Dudley	Municipal Stadium, Cleveland Indians
1953	Mutual	Al Helfer	Waite Hoyt	Crosley Field, Cincinnati Reds
1952	Mutual	Al Helfer	Gene Kelly	Shibe Park, Philadelphia Phillies
1951	Mutual	Mel Allen	Al Helfer	Briggs Stadium, Detroit Tigers
1950	Mutual	Mel Allen	Jim Britt	Comiskey Park, Chicago White Sox

1940s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1949	Mutual	Mel Allen	Jim Britt	Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Dodgers
1948	Mutual	Mel Allen	Jim Britt and France Laux	Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Browns
1947	Mutual	Mel Allen	Jim Britt	Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs
1946	Mutual	Mel Allen	Jim Britt and Bill Corum	Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox
1945	Not held because of World War II
1944	Mutual	Don Dunphy	Bill Slater and Bill Corum	Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Pirates
1943	Mutual	Mel Allen	Red Barber and Bill Corum	Shibe Park, Philadelphia Athletics
1942	Mutual	Bob Elson	Mel Allen and Jim Britt (first game; July 6) Waite Hoyt and Jack Graney (second game; July 8)	Polo Grounds, New York Giants (first game) Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland Indians (second game)
1941	Mutual CBS WWJ	Red Barber Mel Allen Ty Tyson	Bob Elson France Laux	Briggs Stadium, Detroit Tigers
1940	Mutual CBS NBC KWK KXOK	Red Barber Mel Allen Tom Manning Johnny Neblett Alex Buchan	Bob Elson France Laux Johnny O'Hara and Myron Bennett Ray Schmidt and Gabby Street	Sportsman's Park, St. Louis Cardinals

1930s [edit]

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Venue/Host team
1939	Mutual CBS NBC	Red Barber France Laux Tom Manning	Bob Elson Arch McDonald Paul Douglas and Warren Brown	Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees
1938	Mutual CBS NBC	Bob Elson Bill Dyer Tom Manning	Dick Bray France Laux Red Barber	Crosley Field, Cincinnati Reds
1937	Mutual CBS NBC	Bob Elson France Laux Tom Manning	Tony Wakeman Bill Dyer and Arch McDonald Warren Brown	Griffith Stadium, Washington Senators
1936	Mutual CBS NBC	Fred Hoey Arch McDonald Tom Manning	Travis Linus Dolly Stark Graham McNamee	National League Park, Boston Bees
1935	Mutual CBS NBC	Bob Elson Jack Graney Graham McNamee	Ellis Vander Pyl France Laux Tom Manning	Municipal Stadium, Cleveland Indians
1934	CBS NBC Blue NBC Red	Pat Flanagan France Laux Hal Totten	Ted Husing Ford Bond Graham McNamee	Polo Grounds, New York Giants
1933	CBS NBC	Pat Flanagan Graham McNamee	Johnny O'Hara Hal Totten	Comiskey Park, Chicago White Sox

Notes [edit]

Up until at least, the late 1970s-early 1980s, a majority of the radio announcing crews for the All-Star Game split play-by-play duties, doing either the first 4½ or last 4½ innings.

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^ Associated Press (July 12, 1955). "Crowd Of 45,000 Fans To See All-Star Game; National Is Favorite". Hartford Courant. p. 15.
^ "Stengel Seeks First All-Star Victory". Los Angeles Times. July 11, 1954. p. B8.
^ "Nationals Choice Today". Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1953. p. C1.

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