Kevin Burkhardt (born ) is an

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sportscaster. He is currently the lead play-by-play voice for the ''

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'' and lead studio host for ''

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''. Burkhardt was formerly a reporter with

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(SNY) during

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telecasts from 2007 to 2014. He also called select Mets games during both spring training and the regular season during that time. He has been the primary studio host for Major League Baseball (MLB) telecasts on Fox and

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since the 2014 season. He also hosts the "Reunion" episodes of the History Channel's reality series ''

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''. Burkhardt is best known for his part on MLB pre and postgame-coverage for the regular season, including the

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and

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games, and the postseason, including the

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Early life

Burkhardt grew up in

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doing play-by-play for

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games in his junior high school days, idolizing

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(who was later his partner in the Mets' broadcast booth). He graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1992. Burkhardt graduated from

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in 1997 with a degree in broadcasting.

Career

Burkhardt began his career at the radio station

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in Northern New Jersey, spending eight years working for the station, covering events including

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. Burkhardt also worked at

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broadcasting

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minor league games for WJUX, owned by Jerry Turro. Burkhardt worked as a sales associate at Pine Belt

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in Eatontown, New Jersey, while working as a

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early in his career. After working at WGHT, Burkhardt got a part-time job working at

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, doing freelance work and eventually becoming the station's full-time

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reporter. During this time, he was a regular on ''Out of Bounds'' for

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, did sports reporting for

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, and on sports reports for WCBS 880.

SportsNet New York

Burkhardt joined the Mets broadcast team at the beginning of the 2007 season, replacing Chris Cotter. Burkhardt interviewed for the SNY job but never thought he would be hired. On SNY he appeared on shows such as '' Mets Hot Stove'', '' Mets Pre-Game Live'', '' Mets Post-Game Live'', and ''Mets Year in Review.'' Burkhardt left SNY at the end of the 2014 season for a full-time job at Fox. Burkhardt was also the play-by-play voice for

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games on

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from the inauguration of its America's Team Radio Network in 2011 until 2013, when he joined the ''NFL on Fox'' and was replaced by Kevin Ray. He teamed with

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on the broadcasts. He also called college football games for the network.

Fox Sports

In 2013, Burkhardt began calling games for ''

'', teaming with John Lynch and

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as the network's #4 announcer team. This crew also called the divisional playoff game between the

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and Seahawks on January 11, 2014. He also did fill-in work for ''

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'' in 2012 and 2013, and in 2014 was named as pre-game host for MLB coverage on Fox and

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. On April 24, 2014 it was reported that Burkhardt had agreed to a three-year contract with Fox beginning in 2015. He also joined the

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team. After

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left Fox for

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in 2022, Burkhardt was promoted to the lead

broadcast team alongside Greg Olsen as color commentator until

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retires. Burkhardt is expected to be the television play-by-play announcer for

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History Channel

Burkhardt has hosted the
Reunion
episodes for the History Channel's ''Alone'' television show.

Personal life

Burkhardt resides in

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with his wife, Rachel, and son, Logan, daughter, Brook. The family previously lived in

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