Broadcasters for the Houston Astros

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Gene Elston Robert Gene Elston (March 26, 1922 – September 5, 2015) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) broadcaster, primarily with the Houston Astros. Early life and career A native of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Elston was born on March 26, 1922. He started work i ...

(1962–1986) * Loel Passe (1962–1976) *

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(1962–1963) * Al Helfer (1962) * Mickey Herskowitz (1963) *

Harry Kalas Harold Norbert Kalas (March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009) was an American sportscaster, best known for his Ford C. Frick Award-winning role as lead play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, a position he held fr ...

(1965–1970) *

Bob Prince Robert Ferris Prince (July 1, 1916 – June 10, 1985) was an American radio and television sportscaster and commentator, best known for his 28-year stint as the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club, with whom he earned the ...

(1976) *

Dewayne Staats Dewayne Staats (born August 8, 1952) is a sports broadcaster who has been the television play-by-play commentator for the Tampa Bay Rays since their inception in 1998. He is currently teamed with color commentator Brian Anderson. Staats has ...

(1977–1984) * Mike Elliott (1984) *

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(1984) * Jim Durham (1984–1985) *

Milo Hamilton Leland Milo Hamilton (September 2, 1927 – September 17, 2015) was an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams from 1953 to 2015. He received the Ford C. Frick Award from t ...

(1985–2012) (only home games from 2006–2012) * Jerry Trupiano (1985–1986) * Bill Worrell (1986–1996, 2000–2003) *

Dave Hofferth Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the ...

(1987) * Bill Brown (1987–2016) (just home games and select road games from 2013–2016) * Bruce Gietzen (1988–1990) *

Vince Cotroneo Vince Cotroneo is a radio play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics. He signed a two-year contract with the A's on January 13, 2006 to fill a void in the broadcast booth left by the sudden death of longtime lead announcer Bill King. Numbe ...

(1991–1997) *

Brett Dolan Brett Dolan is an American radio sportscaster who is the voice of Touchdown Radio's game of the week. He previously served as the play-by-play announcer for the Houston Astros. Before joining the Astros, he served as the play-by-play announcer f ...

(2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Dave Raymond) and all road games) * Dave Raymond (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Brett Dolan) and all road games) * Alan Ashby (1998–2006 (radio); 2013–2016 (television) (from 1998–2006, he provided 2 innings of play-by-play on the radio and from 2013–2016, he provided play-by-play for games without Bill Brown) * Robert Ford (2013–present) * Steve Sparks (2013–present) (2 innings a game on radio) *

Todd Kalas Todd Harry Kalas (born December 31, 1965) is an American sportscaster, employed since 2017 as a television play-by-play announcer for Houston Astros baseball. Education Kalas graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Publi ...

(2017–present) * Kevin Eschenfelder (2017–present)

Color Analyst

Larry Dierker Lawrence Edward Dierker (born September 22, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, manager, and broadcaster. During a 14-year baseball career as a pitcher, he pitched from 1964 to 1977 for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros and the St. Loui ...

(1979–1996, 2004–2005) *

Enos Cabell Enos Milton Cabell (pronounced ), (born October 8, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and third baseman from 1972 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Hous ...

(1989–1994) * Alan Ashby (radio: 1998–2005), (TV: 2013–2016) *

Jim Deshaies James Joseph Deshaies (born June 23, 1960), also known as "JD", is an American former professional baseball left-handed starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six teams, over the course of 12 big league seasons. He is c ...

(1997–2012) * Steve Sparks (2013–present) *

Geoff Blum Geoffrey Edward Blum (born April 26, 1973) is an American former professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox and Arizona Dia ...

(2013–present) (road games with Ashby and select home games, 2013–2016; home and road games 2017–present)

Spanish

* René Cárdenas (1962–1977, 2007) *

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(1962–1992) * Rolando Becerra (1987–1992) * Francisco Ernesto Ruiz (1993–2007) *Manny Lopez (1993) *Danny Gonzalez (1994–1996) *

Alex Treviño Alejandro Treviño Castro (born August 26, 1957) is a Mexican former professional baseball catcher. He is the younger brother of former Major League Baseball outfielder Bobby Treviño. Early years Treviño was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Me ...

(1997–Present) * Adrian Chavarria (2006–2007) * Enrique Vasquez (2006) * Francisco Romero (2008–Present)

Broadcast Outlets

Television

Over-the-air *

KTRK-TV KTRK-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on Bissonnet Stre ...

(1962–1972) *

KPRC-TV KPRC-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Graham Media Group. Its studios are located on Southwest Freeway (I-69/US 59) in the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater ...

(1973–1978) * KRIV (1979–1982) *

KTXH KTXH (channel 20), branded on-air as My 20 Vision, is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, airing programming from MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox outlet KRIV (channel 26). Both ...

(1983–1997, 2008–2011) * KNWS-TV (1998–2007) *

KUBE-TV KUBE-TV (channel 57) is a television station licensed to Baytown, Texas, United States, serving the Houston area. Owned by WRNN-TV Associates, it airs programming from ShopHQ. KUBE-TV's studios are located on Fountain View Drive and Burgoyne R ...

(2013–present) Cable * Home Sports Entertainment/Prime Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest (1983–2004) *

Fox Sports Houston Fox Sports Houston was an American regional sports network that was owned by Fox Cable Networks, a unit of the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of News Corporation, and operated as an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. The channel, which operate ...

(2005–2012) * Comcast Sportsnet Houston/Root Sports Southwest/AT&T Sportsnet Southwest (2013–present) Note: Fox Sports Houston was originally a sub-feed of Fox Sports Southwest from 2005 to 2008; however, the Houston feed became its own standalone channel as of January 2009.
Note: Comcast Sportsnet Houston became Root Sports Southwest in November, 2014 which later became AT&T Sportsnet Southwest in July, 2017 Spanish language * unknown

Radio

KPRC (AM) KPRC () is a broadcast radio station in the United States. Licensed to Houston, Texas, KPRC has a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia. A Fox News Radio affiliate, KPRC broadcasts mostly conservative talk radio shows and originates ''Wal ...

(1962–1980) * KNTH (1981–1982) *

KRBE KRBE (104.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) radio format. The studios are located in Suite 700 of the Chase Building at 9801 Westheimer Road in the Westchase D ...

(1983–1984) *

KTRH KTRH () is a commercial radio station licensed to Houston, Texas and owned by iHeartMedia that airs a talk radio format. Programming is also heard on co-owned KODA's HD 2 channel at , and the station uses the iHeartRadio platform to stream it ...

(1985–1995, 1999–2012) *

KILT (AM) KILT (, "SportsRadio 610") is a commercial AM radio station in Houston, Texas. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and carries a sports radio format. KILT shares its call sign with its sister station KILT-FM FM, which airs a country music radi ...

(1996–1998) *

KBME (AM) KBME (790 kHz) is a sports-talk AM radio station in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. It is currently owned by iHeartMedia. The station airs local sports-talk and carries nationally syndicated Fox Sports Radio programming. KBME is also the f ...

(2013–present) Spanish Radio * KXTN-FM (1988) *

KXYZ KXYZ (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and features an all-news radio format aimed at the African American community, as an affiliate of the co-owned Black Information Network. In addition t ...

(1989–2002) *

KLAT KLAT (1010 AM "TUDN Radio Houston") is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by the Uforia Audio Network and airs a Spanish-language sports radio format from the co-owned TUDN Radio Network. The station serves as the Sp ...

(2003–2014; 2021-present) * KODA HD-3 (2015-2017) *

KEYH KEYH (850 AM broadcasting, AM) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Houston, Houston, Texas, under Special Temporary Authority from the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 100 watts from a temporary longwire antenna, on ...

/ KNTE (2018-2020)

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