TheWashington Commanders are a professionalAmerican football franchise based in theWashington metropolitan area. They are members of theEast division in theNational Football Conference (NFC) of theNational Football League (NFL). The Commanders were founded in1932 as theBoston Braves, named after thelocal baseball franchise.[1] The franchise changed its name the following year to the Redskins and moved toWashington, D.C. in1937.[1] In2020, the team retired the Redskins name afterlongstanding controversies surrounding it and briefly played as the Washington Football Team before becoming the Commanders in2022.[1]
The team'sflagship station isWBIG-FM (Big 100.3), having been selected as the team's broadcast partner after following a partnership withiHeartMedia in 2022.[2] The team's previous longtime broadcast home was previouslyWTEM, by virtue of previously being owned byRed Zebra Broadcasting, a group co-owned by Snyder.[3]
| Year | Play-by-play | Analyst(s) |
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| 1937 | Tony Wakeman[4] | |
| 1938 | ||
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| 1940 | ||
| 1941 | Harry Wismer | |
| 1942 | ||
| 1943 | Jim Gibbons | |
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| 1952 | Mel Allen | |
| 1953 | Mel Allen[5] andJim Gibbons[6] | Jim Gibbons andBill Malone |
| 1954 | Jim Gibbons | Bill Malone[7] |
| 1955 | Eddie Gallaher[8] | Charlie Justice |
| 1956 | Arch McDonald | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1958 | Dan Daniels[9] | |
| 1959 | ||
| 1960 | ||
| 1961 | Bill McColgan[10] | Morrie Siegel[11] |
| 1962 | ||
| 1963 | ||
| 1964 | Steve Gilmartin | Chuck Drazenovich[12] |
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| 1968 | Mal Campbell | |
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| 1974 | Mal Campbell | Len Hathaway |
| 1975 | Len Hathaway[13] | Sam Huff |
| 1976 | ||
| 1977 | Dan Lovett | |
| 1978 | ||
| 1979 | Frank Herzog | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1981 | Sonny Jurgensen andSam Huff | |
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| 2005 | Larry Michael | |
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| 2013 | Chris Cooley andSonny Jurgensen | |
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| 2019 | Chris Cooley | |
| 2020 | Bram Weinstein | DeAngelo Hall andJulie Donaldson |
| 2021 | ||
| 2022 | London Fletcher andJulie Donaldson | |
| 2023 | ||
| 2024 | London Fletcher andLogan Paulsen |
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| Hall of Famers | |
| League championships (5) | |
| Division championships (15) | |
| Wild Card playoff berths (10) | |
