All of these are from the American Sportscaster Online website's "Sportscasting in the News" section http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/asa-sportsbeat.html :

ESPN and ESPN 2 have announced they will broadcast the World Baseball Classic. The two networks will broadcast 16 games, inlcuding the semifinals and finals on March 18 and 20. ESPN Deportes will teleivse all 39 games.

XM will also have play-by-play.

Jaime Jarrin has signed a five-year contract extension to continue to broadcast Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games through the 2011 season. Jarrin has been the Dodgers’ Spanish language broadcaster for the past forty-seven seasons.

Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News is reporting that James Brown, the host of Fox NFL Sunday, will be leaving the network to join CBS to host their football broadcasts, as well as NCAA basketball.

I don't know if this will affect his Sporting News Radio duties.

Thom Brennaman will be lead play-by-play voice of the BCS College Football bowl series when it moves to Fox starting next season. He will do one BCS bowl game and the BCS national title game each season.

The BCS will be on FOX Sports Radio exclusivley this year.

Dave Jageler will replace Dave Shea in the Washington Nationals radio booth in 2006. Jageler broadcast Pawtucket Red Sox games last season and has also worked in Boston and Charlotte N.C. broadcasting college and pro basketball.

Vince Cotroneo, who formerly broadcast Houston Astros and Texas Rangers baseball games, has signed a two-year contract to join the Oakland A’s broadcast team.

WSCR Radio in Chicago has hired former player Chris Singleton to team with ASA member Ed Farmer on Chicago White Sox broadcasts in 2006.

The Houston Astros have hired Brett Dolan,, from the Tucson Sidewinders, and Dave Raymond, from the Brockton (Mass.) Rox, to broadcast their road games on radio in 2006. Both men will alternate between analyst and pre-and post game show host for home games. Alan Ashby has not been rehired for 2006 and ASA member Milo Hamilton will only do play-by-play for home games.

The finalists for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2006 Ford C. Frick Award are: Dave Niehaus, Gene Elston, Tom Cheek, Denny Matthews, Bill King, Jacques Doucet, Dizzy Dean, Graham McNamee, Ken Coleman and Tony Kubek. The winner will be chosen by a 20-man committee and announced in February, 2006.

Tom McCarthy has been hired to replace Gary Cohen on New York Mets radiocasts. McCarthy has broadcast Philadelphia Phillies games, is the voice of St. Joseph’s Hawks college basketball and has broadcast Princeton and Rutgers college football games.

David Stein, formerly of Fox Sports Radio, has joined Sporting News Radio as its overnight host.

Old news.

Wayne Hagin, who replaced the late Jack Buck on St. Louis Cardinals broadcasts, has been fired and will be replaced by former Chicago White Sox voice John Rooney.

ASA member Ken Korach has signed a new four-year contract to be the Oakland A’s lead radio announcer. Korach moves up to replace his long-time partner, the late Bill King.

ASA Member Herb Carneal will return for his 51st season in the Minnesota Twins booth in 2006. Carneal will work three innings of weekend games at the Metrodome and three innings of weekday afternoon games at the Metrodome. John Gordon, and Dan Gladden are the primary Twins radio broadcast team.
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