Historical Masters TV schedule/announcers
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1956
CBS, Fri 4/6, 5-5:30 pm ... Sat 4/7, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/8, 5-6 pm
Chris Schenkel, Bud Palmer
- The CBS press release shows Jones and Roberts (which sounds very
questionable) and does not list Schenkel and Palmer.
- CBS aired Friday coverage the first two years.
1957
CBS, Fri 4/5, 5-5:30 pm ... Sat 4/6, 5-6 pm...Sun 4/7, 5-6 pm
Jim McKay, Bud Palmer
1958
CBS, Sat 4/5, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/6, 4:30-6 pm
Jim McKay, John Derr
1959
CBS, Sat 4/4, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/5, 4:30-6 pm
Jim McKay, Jim McArthur
- The CBS press release also lists Schenkel and Derr.
1960
CBS, Sat 4/9, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/10, 4-5:30 pm
Jim McKay, Jim McArthur, Art Wall
- A few years ago, CBS rebroadcast footage from the 1960 Masters and
these were the only three announcers who appeared on that footage. The
CBS press release does not list Wall, so that is a clear error. That
press release also lists Schenkel and Derr. The CBS press release
lists Schenkel at 18 and McKay at 17 However, McKay was clearly at 18
on the CBS footage and Schenkel was nowhere to be found.
1961 - Jim McKay, Jim McArthur, Tom Harmon
CBS - Sat 4/8, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-5:30 pm
- The CBS press release also has Schenkel and Derr and does not have
Harmon.
- CBS typically aired only 2.5 hours of coverage in this era.
1962 - Chris Schenkel, Jim McArthur, John Derr
CBS - Sat 4/7, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/8, 4-5:30 pm ... Mon 4/9 (playoff),
5-6 pm
- The CBS press release lists McKay from 1962-1965. However, McKay
worked for ABC at that time.
- The CBS press release also has Nelson.
- CBS aired one hour of coverage of the 18-hole playoff on Monday.
1963 - Chris Schenkel, Jack Drees, John Derr
CBS - Sat 4/6, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/7, 4-5 pm
- The CBS press release also has Nelson and McArthur and does not have
Drees.
1964 - Chris Schenkel, Jack Whitaker, John Derr, Byron Nelson
CBS - Sat 4/11, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/12, 4-5:30 pm
- The CBS press release also has McArthur and does not list Whitaker.
1965 - Jack Whitaker, Jack Drees, John Derr, Cary Middlecoff, Byron
Nelson
CBS - Sat 4/10, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/11, 4-5:30 pm
- The CBS press release also has McArthur and does not list Drees.
1966 - Jack Whitaker, Jack Drees, John Derr, Cary Middlecoff, Henry
Longhurst
CBS - Sat 4/9, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/10, 4-5:30 pm ... Mon 4/11 (playoff),
5-6 pm
- This was the first Masters telecast in color.
- The CBS press release also shows Nelson.
1967 - Bruce Bryant, Billy Joe Patton, Ted O'Connell, Chuck McAbee,
Bill McPhail, Charlie Coe
CBS - Sat 4/8, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-5:30 pm
- The above crew worked due to the AFTRA strike. The NY Times says
that the following crew was originally scheduled:
John Derr, Jack Drees, Henry Longhurst, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson,
Jack Whitaker (Note: I'm not sure the Whitaker listing is correct. See
the Whitaker comment under 1968.)
- The CBS press release missed the boat here (showing the scheduled
crew rather than the actual crew).
1968 - Pat Summerall, Frank Glieber, John Derr, Henry Longhurst, Jay
Randolph
CBS - Sat 4/13, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/14, 4-5:30 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Drees, Middlecoff, and Nelson.
- The CBS press release inexplicably lists Whitaker for 1968-1971, but
Whitaker was banned by Augusta during these years after the infamous
"mob" comment he made in 1966.
1969 - Pat Summerall, Frank Glieber, John Derr, Cary Middlecoff, Henry
Longhurst, Ray Scott, Frank Gifford
CBS - Sat 4/12, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/13, 4-5:30 pm
- The CBS press release lists Randolph from 1969-1978, but he worked
for NBC at that time.
- The CBS press release also lists Drees and Nelson.
1970 - Ray Scott, Frank Glieber, John Derr, Pat Summerall, Henry
Longhurst, Bob Ferrier
CBS - Sat 4/11, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/12, 4-5:30 pm ... Mon 4/13 (playoff),
4:30-???
- The CBS press release also lists Drees, Gifford, Middlecoff, and
Nelson and does not list Ferrier.
1971 - Ray Scott, Frank Glieber, John Derr, Pat Summerall, Henry
Longhurst, Bob Ferrier
CBS - Sat 4/10, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/11, 4-5:30 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Drees, Gifford, Middlecoff, and
Nelson.
1972 - Ray Scott, Frank Glieber, John Derr, Pat Summerall, Jack
Whitaker, Bob Ferrier
CBS - Sat 4/8, 5-6 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-5:30 pm
- Longhurst came up ill, so CBS got permission from Cliff Roberts to
reinstate the previously banned Whitaker to the broadcast crew to
replace Longhurst.
- The CBS press release lists Gifford from 1972-1978, but he worked
for ABC at that time.
- The CBS press release also lists Drees, Middlecoff, and Nelson.
1973 - Ray Scott, Frank Glieber, John Derr, Pat Summerall, Henry
Longhurst, Jack Whitaker, Ben Wright
CBS - Sat 4/7, 4:30-6 pm (rain) ... Sun 4/8, 3:30-5:30 pm ... Mon 4/9,
4:30-???
- The CBS press release also lists Drees, Middlecoff, and Nelson.
1974 - Ray Scott, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Henry Longhurst, Jack
Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/13, 4:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/14, 4-6 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Middlecoff and Nelson and does not
list Longhurst, Whitaker, Wright, or Thacker.
1975 - Vin Scully, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Henry Longhurst, Jack
Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/12, 4:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/13, 4-6 pm
- The CBS press release does not list Scully from 1975-78 even though
he was the lead CBS announcer at 18 those years.
- The CBS press release lists Scott from 1975-78 even though he no
longer worked for CBS.
- The CBS press release also lists Middlecoff and Nelson and does not
list Longhurst, Whitaker, Wright, or Thacker
1976 - Vin Scully, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Henry Longhurst, Jack
Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/10, 4-5:30 pm ... Sun 4/11, 4-6 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Middlecoff and Nelson and does not
list Whitaker, Wright, Longhurst, or Thacker.
1977 - Vin Scully, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Henry
Longhurst, Jack Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/9, 4-6 pm ... Sun 4/10, 4-6 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Middlecoff and Nelson and does not
list Venturi, Whitaker, Wright, Longhurst, or Thacker.
1978 - Vin Scully, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Jack
Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/8, 4-6 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-6 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Middlecoff and Nelson and does not
list Venturi, Whitaker, Wright, or Thacker.
1979 - Vin Scully, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Jack
Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/14, 4-6 pm ... Sun 4/15, 4-6 pm
- This is the first year that the CBS press release agrees with my
research since 1958!!
1980 - Vin Scully, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Jack
Whitaker, Ben Wright, Jim Thacker
CBS - Sat 4/12, 4-6 pm ... Sun 4/13, 3:30-6 pm
- The CBS press release does not list Summerall.
1981 - Vin Scully, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Ken
Squier, Jack Whitaker, Ben Wright, Tom Weiskopf
CBS - Sat 4/11, 4-6 pm ... Sun 4/12, 3:30-6 pm
- The CBS press release does not list Squier or Whitaker.
1982 - Vin Scully, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall, Clive
Clark, Ben Wright, Gary Bender
USA - Thu 4/8 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/9, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/10, 4-6 pm ... Sun 4/11, 3:30-6 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Ingles, Kelly, and Seitz.
- This was the first year that USA provided Thu/Fri coverage.
1983 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Clive Clark, Verne Lundquist, Gary Bender, Brent Musburger
USA - Thu 4/7 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/8, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/9, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/10, 3-6 pm
- The CBS press release does not list Wright.
1984 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Clive Clark, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Brent Musburger, Tom
Weiskopf
USA - Thu 4/12 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/13, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/14, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/15, 3-6 pm
- The CBS press release also lists Bender, Ingles, Kelly, and Seitz
and does not list Murphy or Weiskopf.
1985 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Frank Glieber, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Clive Clark, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Brent Musburger, Tom
Weiskopf
USA - Thu 4/11 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/12, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/13, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/14, 3-6 pm
1986 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Jim Nantz, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Brent Musburger, Tom
Weiskopf
USA - Thu 4/10 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/11, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/12, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/13, 3-6 pm
- CBS rebroadcast footage of this Masters a few years ago and the CBS
press release is clearly wrong on a few points here: Nantz was on 16,
not 17, Lundquist was on 17, not 14, McCord was on 14. Wright was on
15 only.
- Interestingly, when CBS aired this footage, they only included one
shot from hole 14 and that footage did not include any audio from
McCord. It seemed as if CBS went out of its way (or perhaps was
instructed by Augusta officials) to not include any mention of McCord
on this rebroadcast.
1987 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Jim Nantz, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Brent Musburger, Tom
Weiskopf
USA - Thu 4/9 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/10, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/11, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/12, 3:30-6:30 pm
1988 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Jim Nantz, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Brent Musburger, Tom
Weiskopf
USA - Thu 4/7 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/8, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/9, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/10, 4-7 pm
1989 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Jim Nantz, Tom Weiskopf
USA - Thu 4/6 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/7, 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/8, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-7 pm
1990 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Jim Nantz, Tom Weiskopf, Bill
Macatee (USA), Peter Kostis (USA)
USA - Thu 4/5 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/6 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/7, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/8, 4-7 pm
1991 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Steve
Melnyk, Tom Weiskopf, Verne Lundquist, Bob Murphy, Jim Nantz, Bill
Macatee (USA), Peter Kostis (USA)
USA - Thu 4/11 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/12 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/13, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/14, 4-7 pm
1992 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Bobby
Clampett, Tom Weiskopf, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Jim Nantz, Bill
Macatee (USA)
USA - Thu 4/9 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/10 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/11, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/12, 4-7 pm
1993 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Bobby
Clampett, Tom Weiskopf, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Jim Nantz, Bill
Macatee (USA)
USA - Thu 4/8 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/9 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/10, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/11, 4-7 pm
1994 - Pat Summerall, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Bobby
Clampett, Tom Weiskopf, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Jim Nantz, Bill
Macatee (USA)
USA - Thu 4/7 4-6 pm ... Fri 4/8 4-6 pm
CBS - Sat 4/9, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/10, 4-7 pm
- McCord made the infamous "bikini wax" comment in 1994 and has not
worked the Masters ever since.
1995 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Verne Lundquist, Ben Wright, Bobby
Clampett, Tom Weiskopf, Jim Nelford, Peter Kostis, Bill Macatee
USA - Thu 4/6 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/7 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/8, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-7 pm
- Note: From 1995-2007, Bill Macatee as a part of the CBS broadcast
team in addition to hosting the USA coverage.
1996 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Verne Lundquist, Sean McDonough, Bobby
Clampett, Tom Weiskopf, Jerry Pate, Peter Kostis, Bill Macatee
USA - Thu 4/11, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/12, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/13, 3:30-6 pm ... Sun 4/14, 4-7 pm
- The CBS press release does not list Weiskopf.
1997- Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Peter Oosterhuis, Sean McDonough, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Jerry Pate, Peter Kostis, Bill Macatee, Ben
Crenshaw
USA - Thu 4/10, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/11, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/12, 3:30-6:30 pm ... Sun 4/13, 4-7 pm
1998 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Peter Oosterhuis, Sean McDonough, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Jerry Pate, Peter Kostis, Bill Macatee
USA - Thu 4/9, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/10, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/11, 3:30-6:30 pm ... Sun 4/12, 4-7 pm
1999 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Peter Oosterhuis, Sean McDonough, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Bill Macatee
USA - Thu 4/7, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/8, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/9, 3:30-6:30 pm ... Sun 4/10, 4-7 pm
2000 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg
USA - Thu 4/6, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/7, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/8, 3:30-6:30 pm ... Sun 4/9, 4-7 pm
2001 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg
USA - Thu 4/5, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/6, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/7, 3:30-6:30 pm ... Sun 4/8, 4-7 pm
2002 - Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg,
Lanny Wadkins
USA - Thu 4/11, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/12, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/13, 3:30-6:30 pm ... Sun 4/14, 2:30-7 pm
- CBS expanded its Sunday coverage to show all 18 holes. CBS wanted to
do this years ago, but the Masters had never approved such requests
before.
2003 - Jim Nantz, Lanny Wadkins, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg
USA - Thu 4/10, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/11, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/12, 3:30-7 pm ... Sun 4/13, 2:30-7 pm
- As a result of the Martha Burk controversy, The Masters dropped its
sponsors and CBS and USA televised the tournament commercial-free. The
same was true in 2004.
2004 - Jim Nantz, Lanny Wadkins, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg
USA - Thu 4/9, 4-6:30 pm ... Fri 4/10, 4-6:30 pm
CBS - Sat 4/11, 3:30-7 pm ... Sun 4/12, 2:30-7 pm
2005 - Jim Nantz, Lanny Wadkins, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg
USA - Thu 4/7, 4-7 pm ... Fri 4/8, 4-7 pm
CBS - Sat 4/9, 3:30-7 pm ... Sun 4/10, 2:30-7 pm
2006 - Jim Nantz, Lanny Wadkins, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Bobby
Clampett, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Dick Enberg
USA - Thu 4/6, 4-7 pm ... Fri 4/7, 4-7 pm
CBS - Sat 4/8, 3:30-7 pm ... Sun 4/9, 2:30-7 pm
2007 - Jim Nantz, Nick Faldo, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Ian
Baker-Finch, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis
USA - Thu 4/5, 4-7 pm ... Fri 4/6, 4-7 pm
CBS - Sat 4/7, 3:30-7 pm ... Sun 4/8, 2:30-7 pm
2008 - Jim Nantz, Nick Faldo, Peter Oosterhuis, Bill Macatee, Ian
Baker-Finch, David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Mike Tirico
(ESPN)
ESPN - Thu 4/5, 4-7 pm ... Fri 4/6, 4-7 pm
CBS - Sat 4/7, 3:30-7 pm ... Sun 4/8, 2:30-7 pm
- ESPN acquired the rights to the Thu/Fri coverage.
Summary of the total scheduled TV time for the Masters by year (not
counting CBS late night highlight shows or USA/ESPN prime time
replays):
CBS
1956-1972 ... 2.5 hrs
1973-1976 ... 3.5 hrs
1977-1979 ... 4 hrs
1980-1982 ... 4.5 hrs
1983-1996 ... 5.5 hrs
1997-2001 ... 6 hrs
2002 ............ 7.5 hrs
2003-2008 ... 8 hrs
USA
1982-1994 ... 4 hrs
1995-2004 ... 5 hrs
2005-2007 ... 6 hrs
ESPN
2008 ............ 6 hrs
Additionally, for at least two years in the 1970s, Bruce Roberts
handled the 14th hole on television. He was the sports anchor at CBS'
WBBM-TV in Chicago.