List of Little League World Series broadcasters

Note that this list focuses on the television network(s) and announcers who have covered the Little League World Series' World Championship Game.

[edit] 1960s

Year	Net.	Play-by-Play	Color Commentator(s)	Sideline Reporters
1963	ABC	Chris Schenkel
1964	ABC	Jim McKay	Bill Veeck and Sonny Fox
1965	ABC	Jim McKay	Jackie Robinson and Sonny Fox
1966	ABC	Jim McKay	Sonny Fox	Keith Jackson
1967	ABC	Jim McKay	Ted Williams	Howard Cosell
1968	ABC	Keith Jackson	Jimmy Piersall	Jim McKay
1969	ABC	Jim McKay	Mickey Mantle	Vin Scully

Year	Net.	Play-by-Play	Color Commentator(s)	Sideline Reporters
1970	ABC	Jim McKay	Mickey Mantle	Jack Twyman
1971	ABC	Jim McKay	Mickey Mantle	Jack Buck
1972	ABC	Bud Palmer	Mickey Mantle	Keith Jackson
1973	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Gibson	Frank Gifford
1974	ABC	Jim McKay	Carlton Fisk	Frank Gifford and Howard Cosell
1975	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Uecker	Al Michaels
1976	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bob Gibson	Ross Porter
1977	ABC	Al Michaels	Don Sutton	Reggie Jackson
1978	ABC	Al Michaels	Brooks Robinson	Keith Jackson
1979	ABC	Mel Allen	Red Barber	Curt Gowdy and Keith Jackson

Year	Net.	Play-by-Play	Color Commentator(s)	Sideline Reporters
1980	ABC	Al Michaels	Don Drysdale and Willie Stargell	Howard Cosell
1981	ABC	Jim McKay	Davey Lopes	Bill Russell
1982	ABC	Jim McKay	Steve Stone	Frank Gifford
1983	ABC	Keith Jackson	Earl Weaver	Al Michaels
1984	ABC	Curt Gowdy	Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver	O.J. Simpson
1985	ABC	Jim McKay	Jim Palmer	Curt Gowdy
1986	ABC	Al Trautwig	Johnny Bench	Lynn Swann
1987	ABC	Al Trautwig	Jim Palmer	Cheryl Miller and Becky Dixon
1988	ABC	Al Trautwig	Jim Palmer	Reggie Jackson and Lynn Swann
1989	ABC	Al Trautwig	Jim Palmer	Chris Berman and Keith Jackson

Year	Net.	Play-by-Play	Color Commentator(s)	Sideline Reporters
2000	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds and Orel Hershiser	Dave Ryan
2001	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds and Orel Hershiser	Dave Ryan and Álvaro Martín
2002	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds and Tony Gwynn	Linda Cohn and Dave Ryan
2003	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds	Samantha Ryan
2004	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds and Buck Martinez	Samantha Ryan and Dave Ryan
2005	ABC	Brent Musburger	Harold Reynolds	Samantha Ryan
2006	ABC and ESPN2*	Brent Musburger	Orel Hershiser and Joe Morgan	Erin Andrews and Orestes Destrade

1985 - ABC carries the Little League World Series championship game live for the first time on Wide World of Sports. For the first time in baseball history, the home plate umpire wears a miniature camera on his mask.

1997 - For the first time, U.S. Regional championship games in Little League Baseball are televised nationally on ESPN2.

2002 - Both the U.S. Championship and World Championship Games were televised live during prime time for the first time (6:30 ET). The World Championship Game was aired on tape delay on the West Coast.

2006 - The World Championship Game was initially supposed to air on ABC. However, a rain delay caused the game to be postponed until following day (Monday, August 28, 2006). As a result, the Championship Game instead, aired on ESPN2.

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