List_of_NFL_Championship_Game_broadcasters

List of NFL Championship Game broadcasters

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The following is a list of the television networks and announcers that broadcast the National Football League Championship Game from the 1940s until the 1969 NFL season (after which the NFL merged with the American Football League). The National Football League first held a championship game in 1933, it took until 1948 before a championship game would be televised. The successor to the NFL Championship Game is the NFC Championship Game.

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Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
1948	Chicago Cardinals at Philadelphia	ABC	Harry Wismer
1949	Philadelphia at Los Angeles	No Network Telecast (game was played in Los Angeles, and at the time, there was no way to send live TV programs from the West Coast to the East Coast and vice versa)
1950	Los Angeles at Cleveland	ABC	Harry Wismer	Red Grange and Joe Hasel
1951	Cleveland at Los Angeles	DuMont (first NFL Championship Game to be televised live from coast-to-coast)	Harry Wismer	Earl Gillespie
1952	Detroit at Cleveland	DuMont	Harry Wismer
1953	Cleveland at Detroit	DuMont	Harry Wismer	Red Grange
1954	Detroit at Cleveland	DuMont	Byrum Saam (first half) and Chuck Thompson (second half)
1955	Cleveland at Los Angeles	NBC^[1]	Bob Kelley (first half) and Ken Coleman (second half)	Bob Graham
1956	Chicago Bears at New York	NBC	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Jack Brickhouse (second half)	Red Grange
1957	Cleveland at Detroit	NBC	Van Patrick (first half) and Ken Coleman (second half)	Red Grange
1958	Baltimore at New York	NBC	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Chuck Thompson (second half)
1959	New York at Baltimore	NBC	Chuck Thompson (first half) and Chris Schenkel (second half)
1960	Green Bay at Philadelphia	NBC	Lindsey Nelson (first half) and Ray Scott (second half)
1961	New York Giants at Green Bay	NBC	Lindsey Nelson (first half) and Chris Schenkel (second half)
1962	Green Bay at New York Giants	NBC	Chris Schenkel (first half) and Ray Scott (second half)
1963	New York Giants at Chicago	NBC	Jack Brickhouse (first half) and Chris Schenkel (second half)	George Connor
1964	Baltimore at Cleveland	CBS	Ken Coleman (first half) and Chuck Thompson (second half)	Frank Gifford
1965	Cleveland at Green Bay	CBS (first NFL Championship Game to be televised in color^[2])	Ray Scott (first half) and Ken Coleman (second half)	Pat Summerall
1966	Green Bay at Dallas	CBS	Jack Buck (first half) and Ray Scott (second half)	Frank Gifford	Pat Summerall
1967	Dallas at Green Bay	CBS	Ray Scott (first half) and Jack Buck (second half)	Frank Gifford	Tom Brookshier
1968	Baltimore at Cleveland	CBS	Jack Buck	Pat Summerall	Tom Brookshier
1969	Cleveland at Minnesota	CBS	Ray Scott	Paul Christman	Bruce Roberts

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1964	Baltimore at Cleveland	CBS	Jack Drees	Jim Morse
1965	Cleveland at Green Bay	CBS	Jack Drees	Jim Morse
1966	Green Bay at Dallas	CBS	Jack Drees	Jim Morse
1967	Dallas at Green Bay	CBS	Jack Drees	Jim Morse

Season	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1964	Baltimore at Cleveland	WCBM-AM (Baltimore)	Frank Messer	John Steadman
1964	Baltimore at Cleveland	WERE-AM (Cleveland)	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1965	Cleveland at Green Bay	WERE-AM (Cleveland)	Gib Shanley	Jim Graner
1965	Cleveland at Green Bay	WTMJ-AM (Green Bay)	Ted Moore	Blaine Walsh
1966	Green Bay at Dallas	WTMJ-AM (Green Bay)	Ted Moore	Blaine Walsh
1966	Green Bay at Dallas	KLIF-AM (Dallas)	Bill Mercer	Blackie Sherrod
1967	Dallas at Green Bay	KLIF-AM (Dallas)	Bill Mercer	Blackie Sherrod
1967	Dallas at Green Bay	WTMJ-AM (Green Bay)	Ted Moore	Chuck Johnson

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