DIAL GLOBAL SPORTS ANNOUNCES ITS ALL-PRO BROADCAST LINEUP FOR THE 2012-2013 NFL SEASON -- Kevin Harlan & Boomer Esiason Return as Lead Monday Night Football Team – -- Hall of Famers Dan Fouts and James Lofton, plus Trent Green, Tony Boselli, Mark Malone, Ian Eagle, Dave Sims, Kevin Kugler and Tom McCarthy Round out the Lineup New York, NY – September 7, 2012 – Dial Global Sports today announced its lineup of all-star broadcasters for the 2012-2013 NFL season. Kevin Harlan and Boomer Esiason will return as the lead announcers for Monday Night Football and Super Bowl XLVII. In addition, Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts will provide analysis for select Monday Night games and the Playoffs. Dave Sims and Hall of Famer James Lofton return as the Sunday Night broadcast team. Ian Eagle and Trent Green will once again pair up for Dial Global Sports’ Thursday Night broadcasts. “The NFL season is on and Dial Global Sports has assembled some of the best broadcasters in the business to bring America’s favorite sport to fans nationwide,” said David Landau, co-President/CEO of Dial Global. “The popularity of NFL football is at an all-time high and we look forward to helping our advertisers and station affiliates seize the moment and connect with more fans than ever before.” Full broadcast teams for the NFL on Dial Global Sports are as follows: Monday Night Football Sunday Night Football Play-by-Play: Kevin Harlan Play-by-Play: Dave Sims Color Analyst: Boomer Esiason (or Dan Fouts) Color Analyst: James Lofton Thursday Night Football Sunday Afternoon Doubleheaders Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle Play-by-Play: Tom McCarthy Color Analyst: Trent Green Color Analyst: Tony Boselli Play-by-Play: Kevin Kugler Color Analyst: Mark Malone Dial Global Sports is the exclusive network radio partner of the NFL primetime package, broadcasting the most games and the best matchups throughout the entire NFL season. Dial Global Sports, formerly Westwood One, has been an NFL network radio partner for more than four decades and the exclusive network radio partner since 1987. The Dial Global Sports 2012-2013 NFL broadcast schedule features 63 national games, including: Opening Kickoff game, 16 Monday Night games, including one doubleheader, 17 Sunday Night games, 14 Thursday Night games (including Thanksgiving Night), one Saturday Night game, the Thanksgiving Day doubleheader, 12 Postseason games, including the NFL Playoffs, the AFC and NFC Championship Games, the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Dial Global Sports also delivers specialty programs, including: The NFL Today, NFL Preview , NFL Insider, and NFL Sunday. In addition to the 63 game primetime package, Dial Global Sports will also present a weekly doubleheader starting on Sunday, September 9, 2012 and continuing each Sunday through December 30, 2012. These games will be chosen as the season progresses to ensure the best possible matchups. All stations airing Dial Global Sports’ NFL Football coverage can be found using the Station Finder located at dialglobalsports.com. DIAL GLOBAL SPORTS 2012-2013 NFL BROADCASTERS Kevin Harlan returns to Dial Global Sports Monday Night Football games for the third straight season. He was also the voice for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four on Dial Global Sports from 2003-2007. Harlan also currently calls play-by-play for CBS Sports' coverage of the NFL and the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, as well as NBA Basketball on TNT. Harlan joined CBS Sports in 1998 as an NFL play-by-play announcer, after having served in the same capacity for Fox Sports since 1994. A veteran football and basketball broadcaster, this will be his 28th consecutive season broadcasting the NFL and this year’s NBA season marks his 25th broadcasting the NBA. Harlan spent nine seasons (1985-93) as the voice of the Kansas City Chiefs and was the voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves for nine seasons as well. Boomer Esiason provides color commentary for Dial Global Sports’ critically acclaimed Monday Night Football broadcast team and this marks his 13th year broadcasting for the network. Esiason co-host’s The NFL Today for CBS Sports and also served as the Monday Night Football analyst for ABC Sports for two seasons before joining Dial Global Sports. Boomer also spends mornings co-hosting a daily radio show on WFAN, New York and co-hosts NFL Preview each week on Dial Global Sports. Prior to embarking on a broadcasting career, Esiason was one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history. He spent 14 years in the NFL and quarterbacked the Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII. In 1988, Esiason was named NFL MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America and the Associated Press and was named the NFL’s Man of the Year in 1995. Dan Fouts will once again serve as analyst for select Monday Night games this season in addition to his duties as an analyst for THE NFL ON CBS. He has been an analyst for THE NFL ON CBS for the past four seasons, as well as from 1988-93. Fouts worked for ABC Sports from 1997-2008, most notably alongside Al Michaels and Dennis Miller for two seasons as an analyst on “ Monday Night Football ”. Additionally, he served as play-by-play announcer for ABC’s coverage of Pac-10 college football. An NFL Hall-of-Famer, Fouts retired after 15 seasons with the San Diego Chargers, where he was a six-time Pro Bowl selection. Upon his retirement, he held 42 team records and eight NFL records, including most 300-yard passing games, and his 43,040 total passing yards made him the second-most-prolific passer in NFL history. Fouts earned NFL and AFC Player of the Year honors in 1982, and was named AFC Most Valuable Player in 1979 and league co-MVP in 1982. Dave Sims returns for his seventh season as Dial Global Sports' play-by-play announcer for Sunday Night Football . Before switching to primetime, Sims called Dial Global Sports Sunday afternoon games as well as the NFL Playoffs for nearly a decade. The two-time Emmy Award winner has also called play-by-play for NCAA Basketball regular season games and tournament coverage for the past eight years and in 2003, also hosted the NCAA Women's Final Four. In addition to his Dial Global Sports duties, Sims called the Big East Football TV Game of the Week for many years, has written for the New York Daily News and is currently the TV play-by-play voice of the Seattle Mariners. James Lofton returns for his fourth season as an analyst for Sunday Night Football on Dial Global Sports. Lofton served as analyst and sideline reporter for the NFL on Dial Global Sports from 1999-2001 and rejoined the Network after a seven-year coaching stint with the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders. He was the Number 1 draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1978, beginning a long career as an NFL wide receiver. In 16 seasons playing for Green Bay, the Los Angeles Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, and the Philadelphia Eagles, Lofton caught 764 passes for 14,004 yards, which was the most in NFL history at the time of his retirement. In 13 playoff games, Lofton caught 41 passes for 759 yards and eight touchdowns, including a seven-reception game in Super Bowl XXVI. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Ian Eagle enters his fifth year as play-by-play announcer for Dial Global Sports’ NFL Thursday night coverage. During that span, Eagle has also called the action for Dial Global Sports’ coverage of the SEC Basketball Championship and the Regional Semi-Finals and Finals of the NCAA Tournament. Eagle is primarily known for his work with CBS Sports, where he has called NFL games and NCAA Basketball games since 1998. He also has served as the play-by-play announcer for the NBA's New Jersey Nets television broadcasts since 1995, after having called play-by-play for radio broadcasts the previous year. He was the play-by-play radio voice for the New York Jets in 1997 and hosted Jets pre- and post-game shows on WFAN from 1993 to 1996. Eagle joined WFAN Radio in New York in 1990 as a producer and debuted as host of his own show in 1992. Eagle was awarded the Bob Costas Award for Outstanding Sportscasting while attending Syracuse University. Trent Green returns to Dial Global Sports for his third season as the Thursday Night game analyst after serving in a similar capacity on Sundays with FOX Television. In addition, Green also serves as an analyst for preseason games on television for the Kansas City Chiefs and has been a studio analyst for the NFL Network. Green spent 15 seasons in the NFL, playing quarterback for five different franchises. He was a member of the Super Bowl XXXIV Champion Rams, but enjoyed his best seasons with Kansas City from 2001-2006. While wearing a Chiefs uniform, he became only the 4 th quarterback in NFL history to have three consecutive seasons of 4,000 yards or more passing. He finished his career with 162 touchdowns and over 28,000 yards passing. Tom McCarthy rejoins Dial Global as a play-by-play announcer for coverage of Sunday afternoon NFL games after previously calling college basketball and football in 2008 and 2009. He currently does basketball and football play- by-play for the CBS Sports Network, in addition to being the television play-by-play voice for the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent the 2006-2007 seasons as a radio broadcaster with the New York Mets on WFAN before joining the Phillies.