1964 New York Yankees Broadcasters

"The Yankees are undoubtedly the most publicized team in the entire sports world. Still photographers are with the club every day. Television cameras, radio tape recorders and live microphones can be seen at every park where the Yankees play. And of course, the greatest of American sports writers for newspapers, wire services, news syndicates and national magazines cover the 'Bombers' regularly. The Yankees are always big news!"

-The New York Yankees Official 1964 Yearbook

WRITERS
John Cashman (New York Post)
John Drebinger (recently retired New York Times correspondent now associated with the Yankees)
Til Ferdenzi (New York Journal American)
Tommy Holmes (New York Herald Tribune)
Steve Jacobson (Newsday)
Joe King (New York World-Telegram & Sun)
Jim Ogle (Newark Star-Ledger)
Joe Reichler (Associated Press)
Joe Trimble (New York News)

-The New York Yankees Official 1964 Yearbook


BROADCASTERS
"The Yankees long have had 'championship' representation in the broadcasting and television booths. Covering every game all season is a distinguished quartet of sportscasters: Mel Allen, Walter 'Red' Barber, Phil Rizzuto and Jerry Coleman.
Allen is the 'dean' of the group, having been identified as the 'voice of the Yankees' since 1939. Barber joined the club in 1954, Rizzuto a couple of seasons later and Coleman last year. Both Phil and Jerry were longtime Yankee infield stars.
Yankee games originate over radio station WCBS (880) in New York and are carried over a 40-station 'Home of Champions' regional network. Television station WPIX (Channel 11) is the originating TV outlet for Yankee games."

-The New York Yankees Official 1964 Yearbook

MEL ALLEN (WPIX, WCBS)
"Hello there, everybody, this is Mel Allen." That introduction is one of the most familiar in the world of sports.
Yankee fans always want to hear what Mel has to say- the Yankees making an inning-ending double play or some Pinstriped hero driving in the winning run in the ninth. The Voice of the Yankees is like an old friend- with a sad recollection of Lou Gehrig's final days as a Yankee or an awe-inspiring story of DiMaggio's hitting streak or one of Mantle's most towering home runs. Mel's on-air narration of a Yankee game is as much as part of the New York scene as the Empire State Building or a Broadway show.


RED BARBER (WPIX, WCBS)
Red Barber is a man who tells it like it is, no matter what.
In 1939, he broadcast the first major league game shown on television. The Ol' Redhead has also broadcast the NFL Championship Game, the Army-Navy Game and the Orange Bowl.
Hired by the Yankees away from Dodgers in 1954, the legendary broadcaster is known throughout baseball for his fairness. And when following a long fly ball, Red watches the outfielder, not the ball, and always makes the right call.


PHIL RIZZUTO (WPIX, WCBS)
The all-time Yankee shortstop has been covering the club on radio and television since 1957.  Playing for the Yankees from 1941-56, with three years of military service in World War II, Phil was the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1950.


JERRY COLEMAN (WPIX, WCBS)
Jerry Coleman begins his second year as part of the Yankee broadcast team. The Associated Press Rookie of the Year in 1949, Jerry made the All-Star team in 1950 and won the Babe Ruth Award in that year's World Series. He was a Marine Corps fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War.

1965 New York Yankees Broadcasters

IN THE RADIO-TV BOOTH
"The Yankee broadcasting and television team for 1965 is the happy quartet of Joe Coleman, Joe Garagiola, Red Barber and Phil Rizzuto. Games are televised on WPIX-Channel 11 and on unspecified dates on other regional stations. Broadcasts of all games originate in New York on radio station WCBS-AM and FM and are carried by a 40-station radio network in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Massachusetts.
P. Ballantine & Sons of Newark, New Jersey on behalf of Ballantine Beer and Ale, The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on behalf of Camels, Winston and Salem cigarettes and the Tidewater Oil Company on behalf of Tydol and Flying A products are the principal sponsors in the New York area in 1965."

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook

"At the WCBS microphone are Phil Rizzuto, Walter 'Red' Barber, Jerry Coleman and Joe Garagiola. You'll hear this quartet on TV and radio when you can't get out to Yankee Stadium. Close to 130 games will be seen on WPIX-Channel 11 and selected weekend games also will be televised in surrounding areas. All games will be broadcast over WCBS AM and FM in New York (880 AM dial and 101.1 FM) and over the 40-station Yankees' 'Home of Champions' radio network.
P. Ballantine and Sons (for Ballantine Beer and Ale) will be a Yankee sponsor for the 19th consecutive year. Also returning is the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on behalf of Camel, Winston and Salem Cigarettes. The new co-sponsor this year is the Tidewater Oil Company for Tydol products and Flying A gasoline."

-1965 New York Yankees Scorecard and Official Program

Red Barber (WPIX-TV, WCBS)
Red Barber is a man who tells it like it is, no matter what.
In 1939, he broadcast the first major league game shown on television. The Ol' Redhead has also broadcast the NFL Championship Game, the Army-Navy Game and the Orange Bowl.
Hired by the Yankees away from Dodgers in 1954, the legendary broadcaster is known throughout baseball for his fairness. And when following a long fly ball, Red watches the outfielder, not the ball, and always makes the right call.


Phil Rizzuto (WPIX, WCBS)
The all-time Yankee shortstop has been covering the club on radio and television since 1957.  Playing for the Yankees from 1941-56, with three years of military service in World War II, Phil was the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1950.


Jerry Coleman (WPIX, WCBS)
Jerry Coleman begins his third year as part of the Yankee broadcast team. The Associated Press Rookie of the Year in 1949, Jerry made the All-Star team in 1950 and won the Babe Ruth Award in that year's World Series. He was a Marine Corps fighter pilot in both World War II and the Korean War.


Joe Garagiola (WPIX-TV, WCBS)
"Joe Garagiola is by far the best of the ex-baseball people who turned to talking after playing. Naturally comical, he's also the only former athlete on the diamond scene who 'informs' why a curve or a fast ball is thrown, why a bunt was or was not ordered, and how come a hit-and-run. Born in St. Louis, he was a boyhood pal of Yogi Berra.
Formerly busy during the week as the Cardinals' on-the-spot man, he'll now be heard and seen throughout the country daily and weekends, exclusively on Monitor and NBC-TV."

-Don Schiffer, 1963 Major League Baseball Handbook


Meet the man who outhit Ted Williams in the 1946 World Series. Although Joe didn't play in nearly as many World Series as his boyhood friend Yogi Berra, he did most of the catching for the Cardinals during that World Championship season.
Joe is in his first season as part of the Yankee broadcast team.


IN THE PRESS BOX
"All Metropolitan New York papers staff the Yankees in spring training and throughout the season. In addition, national press services, national magazines, sports publications, all major TV and radio networks, independent broadcasting and television stations and others interested in sports coverage are frequent Yankee training camp and seasonal visitors."

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook

Maury Allen (New York Post)
Joe Durso (New York Times)
Til Ferdenzi (New York Journal American)
Hy Goldberg (New York News)
Tommy Holmes (New York Herald Tribune)
Steve Jacobson (Newsday)
Joe King (New York World-Telegram & Sun)
Leonard Koppett (New York Times)
Barney Kremenko (New York Journal American)
Jack Lang (Long Island Press)
Jim Ogle (Newark Star-Ledger)
Phil Pepe (New York World-Telegram & Sun)
Joe Reichler (Associated Press)
Bob Sales (New York Herald Tribune)
Joe Trimble (New York News)
Dick Young (New York News)
Vic Ziegel (New York Post)

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook


AND IN THE PHOTO CAGE
"Outstanding photographers from New York newspapers and wire services as well as other publications cover the Yankees regularly.
Assistant general manager Dan Topping, Jr. and general manager Ralph Houk unveiled a plaque dedicated to the memory of Bill Greene, long-time World-Telegram & Sun sports photographer who covered the Yankees in spring training and at home during the season and World Series. Bill, who passed away two years ago, will be remembered for all time by those working in the upper first base photo cage where this plaque is installed. Bearing the familiar lensman's legend 'Just One More,' the plaque was donated by John Martin of Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain, N.Y."

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook