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.