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William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell broadcast the action on radio and/or television.
The Tigers' most famous announcer is Ford C. Frick Award winning broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who called Tigers games mostly on the radio from 1960–2002. The press box at Comerica Park is named The Ernie Harwell Media Center in his honor, a statue of him stands near the main gate of the stadium, and his name is on the Tigers Wall of Fame in ...
From 1967 through 1972 Lane teamed with Ernie Harwell on Detroit Tigers radio broadcasts; he also worked on the team's television broadcasts from 1999 to 2003. Lane has also broadcast at various times for the Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings, University of Michigan and Michigan State football and University of Detroit basketball.
Even 60-year-old Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, a sometimes songwriter, collaborated on a disco song, “Surround Me,” recorded by Beverly and Duane. Flashback: ...
When Ray Lane moved to television broadcasting, Carey joined Ernie Harwell as a play-by-play announcer for the 1973 season, a position he would maintain for 19 seasons. Except for the last three seasons, he handled engineering duties for the broadcasts as well.
Ernie Harwell; Ken Harrelson (1984–1987) ... Koufax signed a ten-year contract with NBC for $1 million to be a broadcaster on the Saturday Game of the Week.
Hodges' broadcasting partner, Ernie Harwell, called the game for the team's television flagship WPIX; the independent station's broadcast was also carried nationally on the NBC network, the first coast-to-coast live telecast of a Major League Baseball game. Harwell's description was not recorded; he later recalled saying simply, "It's gone!"
The National Brewing Company had purchased the team's broadcast rights and hired Ernie Harwell as the lead voice, but still wanted Thompson to be part of the coverage. He agreed to work with Harwell on Orioles broadcasts on WCBM-AM and WMAR-TV in 1955.