List of American Basketball Association broadcasters
# List of American Basketball Association broadcasters

In early-1970s, the CBS television network aired American Basketball Association (ABA) games, specifically league's annual All-Star Game/selected playoff games. Pat Summerall served as the CBS analyst on some ABA games alongside Don Criqui on play-by-play. Game 5 of the 1970 ABA Finals (Indiana vs. Los Angeles) was nationally televised by CBS on Saturday, May 23 at 3 p.m Eastern Time. The broadcast was however, blacked out in Indiana. After that league's 1972-73 season, CBS lost its TV airing rights as they started airing National Basketball Association (NBA) games in its 1973-74 season onward.

Had there been a seventh game of the 1975-76 season's championship playoff series it would've been televised by NBC, because that network signed contract to a potential seventh game on Sunday, May 16, 1976. Since the ABA Finals ultimately ended in six games, with the New York Nets triumphing over the Denver Nuggets in what would become the ABA's final game of its nine year existence, NBC's contract was void.

## 1960s

### 1967–68

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Anaheim | | | KTTV 11 | Dick Schad |
| Dallas | | | | |
| Denver | | Dick Carlson | | |
| Houston | KNUZ | Gary DeLaune | | |
| Indiana | WIRE | Jerry Baker | WLWI 13 | Brian Madden |
| Kentucky | | | | |
| Minnesota | WLOL | Rod Trongard | | |
| New Jersey | WJRZ | Spencer Ross | | |
| New Orleans | | | | |
| Oakland | KPAT | Chuck Hinkle and Rick Barry | | |
| Pittsburgh | WEEP | Jack Fleming | | |

### 1968–69

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Dallas | KRLD | Terry Stembridge | KDTV 39 | Frank Filesi |
| Denver | KTLN | Bob Martin and Dick Carlson | | |
| Houston | | | | |
| Indiana | WIRE | Jerry Baker | WLWI 13 | Brian Madden |
| Kentucky | WHAS | | WAVE | Ed Kallay |
| Los Angeles | KBIG | Bob Rhodes | KTTV 11 | Chuck Benedict |
| Miami | WOCN | Dick Kumble | | |
| Minnesota | KSTP | Rod Trongard | WTCN 11 | Ray Scott |
| New York | WBAB | Spencer Ross | | |
| New Orleans | | | WDSU 6 | Bruce Miller and Lynn Cole |
| Oakland | | | KEMO 20 | Hal Peterson |

### 1969–70

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Carolina | WSOC | Bill Currie and Bob Lamey | | |
| Dallas | KRLD | Terry Stembridge | | |
| Denver | KOA | Bob Martin and Dick Carlson | | |
| Indiana | WIRE | Jerry Baker | WLWI 13 | Don Hein |
| Kentucky | WAVE | Ed Kallay | | |
| Los Angeles | XERB | Sam Balter | | |
| Miami | WGBS | Bob Martin | | |
| New Orleans | | Bruce Miller and Lynn Cole | WDSU 6 | |
| New York | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | | | | |
| Washington | | | WDCA 20 | John Sterling |

During the New York Nets ABA years, announcers included Marty Glickman, Marv Albert's brothers Al Albert and Steve Albert, baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, Bob Goldsholl, as well as John Sterling and Mike DiTomasso. The latter two joined the club's move into the NBA.

## 1970s

### 1970-71

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Carolina | WSOC | | WSJS 12 | Bill Currie and Bob Lamey |
| Denver | KOA | Bob Martin, Dick Carlson, and Bob Rubin | | |
| Floridians | WGBS | | WAJA 23 | Bob Martin |
| Indiana | WIRE | Jerry Baker | | |
| Kentucky | WHAS | Cawood Ledford and Van Vance | WLKY | Larry Goodridge |
| Memphis | | | | |
| New York | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | | | | |
| Texas | KRLD | Terry Stembridge | | |
| Utah | | | KUTV 2 | Bill Howard |
| Virginia | WTAR | | WAVY | Marty Brennaman |

### 1971–72

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Carolina | WSOC | Bob Lamey and Bones McKinney | WSJS 12 | Gene Overby |
| Dallas | WRR | Terry Stembridge | KDTV 39 | Terry Stembridge and Brad Sham |
| Denver | KOA | Bob Martin, Bob Rubin and Larry Zimmer | KOA 4 | Bob Rubin |
| Floridians | WGBS | | WCIX 6 | Sammy Smith |
| Indiana | WIRE | Jerry Baker | WLWI 13 | Don Hein |
| Kentucky | WHAS | Van Vance | WLKY 32 | Howard Hoffman, Alex Groza and Bud Olsen |
| Memphis | WREC | Dick Palmer | WMC 5 | Terry Lee |
| New York | WHN | Al Albert | WPIX 11 | Marty Glickman and Bob Gibson |
| Pittsburgh | WEEP | Dick Overdorf | | |
| Utah | KALL | Bill Howard | KUTV 2 | Bill Marcroft |
| Virginia | WTAR | Marty Brennaman | WAVY 10 | Bud Kaatz |

### 1972–73

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Carolina | WSOC | Bob Lamey | WSJS 12 | Gene Overby and Bob Lamey |
| Dallas | WRR | Terry Stembridge | KDTV 39 | Terry Stembridge and Verne Lundquist |
| Denver | KOA | Larry Zimmer | | |
| Indiana | WIBC | Joe McConnell | WLWI 13 | Don Hein |
| Kentucky | WHAS | Van Vance and Cawood Ledford | WLKY 32 | Howard Hoffman |
| Memphis | WREC | Dick Palmer | | |
| New York | WHN | | WOR 9 | Al Albert |
| San Diego | | | | |
| Utah | KALL | Bill Howard | KUTV 2 | Bill Marcroft |
| Virginia | WTAR | | WTAR 3 | Marty Brennaman |

### 1974–75

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Denver | KHOW | Mike Wolfe | | |
| Indiana | WIBC | Joe McConnell | WTTV 4 | Jerry Baker |
| Kentucky | WHAS | | WHAS 32 | Van Vance |
| Memphis | WLOK | Dick Palmer | | |
| New York | WMCA | Dom Valentino and Mike DiTomasso | WOR 9 | Al Albert and Bob Goldsholl |
| St. Louis | KMOX | Bob Costas and Bill Wilkinson (home games) | KPLR 11 | |
| San Antonio | KKYX | Terry Stembridge and Gary DeLaune | WOAI 4 | Terry Stembridge and Steve Grad |
| San Diego | KOGO | Frank Sims | | |
| Utah | KALL | Bill Howard | | |
| Virginia | WTAR | Warner Fusselle | WAVY 10 | Dave Sullivan and Bobi Boecker |

### 1975-76

| Team | Radio station | Radio announcers | Television station | Television announcers |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Denver | KOA | Al Albert and Bob Martin | KWGN 2 | Al Albert and Tom Jorgensen |
| Indiana | WIBC | Joe McConnell | WTTV 4 | |
| Kentucky | WHAS | | WHAS 11 | Van Vance |
| New York | WMCA | John Sterling and Mike DiTomasso | WOR 9 | Steve Albert and Bob Goldsholl |
| St. Louis | WIL | Bob Costas | KPLR 11 | Bob Costas and Arlene Wellman |
| San Antonio | WOAI | Terry Stembridge and Gary DeLaune | KMOL 4 | Terry Stembridge and Steve Grad |
| San Diego | KSDO | Ralph Lawler | | |
| Utah | KALL | Jack Briggs | KSL 5 | Jack Briggs |

During the mid-1970s, HBO aired several basketball games from the National Basketball Association and the American Basketball Association (notably, the last ABA Finals game in 1976, prior to the latter league's merger with the NBA, between the New York Nets and the Denver Nuggets).

In 1976, CBS sought to establish a postseason playoff between the ABA and NBA, and to win the rights to broadcast those games.

During the 1976–77 season, the NBA's first after the ABA–NBA merger brought the American Basketball Association into the league, CBS held a slam dunk contest that ran during halftime of the Game of the Week telecasts. Don Criqui was the host of this particular competition. The final, which pitted Larry McNeill of the Golden State Warriors against eventual winner Darnell "Dr. Dunk" Hillman of the Indiana Pacers, took place during Game 6 of the 1977 NBA Finals. At the time of the final, Hillman's rights had been traded to the New York Nets, but he had not yet signed a contract. Since he was not officially a member of any NBA team, instead of wearing a jersey, he competed in a plain white tank top. Then for the post-competition interview, Hillman donned a shirt with the words "Bottle Shoppe" – the name of an Indianapolis liquor store, which is still in existence, and was the sponsor of a city parks softball league team for which Hillman played left field (and the only team he was a member of at the time). Other players to compete in the slam dunk tournament included Julius Erving, George Gervin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Moses Malone. CBS, anxious for star power, also gave David Thompson the opportunity to be eliminated three times.

