Sports
Blazers Broadcasting Undergoes Big Change
The Portland Trail Blazers announce big changes for next year - in the broadcast booth.
The Portland Trail Blazers won't sound quite the same next season.
Sound?
That's right.
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The team announced Wednesday that they are replacing their television team for the next season.
And that means a couple of very familiar faces will be gone.
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Play-by-play announcer Mike Barrett who has been with the team 17 years, 13 as the lead play-by-play announcer is gone as is color analyst Mike Rice, who has been with the team for 26 years.
The team is also saying goodbye to radio analyst Antonio Harvey after 11 years.
The only one to survive the purge is radio play-by-play announcer Brian Wheeler who will be back for his 19th season.
“After reviewing our entire broadcast operation over the past couple of seasons, I felt it was a good time for us to transition into a new direction,” Blazers President and CEO Chris McGowan said. “I would like to thank our broadcasters for their years of dedicated service to our organization and wish them nothing but success in their future endeavors."
No replacements have yet been named.
McGowan says they are going to conduct a nationwide search for a new team.
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