The NFL on Fox (David Hill)
The NFL on Fox (David Hill)
Broadcast Innovation

The NFL on Fox (David Hill)

"I think Fox changed the entire feel of how TV sports is digested." - Joe Buck
Joe Buck
Jay Glazer
Cris Collinsworth
by Joe Buck Jay Glazer Cris Collinsworth

In late 1993, FOX won a $1.6 billion, four-year deal to broadcast NFL games. Beginning in 1994, the network’s coverage of the league began changing the way in which fans watch and experienced televised football – and other sports too. The NFL on Fox introduced movie-like graphics and sound effects, a box on the TV screen that showed the game clock and score at all times, and dramatic theme music that would become synonymous with football on Sundays. Games were initially called by Pat Summerall and John Madden, with Terry Bradshaw as lead pregame analyst. Bradshaw and other analysts over the years, like Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson, have appeared on the network’s popular hour-long pregame show, Fox NFL Sunday. Another novelty of The NFL on FOX was its emphasis on entertainment, humor, and banter as opposed to merely X’s and O’s. FOX has broadcast eight Super Bowls, its first being in 1997.

Joe Buck
Joe
Buck
Joe Buck is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning sportscaster. He’s the lead NFL and Major League Baseball play-by-play broadcaster for FOX Sports, and a four-time winner of the National Sportscaster of the Year award. For NFL games, he calls games with color commentator Troy Aikman on America’s Game of the Week and Thursday Night Football. He has called five Super Bowls and 21 World Series.
Profession:
reporter
Place of Birth:
St. Petersburg, FL
Jay Glazer
Jay
Glazer
Jay Glazer is a sports journalist and an NFL Insider for Fox Sports. A specialist in breaking NFL news, Glazer has been named Sports Illustrated’s Media Person of the Year. A former sports reporter at the New York Post, Glazer also trains NFL players in mixed martial arts. A Los Angeles native, he has a private gym in West Hollywood and has been a guest trainer for several NFL teams.
Profession:
reporter
Place of Birth:
Manalapan Township, NJ
Preferred Team:
New York Giants
Cris Collinsworth
Cris
Collinsworth
Cris Collinsworth was a three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Bengals in the 1980s who exceeded 1,000 receiving yards in four different seasons. Since retiring as a player, the 6-foot-5 Collinsworth has been an Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster, and is currently the in-game analyst for NBC’s Monday Night Football. He also owns “Pro Football Focus,” an online service that conducts advanced statistical analysis.
Profession:
reporter
Place of Birth:
Dayton, OH
Preferred Team:
Cincinnati Bengals