I knew how to memorize a script and be in front of a camera. I’d do these commercials for Lummis peanut butter, Sylvan Seal milk, and Ranger Joe cereal. I would do the commercials with the host, Chuck Wagon Pete - the father of Peter Boyle, who went on to do Taxi Driver and Everybody Loves Raymond. I was on TV when I was eight, doing commercials on Channel 3 for a Friday-night program where they would show Westerns. on a transistor radio I had hidden under my pillow.īacking up a little bit, my mother had me take theatrical classes. When I was a bit older and the Phillies were playing the Dodgers on the West Coast, my parents would put me down to bed, and I would secretly listen to the games until 2 a.m. I have so many memories from that radio, including sitting on my father’s lap listening to the 1948 Kentucky Derby, which was won by Citation. I was transfixed by the voices of the announcers, the roar of the crowd. When I grew up in West Philadelphia, I would sit around the great big radio console in our living room and listen to as many games as I possibly could. Is this what you wanted to be when you were a kid? Yours would seem to be a dream job for any football fan. The one thing this team must improve is special teams. If we do get there and win, who’s the MVP?Īnd if we don’t get there, why didn’t we? What is clear is that we are the team to beat. And oh yeah: The Eagles won their first Super Bowl! Will we get there and win this year? One of those green spiral notebooks that we used to take to school. I write down statistics.Īre we talking about, like, pen and paper here? Well, I write the opener to the broadcast, hopefully something poetic. Then I’ll check out any stories and features on the Titans so that I know them as well as I know the Eagles, which isn’t exactly possible. I’ll go over the roster of the Tennessee Titans, look at game tape to get a good idea of what their offenses and defenses look like. Then home to Blue Bell for three hours of studying for the game on Sunday. Then into the locker room to talk to players. I’m at my office, then down to NovaCare for Nick Sirianni’s press conference. How are you doing on this miserably wet and cold day? We spoke with him just ahead of the team’s December matchup against the Tennessee Titans. Yet he still gets horribly nervous before every game. He’s as much a part of the team’s legacy as throwing snowballs at Santa, Jason Kelce’s Super Bowl speech, and the Philly Special. Since 1977, Merrill Reese has been the play-by-play announcer for all Eagles games on WIP radio. This page will be updated as any changes to NFL programming on TSN, CTV, and RDS are confirmed.Philadelphia Eagles radio announcer Merrill Reese in his Blue Bell home. ET – Super Bowl LVII post-game (CTV/CITL/CKRP) ET – Super Bowl LVII Pre-game (CTV/CITL/CKPR) 12 noon ET – Road to the Super Bowl (CTV/CITL/CKPR).This page will be updated as any changes to NFL programming on CTV, TSN, and RDS are confirmed. The NFL Lives Here.Įach Sunday during the season, fans who subscribe to TSN and RDS can access NFL RedZone through the network’s leading digital platforms – including TSN.ca, RDS.ca, the TSN app, and the RDS app. Check out our broadcast schedule below for this season's slate of games all the way up to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, and come back regularly for updated broadcast information. TSN, CTV and CTV2 are Canada's home for football on television, and the exclusive broadcast partner of the NFL in Canada.
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