NFL on FOX
NFL on FOX logo since 2003.
Genre	Sports
Running time	180 minutes or until game ends
Creator(s)	Fox Sports
Starring	FOX NFL Sunday crew NFL on FOX game commentators
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	FOX
Original run	September 18, 1994–present

NFL on FOX is the brand name of the Fox Broadcasting Company's coverage of the National Football League's National Football Conference games, produced by Fox Sports. Game coverage is usually preceded by the pre-game show FOX NFL Sunday. Image File history File links NFL-on-FOX-logo. ... The 2003 NFL season was the 84th regular season of the National Football League. ... For Fox Sports in Australia see Fox Sports (Australia). ... FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV program The NFL on FOX. FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. ... This is a list of The NFL on FOX game announcers: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Troy Aikman (#2 team analyst with Dick Stockton 2001... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... NFL 75th season anniversary logo The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Bills Dolphins Patriots Jets Ravens Bengals Browns Steelers Texans Colts Titans Broncos Chiefs Raiders Chargers Cowboys Giants Eagles Redskins Bears Lions Packers Vikings Falcons Panthers Saints Buccaneers Jaguars Cardinals Rams 49ers Seahawks The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from... The National Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League. ... For Fox Sports in Australia see Fox Sports (Australia). ... FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV program The NFL on FOX. FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. ...

The broadcast's distinctive theme song has been used since its inception in 1994. Derivatives of the NFL on FOX theme have been incorporated throughout Fox Sports' programming, including Fox Sports Net, as Fox Sports' overall theme, and Fox is in the process of registering the original theme as a trademark. ^[1] The theme was composed by Scott Schreer, Reed Hays and Phil Garrod of a New York, New York, recording studio company called NJJ Productions (NJJ stands for Not Just Jingles) which was acquired by Bertelsmann. A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ... NFL 75th season anniversary logo The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. ... Fox Sports Net headquarters in Los Angeles. ... Scott Schreer is an award-winning composer of theme songs for television programs, including NFL on Fox, MLB on Fox, Hope and Faith, the Cosby Show, and The OReilly Factor. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ... Bertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. ...

History

Though Fox was growing rapidly as a network, and had established itself as a presence, it was still not considered a major competitor to the "big three" broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). Fox management, having seen the critical role that sports programming (football programming in particular) had played in the growth of satellite service BSkyB, believed that sports, and specifically professional football, would be the engine that would make Fox a major network the quickest. The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... The Big Media in the United States are: the Big Three: what Turner calls the big, established networks--CBS, ABC, NBC [1]; plus, what Cal Thomas calls the most influential newspapers (i. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... It has been suggested that NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ...

Early Bids

To this end, Fox bid aggressively for football from the start. In 1987 (Fox's first full year on the air), after ABC initially hedged on renewing its contract to carry Monday Night Football, Fox offered the NFL to pick up the contract for the same amount ABC had been paying, about $1.3 billion at the time. However, the NFL, in part because Fox had not established itself as a major network, chose to renew their contract with ABC. See also: 1986 in television, other events of 1987, 1988 in television and the list of years in television. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ...

Despite a few successful shows, the network did not have a significant market share until the early 1990s when News Corp. bought more TV station groups, such as New World Communications, Chris-Craft Industries, BHC Communications, and United Television, making it the largest owner of television stations in the United States. Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... New World Communications was a major television production company and television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. ... Chris-Craft Industries is a privately held American manufacturer of civilian powerboats based in Sarasota, Florida. ...

Fox Outbids CBS for the NFC Package

See also: NFL on CBS

Six years later, when the football contract was up for renewal again, Fox made what at the time was a bold and aggressive move to acquire the rights. Knowing that they would likely need to bid considerably more than the incumbent networks to acquire a piece of the package, Fox bid $1.58 billion for 4 years of rights to the NFC, considered the more desirable conference due to its presence in most of the largest U.S. markets, such as New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. To the surprise and shock of many, in late 1993, the NFL selected the Fox bid, in the process stripping CBS of football for the first time since 1956. Fox's coverage would start in the 1994 season. The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television networks coverage of the National Football Leagues American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... The National Football Conference is one of the two conferences of the National Football League. ... City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Big Blue Wrecking Crew, Big Blue, G-Men, The Jints, The New York Football Giants, Jersey Giants Team colors Royal Blue, Red, Gray, and White Head Coach Tom Coughlin Owner The Mara and Tisch Families General manager Ernie Accorsi League/Conference affiliations National... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue, Orange and White Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National... City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team colors Midnight Green, Black, White, and Silver Head Coach Andy Reid Owner Jeffrey Lurie General manager Tom Heckert Fight song Fly, Eagles Fly Mascot Swoop League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1933–present) Eastern Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern Conference (1953-1969) Capitol... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The 1956 NFL season was the 37th regular season of the National Football League. ... NFL 75th season anniversary logo The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. ...

CBS apparently underestimated the value of its rights with respect to its advertising revenues and to its promotional opportunities for other network programming. Indeed, Fox was still an upstart player in 1993, not yet considered on par with the "Big Three" networks - CBS, NBC and ABC. It had already had offbeat hits such as The Simpsons, but had no news or sports divisions, and its coverage was significantly weaker than that of its elder counterparts. Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Billboards and street advertising in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, (2005) Advertising is paid communication through a non-personal medium in which the sponsor is identified and the message is controlled. ... Scale model of a Wheaties cereal box at a pep rally Promotion is one of the four aspects of marketing. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1993. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... It has been suggested that NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Simpsons redirects here. ...

CBS Personalities Move to Fox

However, the vast resources of Rupert Murdoch allowed the network to grow quickly, primarily to the detriment of CBS. After bringing in David Hill from Murdoch's U.K.-based Sky Sports to head up the new Fox Sports division, Fox raided the CBS Sports staff, hiring longtime producer Ed Goren as Hill's second-in-command, plus CBS personalities such as Pat Summerall, John Madden, James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, and Dick Stockton, all of whom were prominently featured in Fox's NFL coverage. In spring 1994, Fox's parent News Corporation struck an alliance with New World Communications, by now a key ownership group with several VHF CBS affiliates in NFC markets, and wary of a CBS without football. Nearly all of New World's stations converted en masse to Fox beginning that fall. The rights gave Fox many new viewers (and affiliates) and a platform for advertising its other shows. Rupert Keith Murdoch AC, KCSG, (born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 11 March 1931) is an Australian-American global media executive and is the top shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York City. ... UK redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. ... George Allen Pat Summerall (born May 10, 1930 in Lake City, Florida) is a former American football player and well-known television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, FOX, and ESPN. Summerall is best known for his work with John Madden on CBS and Fox, and in 1999 he was inducted... John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936 in Austin, Minnesota) is a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. ... James Brown James Brown (born February 25, 1951), commonly called J.B., is a TV personality known for being the host of the Fox networks NFL pregame show FOX NFL Sunday. ... Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). ... Dick Stockton (born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American sportscaster. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... New World Communications was a major television production company and television station owner in the United States from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ...

See also: Fox affiliate switches of 1994

The Fox affiliate switches of 1994 constituted some of the most sweeping changes in American television history. ...

A Brand New Era

Fox's acquisition of football was a watershed event not only for the network but for the NFL as well. Not only was it the event that placed Fox on a par with the "big three" broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) but it also ushered in an era of growth for the NFL which continues on largely to this day.

While the heavy concentration of population in NFC markets - as opposed to the smaller markets generally served by the AFC - virtually guaranteed a substantial audience, its instant success has nonetheless been remarkable given the substantial differences between Fox's coverage and the coverage provided by ABC, CBS, ESPN, TNT, and NBC up to that time. Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ... The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television networks coverage of the National Football Leagues American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports. ... ESPN Sunday Night Football is a TV program showing National Football League games on Sunday evenings. ... TNT logo until 1994 TNT Sunday Night Football was the weekly television broadcasts by Turner Network Television (TNT) of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL) games. ... The NFL on NBC was the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998, when NBC lost the NFL American Football Conference rights to CBS. NFL coverage will return to NBC for the 2006 season under the title NBC Sunday Night Football [1]. // Background The...

"Same Game, New Attitude"

Fox's launch slogan was "Same Game, New Attitude." Indeed, its studio show focused more on entertainment and less on in-depth discussion of X's and O's. It also introduced bolder and innovative graphics, for instance, a continuous on-screen time-and-score graphic that Hill had originally used on Sky's soccer coverage. And it made much greater use of the sounds in the stands and on the field thanks to parabolic microphones. These innovations were quickly adopted by rival networks and helped to drive the development of further innovations such as the virtual first-down line. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... A parabolic microphone uses a parabolic reflector to collect and focus sound waves onto a microphone receiver, in much the same way that a parabolic antenna (e. ...

Digital On-Screen Graphics

Main article: FoxBox (sports)

In its debut in the 1994 season, Fox's coverage featured the first "Scoring Bug". A transparent white graphic in the upper corner of the screen displayed the score and game clock throughout the entire telecast, an NFL first. Fox Box was Fox Sports term for the chyron used during its broadcasts of baseball and the National Football League, among others, which displayed the score of the game and other real-time information (time left in periods/outs left in baseball innings, football downs and yards-to-go, whether... NFL 75th season anniversary logo The 1994 NFL season was the 75th regular season of the National Football League. ... DOG on BBC News 24. ...

1996-2001

By 1996, the graphic changed to a full-statistics panel, where down and distance, penalty, and key in-game statistics would pop in and out when necessary. Within a couple years, the scoring bug became a staple on all sports broadcasts, on all networks, though NBC still took many more years to get a bug into any sports broadcast, and golf telecasts still do not use them at all. (They have been phased in on tennis telecasts.) In 2001, the graphic changed from a bug to a banner spanning the top of the screen, and included a scrolling graphic displaying real-time scores of other games in progress. The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League. ... The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League. ...

2006

The current, and newest iteration of the scoring banner for the 2006 season features the real-time scores as a permanent fixture on the extreme right side of the bar, while the coloring of the banner changes to the colors of the team currently possessing the ball. The network had to revert the Fox Sports Network banner and graphics package for its final regular season game of the year, San Fransisco at Denver on December 31, 2006, because a blizzard in Denver prevented the regular NFL equipment from arriving in time for the game. In addition, the first down line that is usually superimposed on the field was also unavilable for this game for the same reasons. At the beginning of the season, a virtual on-field graphic showing an arrow pointing towards the direction of advancement and the down/yardage information began to be used on all plays. This has proved to be a controversial feature, however, as it obscures the players and often the action on the field; at the same time, the down/yardage information also displays on the scoring banner, resulting in duplicate presentation of the same information. The bar has also been enhanced for HDTV, and is thinner than previous versions, with little transparency. During the preseason telecasts, the quarter was indicated by illuminating four buttons (number of buttons lit indicated the quarter). But due to visiblity difficulties, the quarter retuned to being numerically represented for the regular season. The 2006 NFL season is the 87th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States. ... The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net, are cable TV networks that were originally owned by separate companies. ... High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ...

Ratings

Fox's NFL coverage remains the most-watched of any of the NFL rightsholders, with ratings for the network's 4:15 p.m. ET games frequently surpassing even those of the venerable Monday Night Football when it was on ABC. ^{[citation needed]} When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally reduferring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. ...

Changes for 2006

After the 2005 season, James Brown left Fox to return to CBS Sports, where he would be the host of The NFL Today. On August 16, 2006, after weeks of speculation, the network officially announced that Joe Buck would take over the role. The move also changes the show from a permanent Los Angeles studio into a portable studio configuration, similar to the pregame show for NASCAR on FOX, where analysts Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson join Buck at the site of the game to which Buck is assigned as play-by-play announcer. Curt Menefee works all halftime shows and all postgame shows on non-double header Sundays, also from the same game site with the same analysts. Menefee hosts FOX NFL Sunday during the several weeks in October when Buck is not available; during that time, Buck calls Major League Baseball postseason games, including the World Series. The October 15, 22 and 29 shows were broadcast from the Los Angeles studios; the show returned to the road on November 5. The 2005 National Football League regular season began on Thursday, September 8, 2005 and ended on Sunday, January 1, 2006, New Years Day. ... James Brown James Brown (born February 25, 1951), commonly called J.B., is a TV personality known for being the host of the Fox networks NFL pregame show FOX NFL Sunday. ... CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. ... The NFL Today is a TV show that precedes the American football program The NFL on CBS on CBS Sports. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The 2006 NFL season is the 87th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States. ... Joe Buck For the fictional character, see Midnight Cowboy. ... NASCAR ON FOX is a series of NASCAR races airing on FOX Sports and the FX Network since 2001. ... Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). ... Howard Howie Michael Long (born January 9, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) played football as a defensive end, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. ... It has been suggested that Jimmy Jumpup be merged into this article or section. ... Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ... Curt Menefee is a play-by-play commentator on the NFL on FOX. Prior to joining Fox full-time, he was a sports reporter for MSG Networks SportsDesk show. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Los Angeles, L.A., and LA redirect here. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ...

See also: Major League Baseball on FOX

It was also announced that weather reporter Jillian Barberie would not return for the coming season, as Barberie wished to stay at home in Los Angeles with her family.^[2] Barberie did participate in at least one of the studio shows. Major League Baseball on FOX is the de facto brand name for a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games on the Fox television network. ... Jillian Barberie (born Jillian Warry on September 26, 1966, in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian actress and television hostess. ...

Chris Rose now provides updated highlights during the game from the Los Angeles studio as a voice talent. Chris Rose is one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net. ... A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ...

On November 17, 2006, a source told the Los Angeles Times that the final two pregame shows of 2006 will take place in the Los Angeles studios, with Buck hosting and Dick Stockton taking Buck's place at the games alongside Troy Aikman. The source cited that declining ratings no longer justified its high production costs, including security expenses. A Fox spokesman would only say that changes were being considered.^[3] 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... The 2006 NFL season is the 87th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... The 2006 NFL season is the 87th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States. ... Dick Stockton (born in 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American sportscaster. ... Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966 in West Covina, California, USA) is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, and currently a television sportscaster for the Fox network. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally reduferring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In accounting, an expense is a general term for an outgoing payment made by a business or individual. ...

In-studio personalities

Main article: FOX NFL Sunday

FOX NFL Sunday is the pregame show for the TV program The NFL on FOX. FOX NFL Sunday debuted in 1994 with hosts Terry Bradshaw, James Brown, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson. ...

In-Game Commentators (Past & Present)

Further information: List of NFL on FOX game announcers

This is a list of NFL on FOX game announcers: // Top Broadcast Teams (in order of prominence - as of the 2006 NFL season) Joe Buck/Troy Aikman (both since 2002)/Pam Oliver (sideline reporter/hostess) Dick Stockton (since 1994)/Daryl Johnston (since 2001)/Tony Siragusa (sideline reporter) Kenny Albert/Brian...

References

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External links

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