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Reds radio announcer Marty Brennaman received the Ford C. Frick Award on July 23, 2000, in ceremonies at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The award is presented each year by the Hall of Fame to a broadcaster "for major contributions to the game of baseball." Brennaman, Red Barber (WSAI, 1934-38) and Russ Hodges (WFBE, 1932) are the only Reds announcers ever to receive the Hall of Fame's prestigious broadcasting award. On May 2, 2005 he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in Salisbury, NC. On November 5, 2005 he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago. In 1999 he was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. In 2009 he was selected by the American Sportscasters Association as one of the Top 50 broadcasters of all time. The 2011 season will be Brennaman's 47th as a broadcaster, his 38th in Cincinnati. He joined the Reds radio team in 1974 and for 31 seasons (1974-2004) shared the 700 WLW Radio booth with Reds Hall of Fame pitcher Joe Nuxhall. Brennaman has been named Ohio Sportscaster of the Year 16 times, most recently in 2009. He won the Virginia Sportscaster of the Year Award 4 times while broadcasting basketball games for the American Basketball Association's Virginia Squires, baseball games for the New York Mets' Class AAA affiliate in Norfolk and football games for both Virginia Tech and William & Mary. He also has broadcast games during the NCAA's men's basketball tournament, including 15 regional tournaments and 11 Final Fours. Marty's son, Thom, also is a Reds broadcaster. He has 2 daughters, Dawn and Ashley, and 5 grandchildren, Dylan & Cal Venerus, Ella Mae & Luke Brennaman and Aidan Shirley.
Thom Brennaman is in his fifth season as a member of the Reds Radio and Reds TV broadcast teams. He joined the organization on 10/4/06. The Cincinnati native will work alongside his father, Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman, for selected radio broadcasts on 700 WLW and also will sit in the booth for Reds TV broadcasts on FOX Sports Ohio. Thom will broadcast approximately 100 games for the Reds while continuing to serve as one of the lead announcers on FOX for college and NFL football. Before joining the Reds, Thom worked for 9 seasons on Arizona Diamondbacks radio and TV broadcasts. He joined the D'Backs after 6 seasons with the Chicago Cubs working for both WGN radio and TV. He was hired by the Cubs after 2 years in Cincinnati broadcasting Reds TV games alongside Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench. The Brennamans worked together during a Baseball Network televised game in the 1990s. One of sport's most versatile on-air talents, Thom is part of the NFL and college football broadcast teams for FOX. He is one of FOX's original announcers of the NFL and is partnered with analyst Brian Billick, who as head coach led the Baltimore Ravens to the Super Bowl XXXV championship. From 2007-09, Brennaman was the lead announcer for the worldwide telecasts of the college football BCS championship games. He also broadcast the University of Cincinnati's Sugar Bowl game against Florida in January 2010 and the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl. He was the play-by-play voice for 6 Cotton Bowl telecasts from 2001-06 and also has handled University of Cincinnati men's basketball local broadcast duties. A graduate of Anderson High School and Ohio University, Thom, his wife Polly and their family live in Cincinnati.
Jeff Brantley is in his fifth season as a member of the Reds Radio and Reds TV broadcast teams. He was hired on 10/31/06. After he retired as a player following the 2001 season, Brantley joined ESPN as an in-game analyst and also as a studio analyst on the network's popular Baseball Tonight show. In March 2006, he broadcast several telecasts of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. Brantley spent 14 seasons in the Major Leagues and enjoyed some of his best years while pitching for the Reds from 1994-1997, when he posted a 2.64 ERA and 88 saves. He is tied for fifth on the club's all-time saves list. In 1996 he earned the Rolaids Relief Man Award after leading the National League with 44 saves. His 44 saves that season remains the Reds' single-season record. Brantley also pitched for the Giants, Cardinals, Phillies and Rangers. He was an NL All-Star for San Francisco in 1990 and finished his career with 172 saves and a 3.39 ERA in 615 games. He is enshrined on the Giants' Wall of Fame at AT&T Park. Brantley is a graduate of Mississippi State University, where he led the Bulldogs to a third-place finish at the College World Series. He was a 4-year letterwinner for MSU and was named first-team All-American in 1985. A member of the Mississippi State Hall of Fame, Brantley's uniform number 8 was retired in 2000. In 2010 he was inducted into the State of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Brantley has been actively involved in several youth baseball groups like Garth Brooks' "Teammates for Kids" and an inner-city baseball program in Jackson, Mississippi. Jeff and wife Ashley have 2 children, Elizabeth and Mason. He has two other children, Emily and Murphy.
