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Longtime Yankees Announcer Makes Major Decision About Broadcasting Future

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jake Elman | Last updated Apr 25, 2025 6:55 AM ET

Longtime New York Yankees announcer John Sterling is returning to a New York City-based radio booth near you.

However, Sterling doesn’t intend on coming back to spending his Saturday afternoons in Yankee Stadium.

Instead, Sterling announced this week that he’ll host the aptly-named “John Sterling Show” on 77 WABC in New York. The hour-long program debuts Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, ironically either during the finish or after the Yankees’ home game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

“I think it’s a good thing,” Sterling told NJ.com. “I’ll be the only one doing sports there.”

Sterling served as the Yankees’ full-time radio play-by-play announcer from 1989-2023, working over 5,000 consecutive games across a 30-year stretch. He called home runs for every Yankee in that stretch, from legends Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter, and Aaron Judge to such memorable names like Dean Anna, Andrew Velazquez, and Chris Gittens.

Although he retired last April, Sterling returned several months later for the Yankees’ playoff run. The 86-year-old Sterling is not expected to call any Yankees games this year, even as a substitute for new announcer Dave Sims.

Sterling said he won’t focus solely on baseball, an exciting change from nearly four decades of watching the pinstripes. He’ll have plenty to discuss in his first show, especially after the Giants traded up for Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart and the Knicks took a 2-1 series lead over the Detroit Pistons.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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