:List of American League Championship Series broadcasters

• Beginning in 2022, the new 7-year Major League Baseball contract called for both Fox network and FS1 to air more post-season games (two Divisional Series and one best-of-7 League Championship Series) while keeping the regular season structure intact. The deal saw Fox continue to air the All-Star Game and the World Series exclusively. However, Fox has expanded digital rights and will air at least two of the first four League Championship Series games and all seventh games in its league from 2020 to 2028.{{Cite web |last=Newberry |first=Paul |date=2018-11-16 |title=Baseball owners extend Manfred's contract, TV deal with Fox |url=https://apnews.com/arts-and-entertainment-television-a7675abda15e45939a4ce65f13011658 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{cite web |last=Ourand |first=John |date=15 November 2018 |title=MLB Set To Announce Renewal With Fox, New Deal With DAZN |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2018/11/15/MLB-media.aspx |access-date=November 15, 2018 |website=Sports Business Daily |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Guthrie |first=Marisa |title=Fox Sports and Major League Baseball Extend Rights Deal Through 2028 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-sports-major-league-baseball-extend-rights-deal-2028-1158490 |access-date=November 15, 2018 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}} Also, TBS will air Tuesday Night Baseball for the duration of the contract.{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Michael |date=2020-09-25 |title=MLB and Turner go big with US$3bn TV rights extension |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/mlb-turner-broadcast-rights-extension-2028-fox-espn/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Maury |title=TBS And MLB Reach TV Rights Extension For 2022-28 Reportedly Worth $3.75 Billion |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2020/09/24/tbs-mlb-reach-new-2022-28-tv-rights-extension-reportedly-worth-375b/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• 2023 – Matt Vasgersian filled in for Kevin Burkhardt as pregame host for Games 1 and 6 due to Burkhardt calling the San Francisco 49ers–Cleveland Browns Week 6 and Detroit Lions–Baltimore Ravens Week 7 NFL games for Fox.

• 2011 – Terry Francona filled for Tim McCarver for the first two games of Fox's coverage during the ALCS because McCarver was recovering from a minor heart procedure.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs/2011/story/_/id/7063813/2011-alcs-terry-francona-fill-tim-mccarver-fox-tv-booth|title=Terry Francona to be in Fox booth|author=ESPN |date=5 October 2011 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN}}{{Cite web |last=Yoder |first=Matt |date=October 5, 2011 |title=Terry Francona Will Be An Analyst For Games 1 & 2 Of The ALCS |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/terry-francona-will-be-an-analyst-for-games-1-a-2-of-the-alcs.html |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}
• Beginning in 2014, when Fox Sports began a new television contract with Major League Baseball, FS1 airs 40 regular season MLB games (mostly on Saturdays), along with up to 15 post-season games (eight Divisional Series games and one best-of-7 League Championship Series). The deal resulted in a reduction of MLB coverage on the Fox network, which will air 12 regular season games, the All-Star Game, and the World Series.{{Cite web |last=Ourand |first=John |date=2014-03-31 |title=MLB on Fox: New voices, channel, platforms |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2014/03/31/Media/Fox-MLB.aspx |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-10-02 |title=MLB, Fox And Turner Reach New Eight-Year Television Agreements |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-fox-and-turner-reach-new-eight-year-television-agreements/c-39361374 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}
• 2014 – Mike Bordick, a color commentator for the Orioles' regular-season telecasts, and Steve Physioc, a play-by-play man for the Royals' TV/radio broadcasts, were employed as field-level commentators for TBS' coverage along with Matt Winer.{{cite web |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article2670343.html |title=Royals-Orioles series, and home-run marker, special to Alex Gordon and family |last=Fickett |first=Chris |publisher=The Kansas City Star |date=October 10, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/zurawik/bal-tbs-stumbles-orioles-alcs-20141010-story.html |title=TBS broadcast stumbles at the start of Orioles' ALCS vs. Kansas City Royals |last=Zurawik |first=David |publisher=Baltimore Sun |date=October 10, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2014}}
• The start of Game 1 was delayed by four minutes due to floodlights from TBS' pre-game show set not being turned off in time.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2014-10-10/2014-mlb-playoffs-alcs-game-1-orioles-royals-delay-tbs-fail-alcides-escobar-chris-tillman|title=ALCS: Start of Game 1 delayed as TBS leaves lights on|last=Spector|first=Jesse|publisher=SportingNews.com|date=October 10, 2014|access-date=October 12, 2014}}
• 2016 – Sportsnet, a property of Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, aired all games in Canada using the TBS feeds.{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Mark|title=To the races: MLB postseason schedule announced|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-releases-full-2016-postseason-schedule-c197193842|website=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball Advanced Media|access-date=August 24, 2016|date=August 24, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Normandin|first=Marc|title=2016 MLB playoff schedule released|url=https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/8/23/12608688/2016-mlb-playoff-schedule-released-postseason|website=SBNation.com|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=August 23, 2016|date=August 23, 2016}}
• 2018 – Brian Anderson took over for Ernie Johnson as the lead play-by-play man for TBS, after Johnson dropped out of TBS’ postseason coverage entirely after announcing that he had been diagnosed with blood clots in both of his legs. Anderson would’ve taken Johnson's place anyway due to the latter's Inside the NBA duties for TNT.{{Cite web |last=Kramer |first=Daniel |date=October 1, 2018 |title=TBS' Johnson to miss postseason due to health |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tbs-ernie-johnson-will-not-cover-postseason-c296801900 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yomtov |first=Jesse |date=October 1, 2018 |title=Announcer Ernie Johnson will skip MLB playoffs due to blood clots |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/10/01/ernie-johnson-mlb-playoffs-tbs/1488233002/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}
• 2019 – Joe Davis called play-by-play for Game 4 due to Joe Buck calling Thursday Night Football for Fox.{{cite news|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/Joe-Buck-pulls-double-duty-on-ALCS-NFL-14517483.php|title=Joe Buck pulls double duty on ALCS, NFL|last=Barron|first=David|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=October 12, 2019|access-date=October 14, 2019}}

• Game 6 of the 2000 ALCS is the last baseball game that NBC televised until a game between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox on May 8, 2022. In Houston, due to the coverage of the 2000 U.S. presidential debates, KPRC-TV elected to carry NBC News' coverage of the debate while KNWS-TV carried NBC's final baseball game.
• In {{baseball year|2001}}, Game 5 of the NLCS and Game 4 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. This came off the heels of Fox airing an NFL doubleheader that particular day (October 21).
• In {{baseball year|2002}}, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. The regional split was done in order for Fox to avoid televising a weekday afternoon game.
• In {{baseball year|2003}}, Game 1 of the ALCS and Game 2 of the NLCS were split between Fox and FX.
• In {{baseball year|2004}}, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 2 of the ALCS were split between Fox and Fox Sports Net. Also in 2004, Game 5 of the ALCS ran way into the time slot of Game 5 of the NLCS. As a result, the first seven innings of the NLCS game were shown on FX.
• In {{baseball year|2005}}, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 1 of the ALCS were split between Fox and FX.
• Game 2 of the 2006 ALCS was originally intended to air on FX, but the NLCS game that night (originally intended to air on Fox) was rained out. FX showed the movie Any Given Sunday instead.
• In {{baseball year|2006}}, Fox fired Steve Lyons from their baseball coverage altogether following what they saw insensitive comments made about Hispanics during the Game 3 broadcast. During Game 3, Lyons' broadcast colleague Lou Piniella, who is of Spanish descent, made an analogy involving the luck of finding a wallet, and then briefly used a couple of Spanish phrases. Lyons responded by saying that Piniella was "hablaing Espanol" -- Spanglish for "speaking Spanish"—and added, "I still can't find my wallet. I don't understand him, and I don't want to sit close to him now."{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs2006/news/story?id=2625500 |title=Fox fires Lyons for racially insensitive comment |website=ESPN |agency=AP |date=October 15, 2006 |access-date=February 8, 2014}}{{Cite web |title=Lyons' tongue gets him the boot {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/oct/15/lyons-tongue-gets-him-the-boot/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=www.spokesman.com}}{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=2006-10-15 |title=Lyons Fired Over Remarks |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-15-sp-lyons15-story.html |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
• On October 18, 2008, TBS missed most of the first inning of Game 6 of that year's American League Championship Series, with viewers getting a rerun of The Steve Harvey Show instead.{{cite web|url=http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/12/decade-in-review-worst-of-sports.html|title=Decade in Review: Worst of sports broadcasting|date=December 31, 2009|work=Sports Media Watch}} TBS picked up the game just prior to the last out in the bottom of the first, with announcer Chip Caray apologizing to viewers for "technical difficulties".
• Although not an active field reporter during Fox's coverage of the 2009 ALCS, Kenny Albert still presided over the championship presentation and postgame interviews in the pennant-winning New York Yankees' clubhouse.

• The {{baseball year|1990}} postseason started on a Thursday,{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=September 28, 1990 |title=CBS Now Stands for a Confusing Baseball Schedule |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-28-sp-990-story.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times |location=}} while World Series started on a Tuesday due to the brief lockout.
• In {{baseball year|1991}}, CBS didn't come on the air for baseball for weeknight LCS telecasts until 8:30 p.m. ET. Instead, they opted to show programming such as Rescue 911 at 8 p.m. rather than a baseball pregame show.{{cite news|title=CBS scraps pregame baseball playoff shows|date=October 3, 1991|first=Rudy|last=Martzke|newspaper=USA Today|page=3C}}
• Throughout Game 2 of the 1992 ALCS, Jim Kaat was stricken with a bad case of laryngitis.{{cite news|title=No Quarrel by La Russa with Ruling on Wild Pitch|author=Bob Kravitz|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News|date=October 9, 1992}}{{Cite web |last=Downey |first=Mike |date=1992-10-09 |title=BASEBALL / AMERICAN LEAGUE REPORT |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-09-sp-627-story.html |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} As a result, Johnny Bench had to come over from the CBS Radio booth and finish the game with Dick Stockton as a "relief analyst."{{cite web |last=Nidetz |first=Steve |date=October 12, 1992 |title=FOOTBALL ANALYSTS CAMPAIGN FOR REPLAY'S RETURN |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-10-12-9204020478-story.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=Chicago Tribune}} There was talk that if Kaat's laryngitis did not get better, Don Drysdale was going to replace Kaat on television for the rest of ALCS, while Bench would continue to work on CBS Radio.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 1992 |title=THE PLAYOFFS: NOTEBOOK; La Russa May Send Weiss To Bench |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/10/sports/the-playoffs-notebook-la-russa-may-send-weiss-to-bench.html |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=New York Times |page=31, Section 1}}
• CBS' coverage of the 1992 LCS led to conflicts with the presidential debates that year.{{cite news |last=Greene |first=Jerry |date=October 16, 1992 |title=CBS WANTED BRAVES IN SERIES BUT NOT THE BLUE JAYS AS MUCH |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/10/16/cbs-wanted-braves-in-series-but-not-the-blue-jays-as-much/ |access-date=October 14, 2024 |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |page=D2}} CBS didn't cover one of the debates because Game 4 of the ALCS, went into extra innings. By the time it ended, the debate was almost over.
• The 1994 American League Championship Series was planned to air on NBC. However, those plans were scrapped when a strike caused the entire postseason to be canceled.
• The rather messy {{baseball year|1995}} arrangement was courtesy of "The Baseball Network", which was Major League Baseball's in-house production facility. ABC and NBC (who essentially, distributed the telecasts rather than produce them by themselves like in the past) shared the same on-air graphics and even the microphone "flags" had the "Baseball Network" logo on it with the respective network logo. In addition, the first four games of both of the 1995 League Championship Series were regionally televised.{{cite news |last=Nidetz |first=Steve |date=October 10, 1995 |title=SORRY, NL FANS, BUT ABC TO STICK WITH AL IN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/10/10/sorry-nl-fans-but-abc-to-stick/ |access-date=February 9, 2016 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page=4}}{{cite news|title=BASEBALL'S TV WOES ARE FULLY EXPOSED|date=October 9, 1995|first=Dan|last=Caesar|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|page=3C}}

• {{baseball year|1983}} marked the last year that the local flagship television stations for the competing teams were allowed to produce their own League Championship Series broadcasts. Bill Macatee hosted the pregame shows with analyst Don Sutton{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2013 |title=Don Sutton To Headline 2014 ODU Baseball Banquet |url=https://odusports.com/news/2013/12/07/don-sutton-to-headline-2014-odu-baseball-banquet |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=Old Dominion Athletics |language=en-US}} for NBC.
• Had the 1984 ALCS between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals gone the full five games (the last year that the League Championship Series was a best-of-five series), Game 5 on Sunday October 7, would have been a 1 p.m. ET time start instead of being in prime time. This would have happened because one of the presidential debates{{cite news |last=Boswell|first=Thomas|date=October 5, 1984|title=Baseball's Disaster Plan: Wait Until Dark|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/10/05/baseballs-disaster-plan-wait-until-dark/281dd045-a4b4-42fe-bd79-6271dc36304d/|newspaper=The Washington Post}} between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale was scheduled for that night. In return, ABC was going to broadcast the debates instead of a baseball game in prime time.
• Al Trautwig{{YouTube|title=1984 ALCS game 3 Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers PART 2|id=DHPA7tYB6Wg}} interviewed the Detroit Tigers from their clubhouse following their pennant-clinching victory in Game 3.
• Dick Enberg{{cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Michael |date=October 15, 1985 |title=TV SPORTS; SCULLY'S TEAM THE WINNER IN PLAYOFFS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/15/sports/tv-sports-scully-s-team-the-winner-in-playoffs.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=The New York Times |page=B10}} was in Toronto for Games 1 and 7{{YouTube|title=1985 ALCS Game 7: Royals at Blue Jays|id=sAgowd5-eP0}} of the 1985 ALCS on NBC. Enberg hosted the pregame show alongside Rick Dempsey (who was still active with Baltimore at the time). Meanwhile, Bill Macatee provided a report on Game 2 of the ALCS during the pregame of the NLCS opener.
• CTV{{YouTube|title=1985 AMERICAN LEAGUE TORONTO BLUE JAYS VS KANSAS CITY ROYALS GM 1 CTV|id=UMn-ytiI6Lw}} in Canada simulcast NBC's coverage (albeit with Canadian commercials) of the 1985 ALCS involving the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1985, many relied on cable and antennas. Therefore, parts of Canada that were not near the US border couldn't pick up the American feeds, which is why these feeds were needed.
• On October 15, Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS ran so long (lasting for 16 innings, 5 hours, and 29 minutes), that it bumped up against the start time of Game 7 of the ALCS (also on ABC). In his last ABC assignment, Don Drysdale interviewed the winners in the Boston clubhouse following Game 7 of the 1986 ALCS.{{YouTube|title=1986 ALCS Game 7 Angels at Red Sox|id=PiXODecxrgw}}
• NBC used Don Sutton{{cite news |title=Atlanta Braves Broadcasters |url=https://www.mlb.com/braves/team/broadcasters|work=MLB.com}}{{cite news |title=Dodger History : All-Time Dodger Roster|url=https://www.walteromalley.com/en/dodger-history/all-time-roster/became-broadcasters|work=Walter O'Malley}} as a pre and postgame analyst for their 1987 LCS coverage.{{cite news|title=Sutton unclear on '88 season|date=October 9, 1987|first=Ken|last=Picking|newspaper=USA Today|page=3C}} Marv Albert{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=October 9, 1987 |title=Cardinals' Herzog Balks at Talking to Anyone at NBC |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-09-sp-8409-story.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times}} went back-and-forth during both 1987 LCS. He hosted the pregame for Game 1 of the NLCS{{cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Michael |date=October 10, 1987 |title=TV SPORTS; Having to Say You're Sorry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/10/sports/tv-sports-having-to-say-you-re-sorry.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=The New York Times |page=58, Section 1}} with Joe Morgan from St. Louis. He then went to Minnesota the next night to host the ALCS pregame with Don Sutton. Sutton also made an appearance in the booth during Game 3 of the ALCS. Sutton talked with Bob Costas and Tony Kubek about Twins pitcher Les Straker's borderline balk in that game. Sutton later interviewed Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson following their loss in Game 5.{{YouTube|title=Broadcast 1987 AL Playoff Final Game, Last Out, Celebration, Manager|id=_S2pZ6QGtg0}}
• Then Texas Rangers manager Bobby Valentine{{cite news |date=October 13, 1989|title=Blue Jays Claim Video Shows Eckersley Trying to Hide Something in His Uniform|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-13-sp-222-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times}} worked as an on-the-field analyst for NBC's 1989 ALCS coverage.
• Jimmy Cefalo hosted the pregame show for Game 4 of the 1989 ALCS as Marv Albert was away on an NFL{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=October 13, 1989 |title=Elvis Didn't Show, but Quip Ends Up Haunting Costas |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-13-sp-32-story.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times}} assignment for NBC.

• In {{baseball year|1970}}, NBC televised the second games of both League Championship Series on a regional basis. Some markets got the NLCS at 1 p.m. ET along with a 4 p.m. NFL game while other markets got the ALCS at 4 p.m. along with a 1 p.m. NFL game.
• In {{baseball year|1971}}, Game 1 of the ALCS was rained out on Saturday, October 2. Due to its NFL coverage, NBC{{cite news |last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=October 9, 1971 |title=54,000 to See Series Opener at Baltimore Today |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/09/archives/54000-to-see-series-opener-at-baltimore-today-orioles-21-pick-to.html |access-date=February 9, 2016 |work=The New York Times |page=23}} did not televise{{cite news|title=Baseball Ordeal: It Isn't Over Yet|date=October 2, 1971|first=Don|last=Page|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=A2}}{{cite news |date=October 5, 1971|title=Syracuse Post Standard Newspaper Archives|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-post-standard-oct-05-1971-p-14/|work=NewspaperARCHIVE.com}} the rescheduled Game 1 the following day (they had only planned an NLCS telecast that day), but added a telecast of Game 2 on Monday, October 4 (which had been a scheduled travel day).
• NBC did not air Game 2 of the 1973 ALCS.
• Except for Game 1 in both series, all games in {{baseball year|1975}} were regionally televised. Game 3 of both League Championship Series was aired in prime time, the first time such an occurrence happened.
• {{baseball year|1976}} marked the first time that all LCS games were televised nationally. Keith Jackson missed Game 1 of the ALCS because he had just finished calling the Oklahoma vs. Texas college football game for ABC. Thus, Bob Uecker filled in{{cite news |date=October 7, 1976|title=Hanover Evening Sun Newspaper Archives|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/hanover-evening-sun-oct-07-1976-p-23/|work=NewspaperARCHIVE.com}} for Jackson for Game 1. Uecker also took part in the postgame interviews for Game 5 of the 1976 ALCS, while Warner Wolf did an interview of George Brett in the Kansas City locker room.{{Cite magazine |last=Staples |first=Andy |date=2018-01-13 |title=Keith Jackson was the definitive college football voice |url=https://www.si.com/college/2018/01/13/keith-jackson-catchphrases-obit |access-date=2023-10-28 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}
• In {{baseball year|1978}}, Keith Jackson{{cite news |last=Fang|first=Ken|date=January 16, 2018|title=An appreciation of Keith Jackson|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/appreciation-keith-jackson.html|work=Awful Announcing}} called an Oklahoma vs. Texas college football game for ABC on October 7, and then flew to New York, arriving just in time to call Game 4 of the ALCS that same night.ref name=":5" />

• In the early years of the League Championship Series,{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvsports.com/2015/10/tv-coverage-for-early-years-of-lcs-1969.html|title=TV coverage for the early years of the LCS (1969-1975)|last1=Haggar|first1=Jeff|date=October 5, 2015|website=Classic TV Sports}} NBC typically televised a doubleheader on the opening Saturday, followed by a single game on Sunday (because of NFL coverage). They then covered the weekday games with a 1.5 hour overlap,{{cite news|title=Baseball Playoffs Coming in Focus|date=October 4, 1969|first=Paul|last=Henniger|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=A2}} joining the second game in progress when the first one ended. NBC usually swapped announcer crews after Game 2.
• NBC did not air Game 2 of the 1969 ALCS.
• From {{alcsy|1969}} to {{alcsy|1983}}, the Major League Baseball television contract allowed a local TV station in the market of each competing team to also carry the LCS games. So in 1969, for example, Orioles fans in Baltimore could choose to watch either the NBC telecast or Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell and Jim Karvellas on WJZ-TV.

For all of the League Championship Series telecasts spanning from 1969 to 1975, only Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series (Oakland vs. Detroit) is known to exist.{{cite news |last=Wilkerson|first=David B.|date=October 27, 2010|title=The hunt for TV's lost baseball treasures|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hunt-for-tvs-lost-baseball-treasures-2010-10-27|work=MarketWatch|access-date=January 20, 2025|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160305082229/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-hunt-for-tvs-lost-baseball-treasures-2010-10-27|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}} However, the copy on the trade circuit of Game 2 of the 1972 ALCS is missing the Bert Campaneris–Lerrin LaGrow brawl. There are some instances where the only brief glimpse of telecast footage of an early LCS game can be seen in a surviving newscast from that night. For instance, the last out of the 1973 National League Championship Series as described by Jim Simpson was played on that night's NBC Nightly News, but other than that, the entire game is gone. On the day the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles wrapped up their respective League Championship Series in 1969, a feature story on the CBS Evening News showed telecast clips of the ALCS game (there's no original sound, just voiceover narration). This is all that likely remains of anything from that third game of the Orioles–Twins series. Simpson's call of the injury of Reggie Jackson during Game 5 of the 1972 ALCS is heard on the 1972 World Series film, as well as Curt Gowdy's call of the home run by Johnny Bench in Game 5 of the 1972 NLCS as well as Bob Moose throwing a wild pitch to pinch-hitter Hal McRae scoring George Foster with the winning run.{{Citation|title=MLB 1972 World Series Highlights|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8xVd7LLZso |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/u8xVd7LLZso |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-08-25}}{{cbignore}}

As previously mentioned, from 1969 until 1983, the Major League Baseball television contract allowed a local TV station in the market of each competing team to also carry the LCS games.

From 1969 to 1975, there was no official national radio network coverage of the League Championship Series. NBC only had the national radio rights to the All-Star Game and World Series during this period. Instead, national coverage was provided via broadcasts syndicated over ad hoc networks.

• List of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio broadcasters

• 1972, 1973 and 1975 were years in which the participants' local broadcasts were syndicated.

From 1969 to present, with the exception of the period between 1969 and 1975, the non-national radio broadcasts of the American League Championship Series were broadcast on the flagship station and the radio network of the teams participating in the American League Championship Series.

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• [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp?feature=video League Championship Series Video]
• [http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/02/nielsen-major-league-baseball-playoffs-tv-ratings/1047 Major League Baseball Playoff Ratings, 1976-2007]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190418133744/http://sabrmedia.org/databases/network-tv-broadcasts/searchable-network-tv-broadcasts/ Searchable Network TV Broadcasts]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190413075338/https://sabrmedia.org/2015/10/08/here-is-how-tv-covered-the-league-championship-series-in-the-early-years/ HERE IS HOW TV COVERED THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES IN THE EARLY YEARS]
• [http://www.tvtango.com/series/mlb_alcs/episodes Episode List: MLB ALCS - TV Tango]

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