:Steve Berthiaume
{{short description|American television sportscaster|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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- New York Mets (2006)
- Arizona Diamondbacks (2012–present)
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Steve Berthiaume ({{IPAc-en|b|ɜr|θ|ˈ|juː|m}}) is an American television sportscaster who serves as the play-by-play broadcast announcer for the Arizona Diamondbacks and is a former anchor on ESPN and a former sportscaster for SportsNet New York (SNY).
Broadcasting career
=Early career=
A graduate of Emerson College, Berthiaume's broadcasting career began at various stations in the southern United States, including WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia;{{r|espn}} WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina; WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island; and WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Florida.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-berthiaume-has-no-time/107932722/|date=August 20, 1993|page=E2|first=Jim|last=Shea|title=Berthiaume has no time to warm up|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 13, 2024}} Berthiaume was hired from Pensacola by WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1993;{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-channel-61-names-new-we/160822140/|date=August 7, 1993|page= F2|first=Jim|last=Shea|title=Channel 61 names new weekend anchor|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 13, 2024}} station management dismissed him in January 1996 due to what Berthiaume described as a disagreement over presentation styles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-berthiaume-is-out-as-ch/160822171/|date=January 25, 1996|page= C4|first=Jerry|last=Trecker|first2=Paul|last2=Doyle|title=Berthiaume is out as Ch. 61 anchor|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 13, 2024}} He then went on to the short-lived CNN/SI cable channel when it launched in December 1996{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-networks-play-the-ratin/160822307/|date=November 8, 1996|page=C2|first=Jerry|last=Trecker|title=Networks play the ratings game|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 13, 2024}} and to ESPN in 1999, starting at ESPNEWS and later anchoring for SportsCenter.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227090949/http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/berthiaume_steve/ |title=Steve Berthiaume |website=ESPN Media Zone|url=http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/10/berthiaume_steve/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2010}}
In 2006, Berthiaume left ESPN to become chief sportscaster at SNY, a new regional sports network started by the New York Mets; however, in late January 2007, SNY let Berthiaume out of his contract to rejoin ESPN on March 28, 2007, in order to work closer to his wife.{{Cite news|first=Andrew|last=Marchand|author-link=Andrew Marchand|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/01262007/sports/oscar__floyd_get_real_sports_andrew_marchand.htm|title=Oscar, Floyd get Real|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805112848/http://www.nypost.com/seven/01262007/sports/oscar__floyd_get_real_sports_andrew_marchand.htm |archive-date=2009-08-05 |work=New York Post|date= January 26, 2007}} He also served as a host of Baseball Tonight.{{r|AzSp121018}}
In 2012, Berthiaume was hired by MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks to serve as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fox Sports Arizona beginning in the 2013 season, replacing Daron Sutton, whom the team had suspended. Berthiaume's previous play-by-play experience comes from ESPN, where he had called several professional games as well as the College World Series.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/10/19/12/D-backs-gig-a-dream-come-true-for-Berthi/landing_dbacks.html?blockID=807307&feedID=3801|work=FOX Sports Arizona|title=D-backs gig a dream come true for Berthiaume|date=October 19, 2012|author=Jack Magruder|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Green|first=Adam |date=2012-10-18 |title=Arizona Diamondbacks add Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly to broadcast booth |url=https://arizonasports.com/story/26568/arizona-diamondbacks-add-steve-berthiaume-and-bob-brenly-to-broadcast-booth/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Arizona Sports |language=en}}
References
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Category:American television sports anchors
Category:American television sports announcers
Category:Arizona Diamondbacks announcers
Category:Emerson College alumni
Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters
Category:New York Mets announcers
Category:People from Medfield, Massachusetts