Who were the radio announcers of the 1990 playoff game between the San
Francisco Forty-Niners and the Los Angeles Rams?

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Request for Question Clarification by smudgy-ga on 25 Jun 2004 10:18 PDT

Hi tgdatrnx,

I've been able to get the name of the play-by-play radio announcer for
the 49ers, and ought to be able to get the Rams' announcer on Monday
(they close early on Friday, unfortunately). Is this the information
you are looking for?

-smudgy

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Clarification of Question by tgdatrnx-ga on 25 Jun 2004 10:59 PDT

I am actually looking for the announcers on the national radio network
- which I am assuming was CBS,  but I don't know.

Thanks

Hello.

Hank Stram and Jack Buck were the national radio (CBS) announcers for that game.

This was reported on page D3 of the San Francisco Chronicle, January 13, 1990:

'HANK STRAM marvels at the consistency of the 49ers.
""When you play 16 games, you become a stock market team, up and
down," said Stram, who will be working with Jack Buck on the CBS radio
account of tomorrow's NFC Championship Game at Candlestick.'
source:
Glenn Dickey. "And the Winner Is. . . The Consistent 49ers"
San Francisco Chronicle: Jan 13, 1990.  pg. D.3

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I read the S.F. Chronicle article using a library newspaper database,
but you can retrieve it from Lexis-Nexis if you need it:

(1) Go to this Lexis-Nexis page:  
https://web.lexis.com/LNE/ServiceSelection_en.asp

(2) Select the $2.50 per document rate. 
Click on "continue" to bring up the search page.  

(3) In the "search terms" box, enter: "consistent 49ers"

(4) Press the "search" button.

(5) 23 results will be listed.  The one cited above is #22. The San
Francisco Chronicle, JANUARY 13, 1990, SATURDAY, FINAL EDITION,
SPORTS; D3 ; GLENN DICKEY

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search terms:
49ers, Rams, "cbs radio" 1990

I hope this helps.

Thanks - that was terrific and I appreciate knowing how you found the info!

Thank you for the tip.
-juggler

I feel like I ought to provide my search method for the (as it turns
out) incorrect information. (Glad I checked with the customer!)

I did a google search for <"Pro football hall of fame" telephone> to
find the phone number of the Hall of Fame, on the hunch that their
archives department might have the information. Archives informed me
that they did not have the info, but that the teams would each have an
official radio announcer. I did a websearch for <"San Francisco 49ers"
telephone> and got the team office's phone number. Their public
relations office was extremely friendly and quickly informed me that
the 49ers' announcer for that game was Joe Starkey. They also provided
me with the telephone number of the Rams.

My experience in this matter has been that the offices of the Hall of
Fame and of the teams I was able to contact were very courteous and
cooperative. The teams themselves seem to be a great place to check
obscure bits of information that you might come across.

-smudgy.

Thanks for that information, Smudgy.  Yeah, Joe Starkey was the local
announcer on KGO 810-AM in San Francisco.  His broadcast partner at
the time was Wayne Walker.