WFAN Names Sims Lead Yankees’ Announcer
• Audacy’s WFAN/New York announces Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Dave Sims as the new lead play-by-play announcer of its flagship broadcasts of the New York Yankees, alongside Suzyn Waldman, forming the franchise’s new radio broadcast team. Sims replaces broadcasting legend John Sterling, who held the position from 1989 until his retirement this past season.
“The radio voice of the Yankees is a storied position in the history of baseball,” said Chris Oliviero, Market President, Audacy New York. “From Allen and Barber to Rizzuto to Sterling, the names are synonymous with the pinstripes. Dave Sims is a worthy successor to that lineage. We are honored to have Dave join the incomparable Suzyn Waldman in the booth in the Bronx.”
The move is a homecoming for Sims, a Ford Frick Award Baseball Hall of Fame nominee and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster who has spent the last 18 seasons as the lead TV play-by-play voice of MLB’s Seattle Mariners. Sims earlier hosted talk shows at WNBC-AM, WFAN-AM and the Madison Square Garden Television Network in New York, and also spent time at WCBS-TV and The New York Daily News.
“It’s great to be home,” said Sims. “What an honor to be part of the iconic Yankees franchise. New York is where it all started for me, and I can’t wait for Opening Day and to work with my good friend Suzyn!”
