Dale Arnold (born March 27, 1956) is a sportscaster who is primarily known as the co-host of a popular mid day sports talk radio show and the former play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins on NESN. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action The Boston Bruins are a professional Ice hockey team based in Boston Massachusetts. The New England Sports Network, or NESN, is a regional Cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County Connecticut Arnold lives in Wrentham, Massachusetts with his wife Susan and their three children Taylor, Alysha, and Brianna. Wrentham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
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A Bowdoin College alum, Arnold began calling games for the school teams while a student there in the mid-1970's. Bowdoin College, founded in 1794 is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. In 1979, he succeeded Mike Emrick as the voice of the Maine Mariners. Mike "Doc" Emrick, PhD (born August 1, 1946 in La Fontaine Indiana) is an Emmy Award - winning American Sportscaster The Maine Mariners were an Ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. He joined the New Jersey Devils as their radio announcer in 1986, before returning to New England two years later. The New Jersey Devils are a professional Ice hockey team based in Newark New Jersey. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the Arnold called New England Patriots games from 1988-90, and provided play-by-play coverage for Bruins home games from 1995-2007. The New England Patriots, commonly called the " Pats " by sports writers and fans are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston In July 2007, NESN and the Bruins announced that he would be replaced by Jack Edwards, who wants more hours and who will now provide play-by-play for all Bruins games. Jack Edwards (born March 24, 1957) is a former anchor on ESPN 's SportsCenter. [1][2]
Arnold currently hosts a midday talk show, Dale & Holley, with former Boston Globe columnist Michael Holley on Sportsradio 850 WEEI in Boston from 10 AM to 2 PM. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Michael Holley is an American television and radio sports commentator and writer WEEI is a sports Radio station in Boston Massachusetts that broadcasts on 850 kHz from a transmitter in Needham Massachusetts. Arnold has been with the radio station since its inception in 1991 (on its former frequency 590), and has been a constant in the midday time slot for several years. He first hosted a late-morning show from 10 AM to 1 PM, before being teamed up with Eddie Andelman on a show called the A-Team. Eddie Andelman is an American sports radio Talk show host He has worked over 35 years in sports talk radio and appeared on over 100 sports stations all over the country After Andelman's departure from WEEI in 2001, he was paired with former television sportscaster Bob Neumeier on the Dale & Neumy Show. Bob (Robin Neumeier is an American Sportscaster for NBC Sports, specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing He has been paired with Michael Holley since Neumeier left the station in 2005. [3]
On February 11, 2008, Entercom and the Boston Red Sox announced that Arnold would be part of the four person Red Sox Radio broadcast team for the 2008 season. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. For the 2008 season, Arnold or Jon Rish will fill in to cover games with Joe Castiglione when Dave O'Brien is honoring his ESPN duties. Jon Rish is a radio host for WEEI in Boston He hosts Red Sox Review following Planet Mikey from 1100pm to 100am on weekdays This article is for Joe Castiglione the broadcaster For Joe Castiglione the Athletic Director see Joe Castiglione (athletic director. Dave O'Brien is an American Sportscaster who currently broadcasts various events for ESPN television and Westwood One radio ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Rish and Arnold will be filling the part time role held by Glenn Geffner during the 2007 season. Glenn Geffner, a Miami native is a radio Play-by-play announcer for the Florida Marlins. [4] Working on the Red Sox broadcasts gives Arnold the rare achievement of being the only person in Boston sports history to call games for all five of the areas major professional sports franchises (Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and the New England Revolution). The Boston Celtics are an American professional Basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough Massachusetts, that participates in Major League [5]
Arnold is a two-time Emmy Award winner.
| Preceded by Curt Gowdy | New England Patriots Play by Play announcer 1988–1990 | Succeeded by Gil Santos |
| Preceded by Gil Santos | Boston College Eagles football Play by Play 1992 | Succeeded by Dick Lutsk |
| Preceded by Fred Cusick | Boston Bruins Television Play by Play announcer (home Games) 1995-2007 | Succeeded by Jack Edwards |