Chiefs-Cardinals preseason: 2 broadcasters making Cardinals debut on TV, radio
The Arizona Cardinals have their preseason opener Saturday. They take on the Kansas City Chiefs at home from State Farm Stadium with a 5 p.m. local time kickoff. The game will air locally on Channel 5.
It will be the Cardinals debut for many players, including Josh Sweat, Akeem Davis-Gaither, Dalvin Tomlinson and more.
But a pair of people are also making their Cardinals debut, albeit not on the field.
On the television broadcast, Sam Acho will call the game alongside play-by-play announcer Dave Pasch. Acho, a former Cardinals draft pick, will be the preseason TV analyst for the first time with the Cardinals.
On the radio side, fans will not hear the familiar voice of Ron Wolfley, who stepped down from game broadcasting duties this offseason after 20 years. A.Q. Shipley, recently announced as the team's new radio analyst to work with Pasch, will be on the air in his role for the first time.
Once the regular season comes, Acho will go back to his ESPN duties and Pasch will return to the radio booth with Shipley, but individual teams handle their own preseason television broadcast before FOX, CBS and the other TV partners of the league take over in the regular season.
Because of that, with Pasch handling TV duties, Paul Calvisi will be doing play-by-play with Shipley for the game against the Chiefs, and then again next week against the Denver Broncos.
Pasch has ESPN college football duties when the Cardinals close out the preseason against the Las Vegas Raiders, so Calvisi will move to the TV booth and Shipley will work alongside Craig Grialou for the radio broadcast.
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