The Bucs introduced on Tuesday that Tony Castricone would be the staff’s new radio play-by-play announcer. It’s a brand new voice in Tampa Bay following the retirement of legendary radio broadcaster Gene Deckerhoff, who spent the final 37 years calling Bucs video games.
Castricone has years of expertise as a broadcaster. He most just lately spent 9 seasons as Director of Broadcasting and the radio voice of College of Washington soccer and males’s basketball. Meaning he known as spotlight moments for present Bucs and former Huskies Vita Vea, Cade Otton and Jalen McMillan.
He beforehand served because the voice of Clemson males’s basketball and held a number of broadcasting and content material management positions with IMG School. Throughout his profession, he has known as championship-caliber groups, main postseason occasions and a few of faculty athletics’ most memorable moments, together with Washington’s run to the School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship Recreation following the 2023 season.
Castricone Feedback On Turning into The Voice Of The Bucs
Castricone will be a part of former Bucs tight finish and very long time analyst Dave Moore for the upcoming 2026 marketing campaign. Moore is coming into his twentieth season. Together with his position because the lead voice of the Buccaneers Radio Community, Castricone will name all preseason, common season and postseason video games. He will even contribute throughout team-produced programming, digital content material, organizational occasions and fan engagement initiatives all year long.
Bucs WR Jalen McMillan – Picture by: Cliff Welch P/R
“It’s the honor of a lifetime to be entrusted with this extremely rare opportunity and this one-of-a-kind role within this fantastic franchise,” Castricone stated. “I’d like to thank the Glazer family and everyone I met with during the interview process for their confidence in my abilities and for allowing me to live out this dream. I’d also like to congratulate Gene Deckerhoff on an iconic 37-year run. There will never be another Gene, and I’ll miss hearing his larger-than-life voice on game days. The thought of following in his legendary footsteps is humbling and exhilarating. My family and I cannot wait to be Buccaneers, to be Floridians and to meet as many members of the Krewe as possible.”
We’re excited to introduce Tony Castricone because the group’s new radio play-by-play announcer 📻
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Bucs Chief Working Officer Brian Ford additionally commented on this massive event in Bucs historical past.
Bucs proprietor Bryan Glazer and COO Brian Ford – Picture by: Cliff Welch/PR
Castricone will make his Buccaneers Radio Community debut when Tampa Bay opens the 2026 preseason towards the New York Jets on August 14.
Buccaneers broadcasts could be heard regionally on 98ROCK (WXTB 97.9 FM), throughout the Buccaneers Radio Community all through Florida, on-line at Buccaneers.com and thru the Buccaneers cellular app. Spanish-language broadcasts can be found regionally on La Invasora (WTMP 96.1 FM).
– Data from this text offered by the Bucs public relations workers
