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Steve Mears Leaves Penguins Radio For Columbus Blue Jackets TV
Steve Mears is leaving the Pittsburgh Penguins radio play-by-play to return to TV. He announced via Twitter Tuesday that he’ll be the new television play-by-play broadcaster for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In 2017, the Pittsburgh native ascended to his dream job, the TV play-by-play for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mears, a graduate of Franklin Regional High School, had returned home to the coveted position, which lasted for six seasons.
Last summer, the revamped Penguins organization made media changes and eventually swapped Mears and radio voice Josh Getzoff. The team also let go of long-time TV color analyst Bob Errey, replacing him with a rotating cast of former Penguins, including Colby Armstrong and Mike Rupp.
Mears returned to the radio side to positive reviews.
It was his second stint on Penguins radio. He worked on the Penguins radio network and contributed to the Penguins 24/7 network from 2009-2012 before leaving for the NHL Network. He returned for the 2017-18 season and was known for his smooth delivery.
Fare thee well, Mearsy.
I’m beyond thrilled and very honored to be joining a first class organization like the @BlueJacketsNHL as their TV play-by-play broadcaster and returning to the great state of Ohio! Can’t wait to cover this team & live in one of the best cities in the NHL!
— Steve Mears (@MearsyNHL) July 2, 2024
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Great, now we have to put up with Getzoff for sure! 🙄🤦🏼♂️ I was really hoping we could get past that guy, IMHO, he stinks!
Good luck, Steve!
100% agree SteveMears& Bob Errydid a good job Josh getzoff those kind of stink good luck
Very angry about this. Mears was an excellent P by P announcer. I was. annoyed when he was forced off the TV side, but at least we still had him. Our loss is Columbus’ gain. : (
I completely agree with you. I like Josh, but his voice fits better on the radio side. Loved Steve doing the games on TV.
Down here in Florida, loved catching the Pens on Center Ice. Especially miss Bob Errey calling Steve Mears, “Mearsy”! Godspeed Yinzer Mears!
Loved Mearsy on TV or Radio and enjoy Getzoff. Mearsy was disappointed moving to radio and wanted back on TV and he was fortunate enough to land a job doing what he loves. Best wishes!
He obviously can’t stand what Dubas is doing to the Penguins either.. lol, why else would you go to Columbus? Even people in Columbus don’t care about the Blue Jackets!! Lol
Time for an overhaul at both sides. They can start with Erika Wachter as the studio host.
FSG are idiots. They should have kept Errey. Now THIS. What is next? Are they going to hire Joe Blockhead to do Penguin games? This was Mears’ dream job and he has left it. What does that tell you about FSG?
They definitely should not have kept Errey, who was a ranting fossil who constantly got plays wrong, and his over the top homer schtick distracted from the game. Just because this was Mears’s dream job doesn’t mean he gets to keep it forever. I think Mears would be a fine national play by play guy, but as a local voice, he was lacking personality.
Yes erred was a bit over yhe top with some plays,
hmmmmm I made a comment on how badly FSG understands the market and it somehow disappeared.
Sad
Mears & Errey were very good and entertaining, so it’s only fitting that the new announcers are boring like the Sullivan Hockey Club we have to watch
Errey was a disaster by the end and getting rid of him was one of the best broadcasting moves they’ve made in a long time.
Why did you consider him a disaster?
Mears was much better on the radio. He was a dull lifeless could be any announcer TV guy, which is fine if somebody is a national announcer, but he was just ok, which makes him a perfect fit for Columbus.
Another boner done by this organ-i-zation. This info should have been released yesterday to go with all of the other bad news.
Bummer. He’s better on Pens TV.
TRAITOR!!!! I liked him on the radio with Bourque, but not on TV. Really, though, Good luck to him in his career.
Get Staggy back!!!! Nobody knows hockey better!!!!
Staggy give me a break
You haven’t a clue …
Let’s not act like the next Mike Lange just left town. Very few NHL broadcasters are difference-makers. The vast majority are easily replaced.
Thank you Mears for your years of service but saying you are “thrilled” to go to Columbus is a little over zealous no? I get it though. But Columbus? Columbus…It’s the first time I’ve heard anyone thrilled to go there. Good luck in Columbus none the less!