What prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games got his start at station WAER in New York?
Bob Costas Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s. He was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games, from 1992 until 2016. Costas currently does play-by-play for MLB Network and hosts an interview show called "Studio 42 with Bob Costas".
David Israel David Israel (b. March 17, 1951 in New York City, New York) is an American television producer, writer, former sportswriter and general columnist. A 1973 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Israel wrote for the "Chicago Daily News", "Washington Star", the "Chicago Tribune" (for which he wrote a nationally syndicated column) and the "Los Angeles Herald-Examiner". He is known for violating the "old bylaw" of neutrality in journalism when he announced at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics hockey game at which the American team eventually beat the Soviets, "Gentlemen, there will be cheering in the press box." He was right.