Pat Hughes became the radio play-by-play voice of the Cubs in 1996. 2019 is, then, scheduled to be his 24th season behind the microphone as a Cubs announcer.
He’ll have several more seasons calling Cubs games, according to this announcement made Thursday:
There are just two men who have served as Cubs broadcasters longer than Hughes: Jack Brickhouse, who called Cubs games on radio from 1940-44 and then on television from 1947-81, and Vince Lloyd, who served in various capacities calling games from 1954-64 and then was the Cubs’ radio voice on WGN from 1965-86.