Broadcasting
The 92nd Indianapolis 500 was televised in high definition in the United States on ABC: the 44th consecutive year on that network. Time trials were shown live in high definition on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 at various timeslots and was available via broadband at MediaZone.com.
1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever joined the announcing crew, led by Marty Reid, Scott Goodyear, and Jack Arute. For the first time, two hours of pre-race was aired, one hour on ESPN2, followed by one hour on ABC. For the third year in a row, the telecast utilized the Side-by-Side format for commercial breaks.
The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network for the 56th consecutive year. Mike King served as anchor. Joining him was Johnny Parsons, Donald Davidson, Chris Economaki, Bob Jenkins, Chris Denari, Dave Wilson and several other radio network regulars.
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“We spend all day broadcasting on the radio and TV telling people back home what’s happening here. And we learn what’s happening here by spending all day monitoring the radio and TV broadcasts from back home.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)