Detroit secures its broadcast future by anchoring the booth with two fan favorites, ensuring continuity across television and radio as the franchise evolves its media presentation.
The Detroit Tigers are keeping the two voices most associated with their broadcasts in place for the foreseeable future.
The organization announced Thursday that television play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti and longtime radio voice Dan Dickerson have agreed to multi-year contract extensions. Benetti will remain the lead voice of Tigers television broadcasts on Detroit SportsNet, while Dickerson will continue calling games on the Tigers Radio Network and expand his television schedule.
Benetti joined the Tigers before the 2024 season after previously serving as the television voice of the Chicago White Sox. His arrival was one of the more significant changes the Tigers made to their broadcast operation, and he quickly became a familiar part of the club's television coverage alongside analysts such as Andy Dirks, Carlos Peña and Craig Monroe.
His national workload has continued to grow since coming to Detroit. Benetti recently joined NBC Sports as the play-by-play voice for Sunday Night Baseball, which means the Tigers will continue to need additional television coverage when he is away on national assignments.
That is where Dickerson's role becomes even more important as more than likely, Greg Gania, who has been a solid third mic since being the voice of the Erie SeaWolves for over 20 years, will also continue to play a role on the radio side of things.
Dickerson has been part of Tigers broadcasts since 2000, when he worked alongside Ernie Harwell, and became the club's primary radio play-by-play announcer in 2003. The 2026 season was his 27th with the organization, and the new contract will take his Tigers tenure into a fourth decade.
While Dickerson has spent the majority of his career on radio, he has increasingly filled in on television during Benetti's national assignments. The Tigers confirmed that will continue, with Dickerson scheduled to call an expanded number of games on Detroit SportsNet while remaining the team's primary radio voice.
That setup gives Detroit something it has not always had with its broadcasts: continuity.
The Tigers overhauled their television presentation when Benetti arrived in 2024, while Dickerson has remained the consistent voice on the radio side through multiple generations of players, managers and front-office regimes. Keeping both announcers under multi-year agreements provides some stability as the organization continues developing its own television network and broadcast presentation.
"We're incredibly proud to have Jason and Dan as the voices of Tigers baseball," Ilitch Sports + Entertainment President and CEO Ryan Gustafson said in the team's announcement.
Benetti said the Tigers' willingness to experiment and build the television product was part of the appeal of remaining in Detroit.
"This organization pairs a commitment to excellence with a deep culture of creativity," Benetti said.
For Dickerson, the extension continues a relationship with the team that goes back well beyond his broadcasting career.
"There is nothing better than calling games for the team you grew up watching," Dickerson said.
The Tigers have made several changes to the way fans consume games in recent years, most notably with the move to Detroit SportsNet. Benetti and Dickerson have become central pieces of that transition. With both now signed to multi-year extensions, Detroit has ensured the voices accompanying that coverage will remain familiar even as the broadcast platform itself continues to evolve.
