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Dave Johnson is an American radio personality. He is the current sports director and morning sports anchor for 103.5

WTOP-FM WTOP-FM (103.5 FM) – branded ''WTOP Radio'' and ''WTOP News'' – is a commercial all-news radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C. Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, the station serves the Washington metropolitan area, extending its re ...

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Johnson first arrived at WTOP in 1989; left in 1992, but returned in 1995. In addition to WTOP, Johnson is the radio

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voice of the

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Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...

, and host of the team's weekly television show. Johnson also regularly anchors

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's news show Geico SportsNet Central. Johnson was the English-language television play-by-play voice of

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

WJLA-TV WJLA-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Washington, D.C., affiliated with ABC. It is one of two flagship stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group (alongside dual Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBFF hannel 45in Baltimore), and is also sister to ...

, previously on

. Johnson called the D.C. United games starting when the team and the league began play in 1996, and Johnson became known for his signature call "It's in the net!" when D.C. United scores. His tenure ended in October 2022 with

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providing the broadcast teams for the next season. Johnson was the play-by-play announcer for XM radio for several 2006 World Cup matches including the 2006 Final, and has covered soccer matches for

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

. Johnson received an

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as host of the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL) ...

''Face Off'' television show and additionally served for three years as the sideline reporter for the Capitals' television coverage on

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. Johnson has also done television play-by-play of

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, NBA basketball,

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and

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. He occasionally covers sports for

WRC-TV WRC-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Washington, D.C., airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Class A television se ...

. Johnson graduated from

Towson University Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...

, and lives in Maryland.

References

External links

Official WTOP-FM Biography
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Association football commentators College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Lacrosse announcers Major League Soccer broadcasters Towson University alumni Washington Capitals announcers Washington Wizards announcers Women's United Soccer Association commentators National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) commentators {{US-radio-bio-stub