In a special edition of the "Announcer Schedules Podcast," Mike Gill and Phil de Montmollin are joined by radio play-by-play voices Rich DeMarco (Army) and Pete Medhurst prior to the 124th edition of the Army-Navy game. With this year's game playing for the first time at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., the two announcers go inside what it is like to call the Army-Navy game and to be the voice of a service academy. In addition, each announcer provides his personal journey along with wisdom for aspirants of the sports broadcasting profession.

DeMarco is in his 16th year with the Army Athletic Association. After serving as the Black Knights' director of broadcasting for three years, the New Jersey product added the title of director of multimedia services and community outreach during the summer of 2007. Less than one year later, DeMarco was elevated to the title of assistant athletic director for multimedia services and broadcasting. DeMarco serves as the radio play-by-play voice for Black Knights football broadcasts, and also hosts Army's weekly football radio show.

During the winter months, DeMarco calls the radio play-by-play of Army's men's basketball team. He was behind the microphone for the Black Knights' NCAA women's basketball tournament appearance in 2006, and was part of the broadcast team for Army's NCAA appearance in 2014. DeMarco also handles play-by-play duties for Army's baseball team - broadcasting NCAA Tournament games in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2013 - and has called games for the Black Knights lacrosse program, including their NCAA Tournament appearances in 2004, 2005 and 2010.

Medhurst has been part of the Naval Academy Radio Network since 1998, providing play-by-play for the Navy's sports teams on the Patriot League TV and Navy Radio Networks. In 2013, he took over football play-by-play duties for the Midshipmen, succeeding now-voice of the New England Patriots Bob Socci. Medhurst has called multiple NCAA championship events that Navy has participated in, as well as many of the 33 varsity sports at the Academy.

Medhurst has also handled Lacrosse play-by-play for the Big Ten Network and called football and lacrosse contests on CBS Sports Network as well. Additionally, Medhurst has worked as part of the Washington Nationals radio broadcast team for several years. Since 2012, he has worked at 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C. where he also hosts Nationals-related programs. In 2019, Medhurst handled play-by-play for his first MLB games for the Nationals, filling in for Dave Jageler.

Hear it all on a special edtion of the "Announcer Schedules Podcast" for the 2023 Army-Navy game and make sure to follow/subscribe to the Last Word on Sports Media podcast feed for more great content on Apple, Spreaker, Spotify, Google, etc.!