What is Brad Johansen?
{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2013}} '''Brad Johansen'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/tvandmediablog/2014/09/02/wkrc-tv-brad-johansen-sinclair-broadcast-group-kit-andrews-cbs-sports-network-bengals/14971673/|title=WKRC-TV's Brad Johansen shifts from sports to news|website=Cincinnati.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> is a [[sportscaster]]. He was the voice of the [[Cincinnati Bengals]], but in 2011 replaced Paul Keels as preseason play-by-play announcer which he continues to do. Brad Hoard was hired to replace Johansen in the radio booth. He is also the voice of the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team as well as high school [[Association football|football]] for [[Fox Sports]] Ohio. In 2012, Johansen will call [[college football]] games for the [[CBS Sports Network]]. == Early Life == From 1996-2014, he was the sports director at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was announcing Bengals pre-season games. In 2000, Brad moved to the radio booth, replacing Pete Arbogast . On May 4, 2011 Dan Hoard was hired as the new Bengals radio play-by-play announcer replacing Brad Johansen. On July 6, The Bengals announced Johansen was hired to replace Paul Keels as the TV play-by-play announcer for Bengals preseason games. In 2014, Johansen moved on from being the sports director and a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports Network to anchoring the 4:00 and 5:30&nbsp;pm newscasts at WKRC. In April 2018, Johansen left WKRC-TV to join WRAL-TV in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] as an evening news anchor and reporter.He was let go Thursday, April 4, 2019 after one year at the station. On March 6, 2020, Johansen returns to television, as an early evening news anchor and reporter for WCMH-TV in Columbus. == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansen, Brad}} [[Category:College basketball broadcasters]] [[Category:College football broadcasters]] [[Category:National Football League broadcasters]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1962 births]] {{US-biography-stub}}