Biography

Hired as the Browns' radio broadcaster when the expansion franchise began play in 1999, the eighth full-time radio broadcaster in team history dating back to the original franchise.

He was a 1978 graduate of Boston University, where he worked at the university radio station with Howard Stern. He subsequently began his career as a sports director for WJON radio in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

On May 25, 2011, during the 11 pm newscast, Donovan announced he had leukemia for the last ten years, and that he would be taking a leave of absence to undergo a (what would be a successful) bone marrow transplant.

Jim Donovan was an American radio and television personality who served as sports director and news anchor for WKYC channel 3 (NBC) in Cleveland, Ohio, and was the radio voice of the Cleveland Browns Radio Network from 1999 to 2023.

From Minnesota, he moved to Vermont, providing play-by-play basketball and hockey coverage for the Satellite News Channel in Burlington, Vermont. He also did play-by-play and sports anchoring at WVMT radio and WEZF-TV.