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New York broadcasting icon steps away from the mic

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It’s official, the Buffalo Bills will have a new voice heading into the upcoming season.

This morning, the Bills announced that John Murphy is leaving the broadcast booth ahead of the season.

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Murphy grew up in Lockport and worked for WKBW for years before heading to the broadcast booth during Bills games.

He had been the Bills’ play-by-play announcer since 2003, when he took over from Van Miller, who retired that year. Murphy had acted as a color analyst for Miller from 1994 to 2003.

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Murphy played a major role in sports broadcasting here in Western New York. He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2019.

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He received the Dick Gallagher Legacy Award from the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2022 for all he has done for local sports and the Western New York community.

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