Background
He grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts where he ran cross country track and was the announcer for the basketball team
He grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts where he ran cross country track and was the announcer for the basketball team
Emerson College.
Broadcasting career
A graduate of Emerson College, Berthiaume"s broadcasting career began at WTIC-television in Hartford, Connecticut, where he covered University of Connecticut men"s and women"s basketball and their involvement in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. He then went on to the now-defunct CNNSI network and eventually to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in February 2000, starting at ESPNEWS and later, anchoring for SportsCenter. In October 2012, Steve Berthiaume was selected as the Arizona Diamondbacks" broadcaster replacing Daron Sutton.
Along with Bob Brenly the duo will do the play by play for the 2013 baseball season.
Berthiaume also spent time as an anchor at the American Broadcasting Company affiliate in Pensacola, Florida (WEAR), as well as the National Broadcasting Company affiliates in Providence, Rhode Island. Columbia, South Carolina.
And Charlottesville, Virginia (WJAR-television, WIS-television, and WVIR-television, respectively). = SNY and back to Entertainment and Sports Programming Network He also anchors many (usually weekend) editions of Baseball Tonight.
= Arizona Diamondbacks In 2012, Berthiaume was hired by MLB"s Arizona Diamondbacks to serve as a play-by-play broadcaster for FOX Sports Arizona, replacing Daron Sutton, and was quoted as saying, "The opportunity to be at the ballpark every day is a dream come true.
I"m thrilled." Berthiaume"s previous play-by-play experience comes from Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, where he called several professional games as well as the College World Series.
