Ron Weber

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Ron Weber (born September 10, 1933) is a former American sports broadcaster best known for 23 years as the Washington Capitals’ radio play-by-play announcer. He called the Capitals’ first 1,936 games, from their 1974 start to his retirement after the 1996–97 season. In 2010 he won the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding hockey broadcasting, earning a place on the Hockey Hall of Fame wall in Toronto.

Weber grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and attended Washington-Lee High School. His first broadcasting job was at WBOC-TV/Radio in Salisbury, Maryland, where he was Sports Director for more than eight years starting in the late 1950s. He began hockey broadcasting with the Baltimore Clippers and later did play-by-play for many teams, including the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, MLB’s Minnesota Twins, NASL’s Washington Diplomats, and Penn Quakers football. He also covered tennis and weightlifting and called the 1968 Olympic Games.

Even after leaving the Capitals, he stays close to the team and attends about 35 home games each season. The Capitals brought him back for the first period of Game 4 in the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals. He lives in Needham, Massachusetts. His wife Mary Jane died on September 5, 2019. He has three children, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.