Dale Everett Arnold was born on March 27,1956 and is a New England sportscaster.
17 Facts About Dale Arnold
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Dale Arnold co-hosted talk radio shows on WEEI and WEEI-FM from 1991 until his retirement from radio in March 2021.
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Dale Arnold has served as the play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins and has called Boston College Eagles football.
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Dale Arnold is the only person to have done play-by-play broadcasts for all five of the Boston area's major professional sports franchises.
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In November 2024, Arnold came out of retirement to serve as a studio host for Bruins broadcasts on NESN on an interim basis.
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Dale Arnold joined the New Jersey Devils with Emrick as their radio announcer in 1986, before returning to New England two years later.
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Dale Arnold called New England Patriots games from 1988 to 1990 and provided play-by-play coverage for Bruins home games from 1995 to 2007,9 of which came alongside Gord Kluzak.
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Dale Arnold joined WEEI radio at its inception in 1991, at as AM station broadcasting at 590 kHz, then as Sportsradio 850, then moving to WEEI-FM with other locally produced programs.
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Dale Arnold first hosted a late-morning show from 10 AM to 1 PM, before being teamed up with Eddie Andelman on a show called The A-Team.
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Dale Arnold subsequently hosted a Sunday morning talk show on WEEI with Steve Buckley.
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Dale Arnold worked without a contract but, after the show's Nielsen ratings improved 59 percent, he was given a multi-year contract in January 2015.
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Dale Arnold announced on March 11,2021, that the following day's broadcast, on March 12, would be his last.
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Dale Arnold worked nearly 30 years at WEEI, and continued hosting Bruins broadcasts on a part time basis.
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Dale Arnold then retired for good on April 11,2023.
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In March 2025, it was announced that Dale Arnold would be inducted to the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in June 2025.
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Dale Arnold grew up in Maine and Minnesota prior to attending Bowdoin College.
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Dale Arnold's son, Taylor Arnold, is a professor at the University of Richmond.