There are two positions the Pittsburgh Steelers almost never change: head coach and play-by-play announcer.

There have been two of each in the past three decades: Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin on the sidelines, and Bill Hillgrove and Rob King in the booth. King, who replaced Hillgrove in 2024, has been a fixture in Pittsburgh’s stadiums and television studios for 25 years, hosting pre- and post-game shows for the Steelers and Pirates before becoming the official voice of the Steelers.

King, who grew up in Cooperstown, New York, also is an author, spending his time away from the microphone crafting worlds of fantasy; his middle-grade novel “The Door in the Stone” is available now on Amazon and in select local bookstores, with another coming this fall.

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