Tommy Thrall is in his seventh full season broadcasting for the Reds, his sixth as the full-time play-by-play announcer on rights holder 700 WLW Radio. The 19-year broadcasting veteran in 2018 called 3 Reds games in spring training and then 3 games near the end of the regular season. He broadcast 66 games on radio in 2019 and all 60 games of the 2020 season. Before joining the organization full-time in 2019, Thrall spent 7 years broadcasting radio and TV games for Class AA Pensacola. While in Pensacola, he also served as the play-by-play voice for football and basketball for the University of West Florida. Thrall began working in professional baseball as an intern for the Kansas City T-Bones while earning his degree from Northwest Missouri State University. He went on to work for Class A Myrtle Beach and Quad Cities before making the move to Pensacola. Thrall has filled various roles in broadcasting, including TV sports anchor and reporter on WEAR-TV in Pensacola, sports talk host on ESPN Pensacola and host of UWF’s weekly television coach’s show.