Early life and career Wischusen grew up in
New Jersey and attended
Union Catholic Regional High School in
Scotch Plains. He then attended
Boston College and began his sportscasting experience on
WZBC, the school's 1000-watt FM radio station broadcasting to the Greater Boston area. Classmates and fellow broadcasters at WZBC included
Joe Tessitore and
Jon Sciambi, both of whom also went on to become successful sports announcers, and his colleagues at ESPN. After graduating from B.C. in 1993, Wischusen went to work in sports radio at
WQAM in Miami. After leaving the station he settled in New York, where he has worked since.
WFAN and WABC Originally, Wischusen worked for
WFAN as a reporter and update host for the station's sports news flashes that air every twenty minutes. During his time at WFAN he began working on the station's Jets coverage, hosting the pregame, halftime, and postgame shows. When WFAN lost the rights to the Jets after the 1998 season, Wischusen followed the coverage to WABC. In 2002, he became the play-by-play voice for the Jets on the station after
Howard David departed the team for a job in Miami. During his time with the Jets, he has worked with
Dave Jennings (1998–2001),
Marty Lyons (2002–2023), and
Anthony Becht (2024-present) as his color commentators.
ESPN Wischusen began working for ESPN in 2006 as a secondary commentator for college football and basketball, usually calling games from mid-major conferences such as the
MAC or
WAC. In 2009, Wischusen called
ACC college football regional action on
ABC at 3:30(ET) with
Brian Griese. For the 2010 college football season, Wischusen was once again paired with Griese, this time calling games for the Noon(ET) ESPN2 broadcast. Wischusen is currently calling with
Louis Riddick. In 2021, Andrew Marchand of the
New York Post reported that Wischusen would start calling play-by-play for the
NHL on ESPN. Wischusen has since received enormous praise for the energetic way he calls games, despite only currently serving as ESPN's #2 play-by-play announcer, first pairing with former NHL goalie
Brian Boucher and later Olympic gold medalist and national champion
A. J. Mleczko, before currently teaming with former
New York Rangers captain
Ryan Callahan. Both
Leah Hextall and
Emily Kaplan join Wischusen and Callahan as a rinkside reporter on the secondary team, depending on location.
Other duties Wischusen was at one point a substitute announcer for WEPN and
MSG's coverage of the
Knicks when the announcer
Mike Breen is unavailable due to other commitments until the early 2010s. Wischusen also announced for the
New York Dragons AFL team during its first season alongside former Jet
Greg Buttle with whom he currently calls games for the New York Jets Wischusen also served as a field reporter for
NBC's coverage of Game 1 of the
2000 American League Division Series between the
New York Yankees and
Oakland Athletics. In 2010, Wischusen teamed with
Sean McDonough to anchor coverage of the
U.S. Open golf tournament on
ESPN Radio. == References ==