Report: Washington NFL team hires Julie Donaldson as exec, radio announcer

The Washington NFL football has added NBC Sports Washington anchor and reporter Julie Donaldson to replace the organization’s longtime radio voice Larry Michael, it was reported Tuesday.

Per NBCSportsWashington:

Donaldson will lead the radio broadcast team, serve in other on-air roles and hold a senior-level position in the organization. She will be the first woman to be a regular member of an NFL team’s radio broadcast booth, according Westwood One.

Donaldson’s role will be similar in some ways to the one previously held by Larry Michael prior to his abrupt retirement last week on the eve of sexual harassment allegations in a Washington Post story, but it is expected to include new and different areas of oversight.

In a decade-long career with NBC Sports Washington, Donaldson was an anchor, reporter and host. She covered major sports stories and nearly every team in the Washington-Baltimore area.

The Washington Post is reporting Donaldson will be the team’s senior vice president of media and be in the broadcast booth during games but will not do play-by-play like Michael did.

A person with knowledge of the situation said Donaldson’s first task as head of media will be hiring a new play-by-play announcer to replace Michael, who retired last week a day before a Washington Post report published in which 15 former female team employees accused Michael and other high-ranking officials of sexual harassment.

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