Cory Provus To Succeed Dick Bremer On TV For MN Twins Games: Reports

MINNEAPOLIS — Cory Provus will leave the radio booth to take over Dick Bremer's old chair in the TV booth for Minnesota Twins games next season, according to multiple reports.

Bremer, who was the television broadcast voice of the Minnesota Twins for 40 seasons, announced his retirement in late October.

Provus has called Twins games on the radio since 2012. His vacancy on the Twins Radio Network will be Kris Atteberry, the Star Tribune reported. The Athletic's Aaron Gleeman reported the same.

Atteberry filled in for Provus on the radio for several games last season.

While Bremer is stepping away from the broadcast booth, he plans to transition into a special assistant role for the Twins' front office. The transition will officially take place at the end of the year.

"For 40 years, I've been blessed to totally immerse myself in the game that I love for the team that I love," said Bremer in a statement in October.

"In those 40 years, I broadcast 4,972 Twins games. Over the last year or so, I thought it would really be cool to make it to 5,000. Then, I thought to myself, how selfish would that be? A broadcast should NEVER be about the announcer. It should ALWAYS be about the game and those who play it. I hope in my final season, I proved that ‘I've still got my fastball’, a goal I set when I started with the Twins in 1983. I look forward to the next chapter in my life with the Twins and thank Twins Territory for 40 incredible seasons! God bless."

Bremer will retire as the longest-tenured television broadcaster for a single team in MLB history.

Twins President and CEO Dave St. Peter said that Bremer's four decades as the club's broadcaster "will undoubtedly someday result in his deserved induction into the Twins Hall of Fame."

"While one chapter of his Twins career is closing, we are excited that Dick will continue to write his legacy around the Twins in this Special Assistant Role," St. Peter added.

The Dumont, Minnesota, native began his Twins play-by-play career with Spectrum Sports in 1983. Following a year hiatus, he rejoined the club’s broadcast team in 1987 and has been the Twins’ television play-by-play voice ever since.

His career spanned Twinsvision, Midwest Sports Channel, Victory Sports, Fox Sports North, and finally Bally Sports North.

In 2013, Bremer was awarded the Silver Circle Emmy for Broadcast Excellence and was inducted into the Minnesota Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame.