Oliver began her broadcasting career at WALB in Albany, Georgia in 1985 as a news reporter.[3] The next year, Oliver moved to WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. After that stop, Oliver moved to WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York in 1988. Two years later in 1990, Oliver moved to WTVT in Tampa, Florida, where she began her career as a sports anchor in 1991. Oliver moved to KHOU-TV in Houston, where she continued to be a sports anchor.
In 1993, Oliver joined ESPN. In 1995, Oliver joined Fox Sports, where she worked as a sideline reporter with the network's number-one broadcast team, Pat Summerall and John Madden.[4] In 2005, Oliver joined TNT as a sideline reporter for their NBA Playoffs coverage and worked as a Sideline Reporter for the NBA Playoffs on TNT until 2009.[5]
On July 14, 2014, Fox moved her to the network's #2 NFL broadcasting team, while Erin Andrews took over as sideline reporter on the #1 crew.[6] In early 2015, Fox extended Oliver's sideline reporting job with the #2 team through the 2016 season.[7] Oliver has continued in that role as of the 2024 season. She was the #2 team for most of the 2023 season; however, in Week 6 of the 2023 NFL, she was the #3 team for the Lions-Buccaneers game along with Adam Amin and Daryl Johnston.
References
^"Fox Is Sidelining Pam Oliver". The Tampa Bay Times. July 15, 2014. p. 41. Oliver, 53, was a sports anchor for WTVT in the 1990s...
