Altitude Sports is set to shake up its talent for Denver Nuggets broadcasts next season, with Chris Marlowe and Scott Hastings among those no longer calling games, according to multiple sources. Marlowe, the lead play-by-play announcer since the network's 2004 launch and an Olympic gold medalist, will depart alongside veteran color commentator Hastings, who will continue a radio show. Reporter Chris Dempsey was also let go, while Katy Winge and Vic Lombardi will remain.
DENVER, CO – DECEMBER 01: Scott Hastings , left, and Chris Marlowe of Altitude Sports prior to the game of the Denver Nuggets v the Milwaukee Bucks on December 1, 2010 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
will no longer call Nuggets games next season as Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, the parent company that owns the Nuggets, Avalanche and Altitude, plans to shake up its talent, four sources familiar with the decision told The Denver Post. Marlowe has been calling Nuggets games for Altitude since team owner Stan Kroenke launched the regional sports network in 2004.
An Olympic gold medalist as part of the 1984 U.S. men’s volleyball team, he has also been the lead play-by-play guy for beach volleyball at seven Olympics, most recently for NBC in 2024. He was named Colorado Sportscaster of the Year in 2023. Hastings has been a Nuggets and Broncos color commentator for various local broadcasts in Denver since 1993, when he retired from an 11-year career in the NBA.
Drafted by the Knicks in 1982, the big man spent the last two seasons of his playing career with the Nuggets. Hastings will continue to co-host a sports talk show on Altitude’s radio station, The Post has learned. Altitude Nuggets reporter and studio analyst Chris Dempsey was also let go, according to four sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Born in Boulder, he’s a former sports reporter for The Denver Post.
Katy Winge and Vic Lombardi, two other staples on the Nuggets broadcast, have been retained, according to three of those sources.
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