
Sports Director for WYSL and WLEA
Andrew Battisti is a native Rochesterian and veteran local radio voice with more than four decades of experience as a disc jockey, sports broadcaster, and play-by-play announcer. His work has covered some of the region’s most recognized teams and programs, including the Western New York Flash, RIT soccer and basketball, St. John Fisher basketball, the Rochester Razorsharks, and the Rochester Zeniths.
He has also held multiple roles with the Rochester Rhinos, including play-by-play radio announcer and host of the team’s pre- and post-game shows on WYSL. Today, Battisti continues his work as WYSL Sports Director and the play-by-play voice of Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks basketball.
With deep roots in Rochester sports and decades behind the microphone, Andrew Battisti brings history, insight, and local perspective to every conversation.
Rochester sports legacy took center stage as Peter Vazquez welcomed Andrew Battisti to discuss the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Rochester soccer history, Soccer Is a Kick in the Grass, and the local voices that kept the game alive. Deanna Kernan then shared the 140-year story of the Tennis Club of Rocheste…