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Chris King is currently the radio announcer for the New York Islanders hockey team and the Long Island Ducks minor league baseball team.

Chris King began covering the Islanders in the 1989-90 season. He has worked on every broadcast since 1994-95 and has been the radio color commentator since 1998-99. During the 2007-08 campaign, he marked his 1000th regular season New York Islanders hockey radio broadcast.

From 1996-98, King was the producer, engineer and studio host for Islanders hockey on WLIR. He also co-hosted the pre-game, post-game and intermission shows on WRCN from 1994-96. From 1989-94, King reported on Islander games for WRCN.

Since their inception in 2000, King has done radio and TV broadcasting as well as media relations work for the Long Island Ducks minor league baseball team. In the summer of 2004, he called every inning of the Ducks incredible playoff run to win their first ever Atlantic League Championship.

King has also worked as a disc jockey for classic rock WRCN from 1989-96 and alternative music WLIR from 1996-2002.

A lifetime Long Island resident and graduate of East Islip High School, King received his Bachelor's degree in Communications from SUNY Geneseo, where he did four years of play-by-play and color commentary for NCAA hockey. He also holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from SUNY Binghamton. King and his wife Beth currently reside in East Islip, NY with their daughter Maggie and son Connor.