Irvin teamed up with Bob Murphy, the great New York Mets play-by-play announcer, for the radio game broadcasts in the Jets' first season in 1963 following the franchise's first three seasons as the New York Titans.
It was not a force for the Jets to place Irvin in the WHN booth. He was a popular figure on the New York sports scene from his All-Star-level seasons with the New York Giants from 1949-55. And in 1963 he was a polished spokesman for Rheingold Beer, a major sponsor of the Jets and Mets at the Polo Grounds and later at Shea Stadium.