Carleton E. "Carl" Beane (September 18, 1952 – May 9, 2012)[1] was a sports radio broadcaster from 1972 until 2012, and was best known as the public address announcer for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.

[2] In 2003, the Boston Red Sox hired Beane to replace Ed Brickley as the PA announcer at Fenway, the position he would hold for the remainder of his life.

[2] As the Red Sox' PA announcer, Beane's voice was featured in the 2005 film Fever Pitch.

[2] He was a national spokesman for the American Diabetes Association, and a narrator for Talking Books at the Perkins School for the Blind.

[1][4] The following day's Red Sox game was played with no PA announcements, as a tribute to him.