For twenty seasons Wilson called St. Louis Blues hockey on FoxSports Net Midwest, KPLR-TV, and KMOX radio.
Wilson coined the term "Fabulous Five" to describe the all-black Hawaii basketball starting five that played in the NIT and the NCAA tournament during the early 1970s.
In his memoir, Dreams from My Father, President Barack Obama recalled coming of age during that time, watching this group.
In 1986, he became the play-by-play announcer of the NHL on ESPN in the regular season, working primarily with Bill Clement and called the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals.
[3] In 1987, on ESPN, he called Rendez-vous '87 in Quebec City, an international hockey series between the Soviet National Team and the NHL All-Stars.
After Kelly's death, he became the team's TV play-by-play announcer with former Blues players Joe Micheletti,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Bruce Affleck,[17][18] and Bernie Federko.
After the 2003–04 NHL season, when his contract ended after calling 1,556 National Hockey League games, he moved back to Honolulu.
[20][21][22] After broadcasting baseball at the University of Michigan (Big 10) and with the Hawaii Islanders (AAA), Wilson joined the expansion Seattle Mariners in 1977.
During the 1985 baseball season, Wilson, working with Joe Morgan, called Pete Rose's 4192nd hit that broke Ty Cobb's all-time record.
Wilson is one of a handful of broadcasters to call three perfect games during his big league career (Kenny Rogers, Texas Rangers, 1994; Phillip Humber, Chicago White Sox, 2012, and, Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners, 2012), as well as two no-hitters, George Brett's 3,000th hit and Gaylord Perry's 300th victory.
He returned to the Seattle Mariners' television booth on July 27, 2008 to fill-in for his former partner Dave Niehaus, who was being inducted to the Hall of Fame on the same day.
Wilson returned to the Mariners again for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, providing radio and TV play-by-play as part of a rotating committee of announcers replacing Niehaus, who died on November 10, 2010.
When he moved back to Honolulu in 2004, he spent a year as a reporter on KHON-TV, prior to opening Mama's Island Pizza in 2005.