The winner of the 2005 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame for baseball broadcasting excellence, will be announced at 2 p.m. today at the Hall’s website, www.baseballhalloffame.org.

Ten finalists were selected in December, featuring three fan selections from an online vote. The other seven were selected by a research committee from the Cooperstown-based Hall. The final ballot contains a mix of pioneers and current-day broadcasters, and is voted upon by a 20-member electorate.

The 10 finalists are Tom Cheek, Ken Coleman, Gene Elston, France Laux, Dave Niehaus, Jerry Coleman, Dizzy Dean, Tony Kubek, Graham McNamee and Ron Santo.

The Frick winner will be honored during Hall of Fame Weekend, which runs July 29 through Aug. 1 in Cooperstown. Baseball Wr[an error occurred while processing this directive]iters’ Association of America electees Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg, 2004 J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner Peter Gammons, and any electees to emerge from the Veterans Committee election March 2 also will be honored.