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Longtime radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, and morning sports reporter for WBZ radio in Boston, he retired from WBZ on January 30, 2009.

He has called Patriots games continuously since 1966, except for a stretch between 1980 and 1990. His 30 years of service makes him the longest-serving current announcer in the NFL, tied with Merrill Reese of the Philadelphia Eagles . He is also the last team play-by-play announcer from the American Football League era still broadcasting. Since 1990, his partner in the booth has been former Patriots kicker Gino Cappellettii except for the opening eight games of the Patriots' 2001 season when Cappelletti was hospitalized with an illness and former Patriots player Peter Brock substituted for Cappelletti. Brad Sham, the voice of the Dallas Cowboys is third with 27 years with the Cowboys (19 of those years as a play-by-play announcer).In addition to the work at WBZ, Santos has called games for the Boston Celtics, Boston Breakers,  Providence Friars basketball, Penn State Nittany Lions football and Boston College Eagles football. He was born in Acushnet, Massachusetts and grew up in neighboring Fairhaven. From 1959 to 1971, when he joined WBZ full-time, Santos worked at WBSM and WNBH Radio in New Bedford, and WSAR and WALE Radio in Fall River. On January 10, 2009, the Boston Herald announced that  Gil Santos was planning to retire from WBZ by the end of January. He will remain the Patriots play-by-play announcer.