announced

transitive verb announced, announcing

1. to declare publicly; give notice of formally; proclaim
2. to say or tell
3. to make known the arrival of
4. to make known through the senses: footsteps announced his return
5. Radio, TV to be an announcer for

intransitive verb

1. to serve as a radio or television announcer
2. ☆ to make known publicly one's candidacy or one's political endorsement of another: with for