Eli Gold has a new gig.

Gold, who served as the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide for 36 years, will be the radio voice of the new Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League, the Tennessean reports.

“I am so very excited about returning to the Arena Football League as the voice of the Nashville Kats,” Gold told The Tennessean. “I say returning, because I was the TV voice of the league back when the games were on NBC and TNN, and I came to love the product.”

The Crimson Tide Sports Network announced this week it was not renewing the 70-year-old Gold’s contract. Chris Stewart will take over play-by-play duties.

The 70-year-old play-by-play man joined me on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 this week, calling the news sad.

“I proposed doing another full season and calling it quits at that point,” he said. “They weren’t interested in that. They wanted to make a change now. There were things I wanted to say that they didn’t really want to have out in public.”

On Thursday, the CTSN released a statement in which it was explained Gold was offered a “limited roll.”

“After a series of conversations over a period of time, Eli was presented with an opportunity to continue his contributions to the CTSN broadcast team in the coming years in a more limited role, including the lead broadcast role for this year’s A-Day game,” the statement read. “Unfortunately, he declined the opportunity. We will always appreciate Eli and wish him nothing but the best in his next endeavors.”

The Nashville Kats will play a 10-games schedule, starting April 27.

Gold is no stranger to Nashville, working as the radio play-by-play announcer for the NHL’s Predators during the 2006-07 season.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.