List of Baltimore Orioles broadcasters

## Television

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Year  | Channel  | Play-by-play #1  | Play-by-play #2  | Play-by-play #3  | Color commentators  | Studio hosts  | Telecasts

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1954 | WMAR-TV/WAAM | Ernie Harwell | Bailey Goss | Howie Williams  |  |  | 29 Home, 30 Away
1955 | Chuck Thompson |  |  | 26 Home, 31 Away
1956 |  |  | 26 Home, 33 Away
1957 | WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV | Herb Carneal | Larry Ray  |  |  | 21 Home, 37 Away
1958 | WJZ-TV |  |  |  | 21 Home, 32 Away
1959 |  |  |  | 21 Home, 33 Away
1960 | Herb Carneal | Bob Murphy | Joe Croghan |  |  | 11 Home, 35 Away
1961 |  |  | 11 Home, 39 Away
1962 | WBAL-TV | Chuck Thompson | Jack Dunn III  |  | Bailey Goss | Vince Bagli[1] | 4 Home, 46 Away
1963 | Joe Croghan |  |  | Vince Bagli  | 6 Home, 44 Away
1964 | WJZ-TV | Frank Messer |  |  |  | 5 Home, 45 Away
1965 |  |  |
1966 | Bill O'Donnell[2] |  |  | 8 Home, 43 Away
1967 |  |  | 6 Home, 46 Away
1968 | Bill O'Donnell | Jim Karvellas[3] |  |  | 6 Home, 44 Away
1969 |  |  | 7 Home, 45 Away
1970 | John Gordon[4] |  | John Kennelly & Charley Eckman | 5 Home, 46 Away
1971 |  | John Kennelly | 6 Home, 45 Away
1972 |  | 8 Home, 44 Away
1973 |  |  |
1974 |  |  |  | 9 Home, 43 Away
1975 |  |  |
1976 |  |  |
1977 |  |  |  | 8 Home, 44 Away
1978 |  | Brooks Robinson |  | 8 Home, 42 Away
1979 | WMAR-TV |  |  | 6 Home, 45 Away
1980 |  |  | 5 Home, 49 Away
1981 |  |  | 5 Home, 48 Away
1982 | WMAR-TV
SuperTV | Chuck Thompson
Ted Patterson |  | Brooks Robinson
Rex Barney |  | 5 Home, 50 Away
16 Home
1983 |  |  |  | 50 Away
16 Home
Year  | Channel  | Play-by-play announcers  | Color commentators  | Sideline reporters  | Studio hosts  | Studio analysts

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1984 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor[5] | Jim Palmer or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Chuck Thompson | Brooks Robinson |  |  |
1985 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Chuck Thompson | Brooks Robinson |  |  |
1986 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Chuck Thompson | Brooks Robinson |  |  |
1987 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Jim Simpson | Brooks Robinson |  |  |
1988 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Jim Palmer | Brooks Robinson |  |  |
1989 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Jim Palmer | Brooks Robinson |  |  |
1990 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Jon Miller | Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau, & Jim Palmer |  |  |
1991 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Jon Miller | Brooks Robinson & Scott Garceau |  |  |
1992 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
WMAR-TV | Jon Miller | Brooks Robinson & Scott Garceau |  |  |
1993 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor[5] | Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein | Tom Davis  | Tom Davis  |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 | Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[6] |
1997 | Michael Reghi[5][7] |
1998 | Jim Palmer or Rick Cerone[8][9] |
1999 | Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[10] |
2000 |
2001 | Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic[11] |
2002 |
2003 | Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez[10] |
2004 | Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra[7] | Brent Harris | Brent Harris | Dave Johnson
2005
2006
2007 | MASN | Gary Thorne | Amber Theoharis | Jim Hunter or Tom Davis  | Rick Dempsey
2008
2009 | Amber Theoharis or Mark Viviano
2010 | Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[10] | Amber Theoharis | Jim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis
2011 |
2012 | Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick |  | Jim Hunter | Rick Dempsey or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis
2013 |  | Jim Hunter or Tom Davis  | Rick Dempsey
2014 |
2015 |
2016 | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick or Brian Roberts (select games)  |  | Tom Davis
2017 | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick |
2018 | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick or Ben McDonald (fill-in)  |
2019 | Jim Palmer or Ben McDonald or Mike Bordick or Brian Roberts (fill-in)  | Sara Perlman (Until July 21); None (July 22 onwards)  | Tom Davis or Rob Long (weekends)
2020[12] | Scott Garceau, Kevin Brown or Geoff Arnold  | Ben McDonald or Mike Bordick | Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander  | Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman, Rob Long or Scott Garceau  | Mike Bordick or Dave Johnson
2021[13] | Scott Garceau or Kevin Brown  | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer
2022[14] | Kevin Brown (130 games), Scott Garceau (fill-in), Geoff Arnold (fill-in) or Melanie Newman (fill-in)  | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer or Dave Johnson (fill-in) or Roch Kubatko (fill-in)
2023 | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer or Dave Johnson (fill-in) or Brian Roberts (fill-in) or Brad Brach (fill-in) or Mike Devereaux (fill-in)[15] | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer or Jason La Canfora[15]
2024[16] | Kevin Brown (130 games), Scott Garceau (fill-in), Ben Wagner (fill-in), Geoff Arnold (fill-in) or Melanie Newman (fill-in)  | Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander or Rob Long  | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer
2025 | Kevin Brown (130 games), Scott Garceau (fill-in), Ben Wagner (fill-in), Brett Hollander (fill-in), Geoff Arnold (fill-in) or Melanie Newman (fill-in)

## Radio

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Year  | Flagship station  | Play-by-play #1  | Play-by-play #2  | Play-by-play #3  | Color commentators  | Studio hosts

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1954 | WCBM | Ernie Harwell | Bailey Goss |  |  |
1955 | Chuck Thompson |  |
1956 |  |
1957 | WBAL | Herb Carneal | Larry Ray  |  |
1958 |  |  |
1959 |  |  |
1960 | Herb Carneal | Bob Murphy | Joe Croghan |  |
1961 |  |
1962 | Chuck Thompson | Jack Dunn  |  | Bailey Goss |
1963 | Joe Croghan |  |  |
1964 | Frank Messer |  |  |
1965 |  |  |
1966 | Bill O'Donnell[2] |  |
1967 |  |
1968 | Bill O'Donnell | Jim Karvellas[3] |  |
1969 |  |
1970 | John Gordon[4] |  | Jim West
1971 |
1972 |  |
1973 |  |  | Ted Patterson
1974 |  |
1975 |  |
1976 |  |
1977 |  |
1978 |  |
1979 | WFBR | Tom Marr |
1980 |  |
1981 |  |
1982 |  |  |
1983 | Jon Miller |  |  |
1984 |  |  |
1985 |  |  |
1986 |  |  |
1987 | WCBM | Jack Wiers[17] |  |  |
1988 | WBAL | Joe Angel |  |  |
1989 |  |  |
1990 |  |  |
1991 | Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson | Ken Levine[18] |  |  |
1992 | Joe Angel |  |  |
1993 | Fred Manfra[19] |  |  |
1994 |  |  |
1995 |  |  |
1996 |  |  |
1997 | Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson |  |  |
1998 |  |  |
1999 |  |  |
2000 |  |  |
2001 |  |  |
2002 | Jim Hunter |  |  |
2003 |  |  |
2004 | Joe Angel |  |  |
2005 | Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra |  |  |
2006 |  |  |
2007 | WHFS-FM[20] | Fred Manfra |  |  |
2008 |  |  |
2009 | WJZ-FM[21] |  |  |
2010 |  |  |
2011 | WBAL[22] |  |  |
2012 |  |  |
2013 |  |  |
2014 | Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter |  | Dave Johnson |
2015 | WJZ-FM[23] | Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter |  |
2016 | Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra |  | Mike Bordick |
2017 | Jim Hunter |  | Mike Bordick, Ben McDonald, Brian Roberts, Mike Boddicker, Dave Johnson, or Gregg Olsen  |
2018 |  | Mike Bordick, Ben McDonald, Brian Roberts, Dave Johnson, or Gregg Olsen  |
2019 | Jim Hunter | Kevin Brown  |  |
2020[12] | Geoff Arnold  | Kevin Brown, Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander  |  |
2021[13] |  |  |
2022[14] | WBAL[24] | Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman or Scott Garceau  |  |  |
2023 |  |  |
2024[16] | Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman, Scott Garceau or Ben Wagner  |  |  |
2025 | Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman, Scott Garceau, Ben Wagner or Kevin Brown  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Vince Bagli, longtime WBAL-TV sportscaster known as 'Dean of Baltimore Sports,' dies at 93". Baltimore Sun. October 7, 2020.
2. ^ a b "Bill O'Donnell, the Baltimore Orioles' play-by-play announcer for 17...," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, October 30, 1982. Retrieved November 25, 2019
3. ^ a b Shea, Stuart. Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research, Inc., 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2019
4. ^ a b Thornley, Stew. "John Gordon," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved November 24, 2019
5. ^ a b c Kent, Milton. "In language of broadcasting, Reghi is synonym for energy," The Baltimore Sun, Friday, February 28, 1997. Retrieved August 31, 2021
6. ^ "William J. Clinton: Interview With Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, and Mike Flanagan of Home Team Sports in Baltimore - April 2, 1996".
7. ^ a b Kubatko, Roch & Christensen, Joe. "See you later: Reghi's O's TV days are over," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, February 25, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2021
8. ^ Moore, Scott. "Providing a Birds'-Eye View," The Washington Post, Sunday, March 29, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021
9. ^ Kent, Milton. "Cerone takes the high road on way out of booth," The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, November 17, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021
10. ^ a b c "Mike Flanagan Joins MASN’s Orioles Broadcast Team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021
11. ^ "HTS now Comcast SportsNet, adding sports news coverage," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Retrieved January 25, 2021
12. ^ a b Dubroff, Rich. "Orioles set to begin exhibition play at Phillies; No Palmer, Thorne in 2020; Covid-19 sidelined Smith," BaltimoreBaseball.com, Saturday, July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
13. ^ a b "Orioles announce 2021 broadcast team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Monday, January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
14. ^ a b "Orioles announce 2022 broadcast information," Baltimore Orioles press release, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
15. ^ a b "MASN adds three new broadcasters to its air," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Friday, June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
16. ^ a b "Orioles announce 2024 broadcast team," Baltimore Orioles press release, Friday, February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
17. ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports Hawaii Beat". archives.starbulletin.com.
18. ^ "Entertainment & the Arts | Patter In The Outfield -- Diamond Prose -- Baseball Authors Step Up To The Plate". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com.
19. ^ "Wykoff, Scott. "'The Voice Of The Orioles' Is Ready And Raring To Go," WBAL Radio, Monday, February 21, 2011". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
20. ^ Carey, Dave. "Orioles radio moving to WHFS 105.7 FM," Washington Examiner, Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
21. ^ "WHFS-105.7 Now WJZ-FM 105.7 "The Fan." All sports radio Baltimore," Washington Examiner, Sunday, November 2, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
22. ^ Sharrow, Ryan. "Orioles games return to WBAL Radio," Baltimore Business Journal, Tuesday, February 8, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
23. ^ "Orioles Return To CBS Radio," CBS Baltimore, Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
24. ^ "O's announce partnership with Hearst Baltimore as new flagship stations of Orioles Radio Network". Pete Kerzel. January 5, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

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Baltimore Orioles television play-by-play voices

* Howie Williams (1954)
* Bailey Goss (1954–1956)
* Ernie Harwell (1954–1959)
* Larry Ray (1957)
* Herb Carneal (1957–1961)
* Bob Murphy (1960–1961)
* Jack Dunn III (1962)
* Joe Croghan (1960-1961, 1963)
* Frank Messer (1964–1968)
* Jim Karvellas (1968–1969)
* John Gordon (1970–1972)
* Bill O'Donnell (1966–1982)
* Ted Patterson (1982–1983)
* Chuck Thompson (1955-1956, 1962–1986)
* Jim Simpson (1987)
* Jim Palmer (1988–1989)
* Jon Miller (1990–1992)
* Mel Proctor (1984–1996)
* Michael Reghi (1997–2003)
* Jim Hunter (2004–2006)
* Fred Manfra (2004–2006)
* Gary Thorne (2007–2019)
* Scott Garceau (2020-present)
* Kevin Brown (2020-present)

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TV stations|

* WJZ 13 (Baltimore Orioles, 1954)
* WBZ 4 (Boston Braves, 1948–1949; Boston Red Sox, 1948–1954)
* WCBS 2 (Brooklyn Dodgers, 1946–1949; New York Yankees, 2002–2004)
* KPIX 5 (Oakland Athletics, 1975–1981; 1985–1992)
* WPTZ 3 (later KYW) (Philadelphia Athletics, 1947–1954)
* KDKA 2 (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1958–1995)

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NL Championship|

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All-Star Game|

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* 1951 National League tie-breaker series (Game 1)
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* "And we'll see you tomorrow night!" (1991)
* "The Slide" (1992)
* Michael Jordan's first retirement (1993)
* "Touch 'em all Joe!" (1993)

Seasons|

| Early World Series coverage|

* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

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Initial Game of the Week era|

* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
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* 1990
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Lists of Major League Baseball broadcasters

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* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants
* Washington Nationals (Montreal Expos)

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* ABC (The Baseball Network)
* Fox
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