Television
YearChannelPlay-by-play #1Play-by-play #2Play-by-play #3Color commentatorsStudio hostsTelecasts 1954WMAR-TV/WAAMErnie HarwellBailey Goss Howie Williams 29 Home, 30 Away 1955Chuck Thompson 26 Home, 31 Away 1956 26 Home, 33 Away 1957 WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TVHerb Carneal Larry Ray 21 Home, 37 Away 1958WJZ-TV 21 Home, 32 Away 1959 21 Home, 33 Away 1960Herb CarnealBob MurphyJoe Croghan 11 Home, 35 Away 1961 11 Home, 39 Away 1962WBAL-TVChuck Thompson Jack Dunn III Bailey Goss Vince Bagli 4 Home, 46 Away 1963 Joe Croghan Vince Bagli 6 Home, 44 Away 1964WJZ-TVFrank Messer 5 Home, 45 Away 1965 1966Bill O'Donnell"Bill O'Donnell, the Baltimore Orioles' play-by-play announcer for 17...," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, October 30, 1982. Retrieved November 25, 2019 8 Home, 43 Away 1967 6 Home, 46 Away 1968Bill O'DonnellJim KarvellasShea, Stuart. Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research, Inc., 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2019 6 Home, 44 Away 1969 7 Home, 45 Away 1970John GordonThornley, Stew. "John Gordon," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved November 24, 2019 John Kennelly & Charley Eckman 5 Home, 46 Away 1971 John Kennelly 6 Home, 45 Away 19728 Home, 44 Away 1973 1974 9 Home, 43 Away 1975 1976 1977 8 Home, 44 Away 1978 Brooks Robinson 8 Home, 42 Away 1979WMAR-TV 6 Home, 45 Away 1980 5 Home, 49 Away 1981 5 Home, 48 Away 1982WMAR-TVSuperTVChuck ThompsonTed Patterson Brooks RobinsonRex Barney 5 Home, 50 Away16 Home 1983 50 Away16 Home
YearChannelPlay-by-play announcersColor commentatorsSideline reportersStudio hostsStudio analysts1984 Home Team Sports Mel ProctorKent, Milton. "In language of broadcasting, Reghi is synonym for energy," The Baltimore Sun, Friday, February 28, 1997. Retrieved August 31, 2021 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 1993Home Team SportsMel ProctorJim Palmer or John LowensteinTom DavisTom Davis 1994 1995 1996Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan 1997Michael ReghiKubatko, 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 1998 Jim Palmer or Rick CeroneMoore, Scott. "Providing a Birds'-Eye View," The Washington Post, Sunday, March 29, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021Kent, Milton. "Cerone takes the high road on way out of booth," The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, November 17, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021 1999Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan"Mike Flanagan Joins MASN’s Orioles Broadcast Team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021 2000 2001Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic"HTS now Comcast SportsNet, adding sports news coverage," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Retrieved January 25, 2021 2002 2003Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez 2004Jim Hunter or Fred ManfraBrent HarrisBrent HarrisDave Johnson 2005 2006 2007MASNGary ThorneAmber TheoharisJim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey 2008 2009 Amber Theoharis or Mark Viviano 2010Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan Amber TheoharisJim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis 2011 2012Gary Thorne or Jim HunterJim Palmer or Mike Bordick Jim Hunter Rick Dempsey or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis 2013Jim 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) 2020Dubroff, 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. Scott Garceau, Kevin Brown or Geoff Arnold Ben McDonald or Mike BordickMelanie Newman or Brett HollanderBrett Hollander, Melanie Newman, Rob Long or Scott Garceau Mike Bordick or Dave Johnson 2021"Orioles announce 2021 broadcast team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Monday, January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.Scott Garceau or Kevin BrownBen McDonald or Jim PalmerBen McDonald or Jim Palmer 2022"Orioles announce 2022 broadcast information," Baltimore Orioles press release, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.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) 2023Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer or Dave Johnson (fill-in) or Brian Roberts (fill-in) or Brad Brach (fill-in) or Mike Devereaux (fill-in)"MASN adds three new broadcasters to its air," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Friday, June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer or Jason La Canfora 2024"Orioles announce 2024 broadcast team," Baltimore Orioles press release, Friday, February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.Kevin Brown (130 games), Ben Wagner (fill-in), Geoff Arnold (fill-in) or Melanie Newman (fill-in)Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander or Rob LongBen McDonald or Jim Palmer 2025Kevin Brown, Ben Wagner, Brett Hollander (fill-in), or Geoff Arnold (fill-in)Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer or Brian Roberts or Dave Johnson (fill-in)Melanie Newman or Rob Long 2026Kevin Brown or Ben WagnerBen McDonald or Jim Palmer or Brian Roberts (fill-in) or Ryan Ripken (fill-in) Melanie Newman or Rob Long
Radio
YearFlagship stationPlay-by-play #1Play-by-play #2Play-by-play #3Color commentatorsStudio hosts 1954WCBMErnie HarwellBailey Goss 1955Chuck Thompson 1956 1957WBAL Herb Carneal Larry Ray 1958 1959 1960Herb CarnealBob MurphyJoe Croghan 1961 1962Chuck Thompson Jack Dunn Bailey Goss 1963 Joe Croghan 1964Frank Messer 1965 1966Bill O'Donnell 1967 1968Bill O'DonnellJim Karvellas 1969 1970John Gordon Jim West 1971 1972 1973 Ted Patterson 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979WFBRTom Marr 1980 1981 1982 1983Jon Miller 1984 1985 1986 1987 WCBM Jack Wiers 1988WBALJoe Angel 1989 1990 1991Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Ken Levine 1992 Joe Angel 1993Fred Manfra 1994 1995 1996 1997Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002Jim Hunter 2003 2004Joe Angel 2005Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra 2006 2007WHFS-FMCarey, Dave. "Orioles radio moving to WHFS 105.7 FM," Washington Examiner, Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2022.Fred Manfra 2008 2009WJZ-FM"WHFS-105.7 Now WJZ-FM 105.7 "The Fan." All sports radio Baltimore," Washington Examiner, Sunday, November 2, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2022. 2010 2011WBALSharrow, Ryan. "Orioles games return to WBAL Radio," Baltimore Business Journal, Tuesday, February 8, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2022. 2012 2013 2014 Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter Dave Johnson 2015WJZ-FM"Orioles Return To CBS Radio," CBS Baltimore, Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2022. Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter 2016 Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra Mike Bordick 2017Jim 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 Geoff Arnold Kevin Brown, Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander 2021 2022WBALBrett Hollander, Melanie Newman or Scott Garceau 2023 2024Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman, Scott Garceau or Ben Wagner 2025Brett Hollander, Ben Wagner or Fred Manfra (fill-in) 2026Brett HollanderBen Wagner or Josh Lewin
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