Cleveland Guardians Radio Network

See also: List of Cleveland Guardians broadcasters
Cleveland Guardians Radio Network
TypeRadio network
Country
United States
HeadquartersCleveland, Ohio
Broadcast area
OwnerCleveland Guardians
Affiliation(s)MLB
Affiliates26 (including 2 flagships)
Official website
www.mlb.com/guardians/fans/radio-affiliates

The Cleveland Guardians Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 29 radio stations for the Cleveland Guardians, a professional baseball team in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cleveland sister stations WTAM (1100 AM) and WMMS (100.7 FM) serve as the network's two flagships;[1] WTAM also relays its signal over a low-power FM translator. The network also includes 24 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania: fifteen AM stations, eleven of which supplement their signals with low-power FM translators; seven full-power FM stations; and two HD Radio subchannels that supplement their signal with low-power FM translators.[2]

Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus currently serve as the network's play-by-play announcers.[3][4][5] In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on SiriusXM satellite radio; and streams online via SiriusXM Internet Radio, TuneIn Premium, and MLB.com Gameday Audio.[6][7]

History

In May 15, 1948, the first broadcast happened at Cleveland Municipal Stadium where the then-Indians met the Chicago White Sox where broadcaster Van Patrick called the game where the Indians won 7-1.[8]

Programming

Play-by-play announcers Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus call games on-site. Rosenhaus hosts Guardians Warm-Up, the network pregame show; and Hamilton hosts Guardians Wrap-Up, the network postgame show; both shows typically run 30 minutes each.[3]

Additional network programming includes the following:

  • Guardians Update, a daily drive-time segment anchored by Rosenhaus
  • Guardians Weekly, a weekly year-round show hosted by Rosenhaus; airs on Saturday evenings

Note that not all network affiliates carry the latter two programs; co-flagship WTAM carries all originated network programming.[3]

Announcers

Tom Hamilton
Lead/Postgame Secondary/Pregame
Tom Hamilton Jim Rosenhaus

Station list

Network stations as of the 2022 Cleveland Guardians season[2]
Callsign Frequency Band City State Network status
WTAM 1100 AM Cleveland Ohio Flagship
WMMS 100.7 FM Cleveland Ohio Flagship
W295DE 106.9 FM Cleveland Ohio WTAM relay
WAKR 1590 AM Akron Ohio Affiliate
W228EL 93.5 FM Akron Ohio WAKR relay
WFUN 970 AM Ashtabula Ohio Affiliate
WBNV 93.5 FM Barnesville Ohio Affiliate
WBLL 1390 AM Bellefontaine Ohio Affiliate
WBNO-FM 100.9 FM Bryan Ohio Affiliate
WQEL 92.7 FM Bucyrus Ohio Affiliate
WHBC 1480 AM Canton Ohio Affiliate
WTOH-HD2 98.9-2 FM Columbus Ohio Affiliate
W240CX 95.9 FM Columbus Ohio WTOH-HD2 relay
WJER 1450 AM Dover–New Phila. Ohio Affiliate
W265DL 100.9 FM Dover–New Phila. Ohio WJER relay
WEOL 930 AM Elyria Ohio Affiliate
W262DM 100.3 FM Elyria Ohio WEOL relay
WRIE 1260 AM Erie Pennsylvania Affiliate
W242CU 96.3 FM Erie Pennsylvania WRIE relay
WFIN 1330 AM Findlay Ohio Affiliate
W238CX 95.5 FM Findlay Ohio WFIN relay
WFOB 1430 AM Fostoria Ohio Affiliate
W289CP 105.7 FM Fostoria Ohio WFOB relay
WMAN-FM 98.3 FM Fredericktown Ohio Affiliate
WWSR 93.1 FM Lima Ohio Affiliate
WMAN 1400 AM Mansfield Ohio Affiliate
WMRN 1490 AM Marion Ohio Affiliate
WJAW-FM 100.9 FM McConnelsville Ohio Affiliate
WQIO-HD2 93.7-2 FM Mount Vernon Ohio Affiliate
W265DJ 100.9 FM Mount Vernon Ohio WQIO-HD2 relay
WLKR-FM 95.3 FM Norwalk Ohio Affiliate
WLEC 1450 AM Sandusky Ohio Affiliate
W228EN 93.5 FM Sandusky Ohio WLEC relay
WSPD 1370 AM Toledo Ohio Affiliate
W225AM 92.9 FM Toledo Ohio WSPD relay
W295CI 106.9 FM Urbana Ohio WBLL relay
WBTC 1540 AM Uhrichsville Ohio Affiliate
W270CI 101.9 FM Uhrichsville Ohio WBTC relay
WKBN 570 AM Youngstown Ohio Affiliate
  • Gray background indicates HD Radio broadcast.
  • Blue background indicates low-power FM translator.

Network map

Map
  • Cleveland Guardians Radio Network stations. Click on each marker to reveal details.
    •   Flagship stations
    •   Affiliates (including translators)

References

  1. ^ Hoynes, Paul (January 29, 2013). "Cleveland Indians, WTAM AM/1100 reach 5-year deal to broadcast games". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Guardians Radio Affiliates". Cleveland Guardians. MLB.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Broadcasters". Cleveland Guardians. MLB.com. 2022. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "Indians Radio Availabilities". MLB.com/Cle. Cleveland Indians. 2007. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  5. ^ Hoynes, Paul (August 22, 2013). "GM Chris Antonetti still looking to improve team before deadline". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
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  7. ^ "MLB.TV | Live Stream Baseball Games". Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians Box Score, May 15, 1948". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.