List of Baltimore Orioles broadcasters

Television

Year Channel Play-by-play #1 Play-by-play #2 Play-by-play #3 Color commentators Studio hosts Telecasts
1954 WMAR-TV/WAAM Ernie Harwell Bailey Goss Howie Williams 29 Home, 30 Away
1955 WMAR-TV/WAAM Ernie Harwell Chuck Thompson Bailey Goss 26 Home, 31 Away
1956 WMAR-TV/WAAM Ernie Harwell Chuck Thompson Bailey Goss 26 Home, 33 Away
1957 WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV Ernie Harwell Herb Carneal[1] Larry Ray 21 Home, 37 Away
1958 WJZ-TV Ernie Harwell Herb Carneal 21 Home, 32 Away
1959 WJZ-TV Ernie Harwell Herb Carneal 21 Home, 33 Away
1960 WJZ-TV Herb Carneal Bob Murphy[2] Joe Croghan 11 Home, 35 Away
1961 WJZ-TV Herb Carneal[1] Bob Murphy,[2] Joe Croghan 11 Home, 39 Away
1962 WBAL-TV Chuck Thompson Jack Dunn Bailey Goss 4 Home, 46 Away
1963 WBAL-TV Chuck Thompson Joe Croghan 6 Home, 44 Away
1964 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Frank Messer[3] 5 Home, 45 Away
1965 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Frank Messer 5 Home, 45 Away
1966 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Frank Messer Bill O'Donnell[4] 8 Home, 43 Away
1967 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Frank Messer[3] Bill O'Donnell 6 Home, 46 Away
1968 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Jim Karvellas[5] 6 Home, 44 Away
1969 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Jim Karvellas[5] 7 Home, 45 Away
1970 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell John Gordon[6] John Kennelly & Charlie Eckman 5 Home, 46 Away
1971 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell John Gordon John Kennelly 6 Home, 45 Away
1972 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell John Gordon[6] John Kennelly 8 Home, 44 Away
1973 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell 8 Home, 44 Away
1974 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell 9 Home, 43 Away
1975 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell 9 Home, 43 Away
1976 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell 9 Home, 43 Away
1977 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell 8 Home, 44 Away
1978 WJZ-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Brooks Robinson 8 Home, 42 Away
1979 WMAR-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Brooks Robinson 6 Home, 45 Away
1980 WMAR-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Brooks Robinson 5 Home, 49 Away
1981 WMAR-TV Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Brooks Robinson 5 Home, 48 Away
1982 WMAR-TV
SuperTV
Chuck Thompson
Ted Patterson
Bill O'Donnell[4] Brooks Robinson
Rex Barney
5 Home, 50 Away
16 Home
1983 WMAR-TV
SuperTV
Chuck Thompson
Ted Patterson
Brooks Robinson
Rex Barney
50 Away
16 Home
Year Channel Play-by-play announcers Color commentators Sideline reporters Studio hosts Studio analysts
1984 Home Team Sports Mel Proctor[7] 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 Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein Tom Davis Tom Davis
1994 Home Team Sports Mel Proctor Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein Tom Davis Tom Davis
1995 Home Team Sports Mel Proctor Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein Tom Davis Tom Davis
1996 Home Team Sports Mel Proctor[7] Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[8] Tom Davis Tom Davis
1997 Home Team Sports Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[9] Tom Davis Tom Davis
1998 Home Team Sports Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Rick Cerone [10] Tom Davis Tom Davis
1999 Home Team Sports Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[9] Tom Davis Tom Davis
2000 Home Team Sports Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan Tom Davis Tom Davis
2001 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic[11] Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan Tom Davis Tom Davis
2002 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[9] Tom Davis Tom Davis
2003 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez[12]
2004 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Michael Reghi Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez Brent Harris Brent Harris Dave Johnson
2005 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez Brent Harris Brent Harris Dave Johnson
2006 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez Brent Harris Brent Harris Dave Johnson
2007 MASN Gary Thorne Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez Amber Theoharis Jim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2008 MASN Gary Thorne Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez Amber Theoharis Jim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2009 MASN Gary Thorne Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez Amber Theoharis or Mark Viviano Jim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2010 MASN Gary Thorne Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[9] Amber Theoharis Jim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis Rick Dempsey
2011 MASN Gary Thorne Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan Jim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis Rick Dempsey
2012 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick Jim Hunter Rick Dempsey or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis
2013 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick Jim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2014 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick Jim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2015 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick Jim Hunter or Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2016 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick or Brian Roberts (select games) Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2017 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2018 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick or Ben McDonald (fill-in) Tom Davis Rick Dempsey
2019 MASN Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter (fill-in) 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) Rick Dempsey
2020[13] MASN Scott Garceau, Kevin Brown or Geoff Arnold Ben McDonald or Mike Bordick Melanie Newman Brett Hollander or Rob Long Mike Bordick or Dave Johnson

Radio

Year Flagship station Play-by-play #1 Play-by-play #2 Play-by-play #3 Color commentators Studio hosts
1954 WCBM Ernie Harwell Bailey Goss
1955 WCBM Ernie Harwell Chuck Thompson Bailey Goss
1956 WCBM Ernie Harwell Chuck Thompson Bailey Goss
1957 WBAL Ernie Harwell Herb Carneal[1] Larry Ray
1958 WBAL Ernie Harwell Herb Carneal
1959 WBAL Ernie Harwell Herb Carneal
1960 WBAL Herb Carneal Bob Murphy[2] Joe Croghan
1961 WBAL Herb Carneal[1] Bob Murphy[2] Joe Croghan
1962 WBAL Chuck Thompson Jack Dunn Bailey Goss
1963 WBAL Chuck Thompson Joe Croghan
1964 WBAL Chuck Thompson Frank Messer[3]
1965 WBAL Chuck Thompson Frank Messer
1966 WBAL Chuck Thompson Frank Messer Bill O'Donnell[4]
1967 WBAL Chuck Thompson Frank Messer[3] Bill O'Donnell
1968 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Jim Karvellas[5]
1969 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Jim Karvellas[5]
1970 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell John Gordon[6] Jim West
1971 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell John Gordon Jim West
1972 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell John Gordon[6]
1973 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Ted Patterson
1974 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Ted Patterson
1975 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Ted Patterson
1976 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Ted Patterson
1977 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Ted Patterson
1978 WBAL Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Ted Patterson
1979 WFBR Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Tom Marr[14]
1980 WFBR Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Tom Marr
1981 WFBR Chuck Thompson Bill O'Donnell Tom Marr
1982 WFBR Chuck Thompson Tom Marr Bill O'Donnell[4]
1983 WFBR Jon Miller Tom Marr
1984 WFBR Jon Miller Tom Marr
1985 WFBR Jon Miller Tom Marr
1986 WFBR Jon Miller Tom Marr[14]
1987 WCBM Jon Miller Jack Wiers[15]
1988 WBAL Jon Miller Joe Angel
1989 WBAL Jon Miller Joe Angel
1990 WBAL Jon Miller Joe Angel
1991 WBAL Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Ken Levine[16]
1992 WBAL Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Joe Angel
1993 WBAL Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra[17]
1994 WBAL Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
1995 WBAL Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
1996 WBAL Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
1997 WBAL Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
1998 WBAL Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
1999 WBAL Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
2000 WBAL Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
2001 WBAL Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson Fred Manfra
2002 WBAL Jim Hunter Fred Manfra
2003 WBAL Jim Hunter Fred Manfra
2004 WBAL Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2005 WBAL Joe Angel Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra
2006 WBAL Joe Angel Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra
2007 WHFS Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2008 WHFS Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2009 WJZ-FM Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2010 WJZ-FM Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2011 WBAL Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2012 WBAL Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2013 WBAL Joe Angel Fred Manfra
2014 WBAL Joe Angel Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter Dave Johnson
2015 WJZ Joe Angel Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter Dave Johnson
2016 WJZ Joe Angel Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra Mike Bordick
2017 WJZ Joe Angel Jim Hunter Mike Bordick or Ben McDonald
2018 WJZ Joe Angel Jim Hunter Ben McDonald or Brian Roberts or Dave Johnson
2019 WJZ Jim Hunter Kevin Brown Ben McDonald or Brian Roberts or Dave Johnson or Mike Bordick
2020[13] WJZ Brett Hollander Geoff Arnold Melanie Newman Mike Bordick or Ben McDonald

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