- List of Cleveland Indians broadcasters
The
Cleveland Indians are currently heard on the radio onflagship station WTAM 1100 AM (with select games onWMMS ). Prior to their switch to WTAM, the team was heard onWKNR from 1992 to 1998, and on WWWE - currently WTAM - from 1973 to 1991.Tom Hamilton doesplay-by-play , with analysis byMike Hegan .On the television side, the club signed a multi-year deal in December 2005 to broadcast 20 games per year on
WKYC Channel 3, with the bulk of the remaining games aired onSportsTime Ohio , a new cable outlet owned by team ownerLarry Dolan . The games previously aired exclusively onFSN Ohio . Jim Donovan does play by play for WKYC, whileMatt Underwood handles the same duties for SportsTime Ohio. Thecolor commentator for both networks is former IndianRick Manning .Years are listed in decending order.
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+ Cleveland Indians broadcast outlets prior to 1947! Year! Radio! Commentators
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June 28 , 1946*** ||WGAR ³ ||Jack Graney and Bob Neal
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June 28 , 1946*** || WJW¹ ||Earl Harper
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June 28 , 1946*** ||WHK || Don Campbell
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June 28 , 1946*** ||WTAM ||Tom Manning
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1945 || || "no games covered because of radio network commitments"
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1932-1944** ||WHK ||Jack Graney (partners includedGil Gibbions ,Pinky Hunter andLou Henry )
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1929-1931* ||WTAM ||Tom Manning
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* ¹: WJW-AM became WRMR in 1985, and was vacated for
WKNR in 2001. The majority of games in the 1948 and 1949 season were covered on its FM sister station, WJW-FM, due to the AM station's programming commitments withABC Radio . Due to this, a statewide radio network was soon established, and more FM radio sets sold in Cleveland than in any other market in the country in 1948 [http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=R] . WJW-FM became WCJW in 1965, andWQAL in 1972.
* ²: WXEL-TV becameWJW-TV in 1955, WJKW in 1977, and back to WJW in 1985.
* ³: WGAR became WKNR in 1990; currently home toWHKW .*
* : Select home games were only covered by WTAM from 1929 to 1931, as Tom Manning also served as a field announcer atLeague Park .
*** : Jack Graney replacedEllis Vander Pyl as play-by-play voice for WHK several games into the 1932 season.
**** : Four radio stations simultaneously covered the June 28, 1946 Indians game, which occurred shortly after the purchase of the team byBill Veeck . Permanent play-by-play was established at that point, with the games going to WGAR.* WWWE later became WTAM, when the station returned to their original call letters in 1996 (WTAM 1923-1956; KYW 1956-1965; WKYC 1965-1972; WWWE 1972-1996; WTAM 1996-Present).
* WERE switched frequencies with current sister stationWJMO on June 3, 2007.
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