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			Chuck Thompson	Bailey Goss			26 Home, 31 Away
1956			Chuck Thompson	Bailey Goss			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		Herb Carneal	Bob Murphy	Joe Croghan			11 Home, 39 Away
1962	WBAL-TV	Chuck Thompson	Jack Dunn		Bailey Goss		4 Home, 46 Away
1963	WBAL-TV		Joe Croghan				6 Home, 44 Away
1964	WJZ-TV		Frank Messer				5 Home, 45 Away
1965							5 Home, 45 Away
1966				Bill O'Donnell[1]			8 Home, 43 Away
1967				Bill O'Donnell[1]			6 Home, 46 Away
1968			Bill O'Donnell	Jim Karvellas[2]			6 Home, 44 Away
1969				Jim Karvellas[2]			7 Home, 45 Away
1970				John Gordon[3]		John Kennelly & Charlie Eckman	5 Home, 46 Away
1971						John Kennelly	6 Home, 45 Away
1972						John Kennelly	8 Home, 44 Away
1973							8 Home, 44 Away
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	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	Jim Palmer or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1984	WMAR-TV	Chuck Thompson	Brooks Robinson
1985	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1985	WMAR-TV	Chuck Thompson	Brooks Robinson
1986	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1986	WMAR-TV	Chuck Thompson	Brooks Robinson
1987	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1987	WMAR-TV	Jim Simpson	Brooks Robinson
1988	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1988	WMAR-TV	Jim Palmer	Brooks Robinson
1989	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1989	WMAR-TV	Jim Palmer	Brooks Robinson
1990	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1990	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
1991	WMAR-TV	Jon Miller	Brooks Robinson & Scott Garceau
1992	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1992	WMAR-TV	Jon Miller	Brooks Robinson & Scott Garceau
1993	Home Team Sports	Mel Proctor	Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein	Tom Davis	Tom Davis
1994
1995
1996			Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[4]
1997		Michael Reghi	Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[4]
1998			Jim Palmer or Rick Cerone[5][6]
1999			Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[7]
2000
2001	Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic[8]
2002
2003			Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez[7]
2004				Brent Harris	Brent Harris	Dave Johnson
2005		Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra
2006		Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra
2007	MASN	Gary Thorne		Amber Theoharis	Jim Hunter or Tom Davis	Rick Dempsey
2008				Amber Theoharis
2009				Amber Theoharis or Mark Viviano
2010			Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[7]	Amber Theoharis	Jim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis
2011			Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[7]		Jim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis
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[9]		Scott Garceau, Kevin Brown or Geoff Arnold	Ben McDonald or Mike Bordick	Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander	Brett Hollander, Rob Long or Melanie Newman	Mike Bordick or Dave Johnson
2021[10]		Scott Garceau or Kevin Brown	Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer	Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander	Brett Hollander, Rob Long or Melanie Newman	Ben McDonald

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			Bailey Goss	Chuck Thompson
1956				Chuck Thompson
1957	WBAL		Herb Carneal	Larry Ray
1958
1959
1960		Herb Carneal	Bob Murphy	Joe Croghan
1961		Herb Carneal	Bob Murphy	Joe Croghan
1962		Chuck Thompson	Jack Dunn		Bailey Goss
1963			Joe Croghan
1964			Frank Messer
1965
1966				Bill O'Donnell[1]
1967				Bill O'Donnell[1]
1968			Bill O'Donnell	Jim Karvellas[2]
1969				Jim Karvellas[2]
1970				John Gordon[3]		Jim West
1971						Jim West
1972
1973						Ted Patterson
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979				Tom Marr
1980	WFBR
1981
1982			Tom Marr
1983		Jon Miller
1984
1985
1986
1987	WCBM		Jack Wiers[11]
1988	WBAL		Joe Angel
1989
1990
1991		Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson	Ken Levine[12]
1992			Joe Angel
1993			Fred Manfra[13]
1994
1995
1996
1997		Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002		Jim Hunter
2003		Jim Hunter
2004		Joe Angel
2005			Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra
2006			Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra
2007	WHFS		Fred Manfra
2008	WHFS
2009	WJZ-FM
2010	WJZ-FM
2011	WBAL
2012
2013
2014			Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter		Dave Johnson
2015	WJZ		Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter		Dave Johnson
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			Jim Hunter		Mike Bordick, Ben McDonald, Brian Roberts, Dave Johnson, or Gregg Olsen
2019		Jim Hunter	Kevin Brown
2020[9]		Geoff Arnold	Melanie Newman	Kevin Brown or Brett Hollander
2021[10]		Geoff Arnold	Melanie Newman	Kevin Brown or Brett Hollander		Rob Long

References

"Bill O'Donnell, the Baltimore Orioles' play-by-play announcer for 17...," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, October 30, 1982. Retrieved November 25, 2019
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
Thornley, Stew. "John Gordon," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved November 24, 2019
"William J. Clinton: Interview With Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, and Mike Flanagan of Home Team Sports in Baltimore - April 2, 1996".
Moore, Scott. "Providing a Birds'-Eye View," The Washington Post, Sunday, March 29, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021
Kent, Milton. "Cerone takes the high road on way out of booth," The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, November 17, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021
"Mike Flanagan Joins MASN’s Orioles Broadcast Team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021
"HTS now Comcast SportsNet, adding sports news coverage," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Retrieved January 25, 2021
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
"Orioles announce 2021 broadcast team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Monday, January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021
"Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports Hawaii Beat". archives.starbulletin.com.
"Entertainment & the Arts | Patter In The Outfield -- Diamond Prose -- Baseball Authors Step Up To The Plate | Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com.
"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.

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[bodonnellupi-1] "Bill O'Donnell, the Baltimore Orioles' play-by-play announcer for 17...," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, October 30, 1982. Retrieved November 25, 2019

[stuartsheasabr-2] 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

[sthornleysabr-3] Thornley, Stew. "John Gordon," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved November 24, 2019

[4] "William J. Clinton: Interview With Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, and Mike Flanagan of Home Team Sports in Baltimore - April 2, 1996".

[5] Moore, Scott. "Providing a Birds'-Eye View," The Washington Post, Sunday, March 29, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021

[6] Kent, Milton. "Cerone takes the high road on way out of booth," The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, November 17, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021

[mikeflanagan-7] "Mike Flanagan Joins MASN’s Orioles Broadcast Team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021

[8] "HTS now Comcast SportsNet, adding sports news coverage," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Retrieved January 25, 2021

[rdbb200718s-9] 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

[osradiotv2021-10] "Orioles announce 2021 broadcast team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Monday, January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021

[11] "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports Hawaii Beat". archives.starbulletin.com.

[12] "Entertainment & the Arts | Patter In The Outfield -- Diamond Prose -- Baseball Authors Step Up To The Plate | Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com.

[13] "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.