List of Cleveland Guardians broadcasters
The Cleveland Guardians are currently heard on the radio via flagship stations WTAM (1100 AM) and WMMS (100.7 FM),[1][2] with Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus comprising the announcing team.[3] Televised game coverage airs on Bally Sports Great Lakes, with select games simulcast over-the-air on WKYC (channel 3).[4] Matt Underwood handles television play-by-play duties, with former Indian Rick Manning as analyst and Andre Knott as field reporter.
Longtime "Voice of the Guardians" Tom Hamilton - who has been calling Guardians games on the radio since 1990.
Rick Manning - who has served as the Guardians TV color analyst since 1990.
Matt Underwood - who has been a member of the Guardians broadcast team since 2000.
Herb Score - who was the longest tenured announcer in team history, serving 34 seasons as a member of the Indians broadcast team. (1964–1997)
Joe Tait - who spent 15 seasons as a member of the Indians broadcast team. (1973–1987)
Bruce Drennan - who spent three seasons as a member of the Indians broadcast team (1980–1982)
Jim Donovan - who spent three seasons as a member of the Indians broadcast team (2006-2008)
Years are listed in descending order.[5]
| Year | Radio | Commentators |
|---|---|---|
| June 28, 1946‡ | WGAR1 | Jack Graney and Bob Neal |
| June 28, 1946‡ | WJW5 | Earl Harper |
| June 28, 1946‡ | WHK | Don Campbell |
| June 28, 1946‡ | WTAM | Tom Manning |
| 1945 | no games covered because of radio network commitments[6][7] | |
| 1932-1944** | WHK | Jack Graney (partners included Gil Gibbions, Pinky Hunter and Lou Henry) |
| 1929-1931* | WTAM | Tom Manning |
Notes
- Gold shading indicates championship season.
- 1: WGAR became WKNR in 1990; currently home to WHKW.
- 2: WTAM became KYW in 1956, WKYC in 1965, WWWE in 1972 and reverted to the WTAM calls in 1996.
- 3: WXEL-TV became WJW-TV in 1955, WJKW in 1977, back to WJW-TV in 1985 and WJW in 1998.
- 4: WERE became WJMO in 2007.
- 5: WJW became WRMR in 1985 and WKNR in 2001.
- †: The majority of regular season games in 1948 originated over WJW-FM, which in turn fed a statewide network of stations.[8][9] WJW had arranged ABC Radio commitments prior to the season's start under the presumption that afternoon games would start at 3 p.m.,[10]: 95 but start times were abruptly moved to 2 p.m. with little advance notice.[11] WJW carried the one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox after team owner Bill Veeck prohibited WHK from carrying Mutual's nationwide network coverage.[12]: 168 WJW carried all games during the 1949 season after resolving all network commitments.[13]
- ‡: Four radio stations simultaneously covered the June 28, 1946 Indians game, which occurred shortly after the purchase of the team by Bill Veeck.[14] Permanent play-by-play was established at that point, with the games going to WGAR.[12]: 167–168
- **: Jack Graney replaced Ellis Vander Pyl as play-by-play voice for WHK several games into the 1932 season.
- *: Select home games were only covered by WTAM from 1929 to 1931, as Tom Manning also served as a field announcer at League Park.
References
- Guardians Radio Affiliates - Cleveland Guardians via MLB.com
- foxsports (2013-01-29). "Indians to remain on WTAM as flagship, adds WMMS as FM station". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- Current Guardians Announcers - Cleveland Guardians via MLB.com
- Indians Broadcast Schedule - MLB.com
- All-Time Tribe Broadcasters - Indians.com
- Offineer, Bee (July 4, 1945). "Where Is Radio Baseball?". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio: Knight Newspapers. p. 8. Retrieved October 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Doran, Dorothy (April 19, 1944). "Philharmonic To Air This Summer". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio: Knight Newspapers. p. 4. Retrieved October 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Offineer, Bee (May 16, 1948). "Baseball Fans Lose Patience". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio: Knight Newspapers. p. 14A. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Indians radio affiliates - Case Western Reserve University
- Shea, Stuart (2015). Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. Phoenix, AZ: SABR, Inc. ISBN 978-1-933599-41-0.
- Offineer, Bee (April 21, 1948). "Baseball Fans Do Slow Burn". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio: Knight Newspapers. p. 28. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Veeck, Bill; Linn, Ed (2001) [1962]. Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226027-21-0.
- Offineer, Bee (February 28, 1949). "Speculate On Godfrey Rivals". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio: Knight Newspapers. p. 9. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Cleveland No Longer Ball Desert; Indians, Percolators Get Together in 24 Hours" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 58, no. 27. July 6, 1946. p. 7. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via World Radio History.
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