Cleveland Guardians Radio Network
Radio broadcast network for Cleveland Indians major league baseball game coverage
The Cleveland Guardians Radio Network, branded for sponsorship purposes as the Cleveland Clinic 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; WTAM also relays its signal over a low-power FM translator. The network also includes 24 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania: fifteen AM stations, ten of which supplement their signals with low-power FM translators; seven full-power FM stations; and one HD Radio subchannel that supplement its signal with a low-power FM translator.
Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus currently serve as the network's play-by-play announcers. 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.
History
In May 15, 1948, the first broadcast took place 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.
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.
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 mornings
Note that not all network affiliates carry the latter two programs; co-flagship WTAM carries all originated network programming.
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Station list
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