List of Baltimore Ravens broadcasters

The flagship radio stations of the professional American football team, the Baltimore Ravens, are Hearst-owned WIYY (98 Rock) and WBAL 1090 AM, with Gerry Sandusky (WBAL-TV Sports Anchor since 1988) as the play-by-play announcer and Rod Woodson (Baltimore Ravens CB-S 1998–2001) as the color commentator. Sandusky has been the primary voice since the ballclub changed flagship stations after the 2005 campaign. Long-time WMAR-TV sports director and anchor Scott Garceau and Tom Matte had previously formed the nucleus of the broadcast team for the franchise's first ten seasons.

The team's flagship station is WIYY/WBAL sister station WBAL-TV, which broadcasts NFL preseason games and team programming throughout the season. The programming is syndicated to WJLA-TV in Washington, WGAL in the HarrisburgLebanonYorkLancaster, Pennsylvania market, and until 2017, was carried through the remainder of the team's region by CSN Mid-Atlantic. In January 2017, the Ravens announced that it had cut ties with CSN Mid-Atlantic, as the network was cutting back on its day-to-day coverage of other teams in the region in order to focus more extensively on the Washington Capitals and Wizards—whose games are broadcast by CSN Mid-Atlantic, and whose owner holds a stake in the network. The team announced that it would seek a new partner; until 2010, these rights were held by MASN.[1]

The Ravens' regular season games are typically broadcast by WJZ-TV as part of CBS's rights to the AFC (also includes the 2024 Christmas Day game, which the NFL legally declared a CBS game that airs on primary market affiliates), but games may occasionally be broadcast on WBAL (Sunday Night Football or national non-ABC simulcast Monday Night Football because of Hearst ownership), WBFF-TV if the Ravens host an NFC team, and WMAR-TV (national ABC simulcast Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football because of Scripps ownership).

Radio announcers

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Year Flagship station Play-by-play Color commentator
2023 WBAL, WIYY Gerry Sandusky Rod Woodson
2022[2]
2021[3] Obafemi Ayanbadejo
2020[4] Obafemi Ayanbadejo, Dennis Pitta
2019[5] Jarret Johnson
2018[6] Dennis Pitta, Jarret Johnson, Justin Forsett (away sideline reporter), Kirk McEwen (home sideline reporter)
2017[7] Stan White, Dennis Pitta (games 1–4), Todd Heap (games 5–8), Justin Forsett (games 9–12), Jarret Johnson (games 13–16)
2016 Stan White, Qadry Ismail
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009 Stan White, Rob Burnett
2008
2007
2006
2005[8] WJFK, WLIF Scott Garceau Tom Matte
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997 Tom Matte, Bruce Cunningham (sideline reporter)
1996 Tom Matte, Bruce Cunningham

Radio network

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Ravens radio broadcasts air on nineteen stations (two in Spanish) spanning five states and the District of Columbia (updated as of July 25, 2022).[2]

Map of radio affiliates.
Terrestrial Affiliates
State Market Frequency Call Sign
Maryland Baltimore 1090 AM WBAL (co-flagship)
97.9 FM WIYY (co-flagship)
93.5 FM WTTZ-LP (Spanish)
Annapolis 1430 AM WNAV
Cambridge 1240 AM WCEM
106.3 FM WCEM
Chestertown 1530 AM & 106.9 FM WCTR
Cumberland 1230 AM WCMD
Hagerstown 1490 AM WARK
Myersville 106.9 FM WWEG
Pocomoke City 106.1 FM WBBX
Silver Spring 1050 AM WBQH (Spanish)
Westminster 1470 AM WTTR
Washington, D.C. 630 AM WSBN
Delaware Rehoboth Beach 92.7 FM WGMD
Seaford 98.5 FM WUSX
Kentucky Louisville 93.9 FM WLCL
Pennsylvania York 910 AM WSBA
West Virginia Keyser 1390 AM WKLP

References

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  1. ^ "Comcast SportsNet will no longer partner with Ravens". Baltimore Sun. 19 January 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Rod Woodson Joins Ravens Gameday Radio Team," BaltimoreRavens.com, Monday, July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ How To Listen To Baltimore Ravens Play-By-Play On 98 Rock (2021) – WIYY-FM 97.9 (Baltimore). Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  4. ^ Mink, Ryan. "Dennis Pitta, Femi Ayanbadejo on Ravens' 2020 Broadcast Team," BaltimoreRavens.com, Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Brown, Clifton. "Jarret Johnson Named Full-Time Radio Analyst for 2019 Season," BaltimoreRavens.com, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Mink, Ryan. "Three Former Ravens Join Radio Broadcast Team This Season," BaltimoreRavens.com, Monday, July 30, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  7. ^ Mink, Ryan. "Four Former Ravens Will Join Broadcast Booth This Season," BaltimoreRavens.com, Friday, August 25, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  8. ^ "Getting ready to talk the talk," Washington Examiner, Thursday, September 7, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2020