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 Harrisburg - Lebanon - York - Lancaster, 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).
Year | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Color commentator |
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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 |
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]
State | Market | Frequency | Call Sign | |
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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 |