List of Cleveland Guardians broadcasters

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)

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.

Years are listed in descending order.^[5]

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.

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