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 analysts Dennis Pitta (Baltimore Ravens TE 2010–2016) and Obafemi Ayanbadejo (Baltimore Ravens RB 1999–2001). 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, but games may occasionally be broadcast on WBAL (Sunday Night Football and simulcasts of games on cable) or WBFF-TV (also Thursday Night Football).

Radio announcers
Year Flagship station Play-by-play Color commentator
2020[2] WBAL, WIYY Gerry Sandusky Dennis Pitta, Obafemi Ayanbadejo
2019[3] Jarret Johnson
2018[4] Dennis Pitta, Jarret Johnson, Justin Forsett (away sideline reporter), Kirk McEwen (home sideline reporter)
2017[5] 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[6] 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

Ravens radio broadcasts air on twenty stations spanning five states and the District of Columbia (updated as of September 13, 2020).[7]

Map of radio affiliates.
Terrestrial Affiliates
State Market Frequency Call Sign
Maryland Baltimore 1090 AM WBAL (co-flagship)
97.9 FM WIYY (co-flagship)
Annapolis 1430 AM WNAV
Cambridge 1240 AM WCEM
106.3 FM WCEM
Chestertown 1530 AM WCTR
Cumberland 1230 AM WCMD
Hagerstown 1490 AM WARK
Pocomoke City 106.1 FM WBBX
Salisbury 960 AM WTGM
Thurmont 1450 AM WTHU
Westminster 1470 AM WTTR
Washington, D.C. 101.1 FM WWDC
104.7 FM WONK
Delaware Rehoboth Beach 92.7 FM WGMD
Wilmington 1290 AM WWTX
Kentucky Louisville 93.9 FM WLCL
Pennsylvania Williamsport 1050 AM WLYC
York 910 AM WSBA
West Virginia Keyser 1390 AM WKLP

References
  1. "Comcast SportsNet will no longer partner with Ravens". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. Mink, Ryan. "Dennis Pitta, Femi Ayanbadejo on Ravens' 2020 Broadcast Team," BaltimoreRavens.com, Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  3. Brown, Clifton. "Jarret Johnson Named Full-Time Radio Analyst for 2019 Season," BaltimoreRavens.com, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  4. Mink, Ryan. "Three Former Ravens Join Radio Broadcast Team This Season," BaltimoreRavens.com, Monday, July 30, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  5. Mink, Ryan. "Four Former Ravens Will Join Broadcast Booth This Season," BaltimoreRavens.com, Friday, August 25, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  6. "Getting ready to talk the talk," Washington Examiner, Thursday, September 7, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2020
  7. Baltimore Ravens 2020 Media Guide (information on page 493). Retrieved September 22, 2020
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