The

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...

Radio Network comprises 39 stations in five states and

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. Beginning in 2022, the Orioles' flagship station is once again WBAL/1090 AM and is joined by sister station

WIYY WIYY (97.9 FM, "98 Rock") is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by Hearst Communications and broadcasts a mainstream rock radio format. WIYY shares studios and offices with sister stations WBAL and WBAL-TV on Tele ...

/97.9 FM; a game conflict with the

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sees one station carrying the Orioles, and the other the Ravens. The contract is for six years. Jim Hunter calls

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for the majority of games, with ESPN broadcaster Kevin Brown stepping in for approximately 50 games. Hunter took the primary role calling Orioles radio broadcasts following the retirement of

Joe Angel Joseph Angel (born May 5, 1948) is a retired American sportscaster best known for calling play-by-play for several Major League Baseball teams, including 19 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles Radio Network. A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Angel i ...

, "The Voice of the Orioles" in 2004. All 162 regular-season

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games are currently broadcast throughout the network.

Affiliates

(Updated as of January 9, 2022.)

Delaware

District of Columbia

Maryland

North Carolina

Pennsylvania

Virginia

West Virginia

References

Radio Business Report article on WBAL reacquiring Orioles broadcasts
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