James Dennis Hunter (born 1959) is a

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, most recently with the

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. His 24-year tenure with the team began in

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. Hunter announced that the Orioles were not renewing his contract via Twitter on January 22, 2021. Jim Hunter 2009

Biography

Hunter was with

CBS Radio CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadc ...

Sports from 1982 to 1996. While with CBS Radio he called the baseball '' 'Game of the Week''' from

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to the end of his tenure there, as well as numerous postseason series. He was also a studio announcer for CBS Radio during the

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and

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Olympic Winter Games. He is the host of O's Extra as well as calling select play-by-play games and is a former lead voice of the Orioles. He called

MASN The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between two Major League Baseball franchises, the Baltimore Orioles (which owns a controlling 77% interest) and the Washington Nationals (which ...

's coverage of college football and basketball. Hunter graduated from St. John Vianney High School in

Holmdel Township, New Jersey Holmdel Township (usually shortened to Holmdel) is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region, being within the regional and cultural influence of the Raritan Baysh ...

in 1977, and was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. He graduated from

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan un ...

in 1982 and was active in the school's radio station,

WSOU WSOU (89.5 FM) is a non-commercial, college radio station. The station broadcasts from the campus of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. It is a student-run station with university administrator Mark Maben serving as its curren ...

. Hunter also attended

Brookdale Community College Brookdale Community College is a public community college in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1967, the college also has regional locations in Neptune Township, ...

. Hunter lives in

Fallston, Maryland Fallston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,958 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 8,427 in 2000. Fallston is a semi-rural community c ...

with his wife Bonnie; they have three children.MASN News & Information: Jim Hunter
Retrieved 2014-10-26.

References

External links

Jim Hunter's bio at the Orioles official website
Seton Hall University alumni Brookdale Jersey Blues baseball players Baltimore Orioles announcers Baltimore Ravens announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Living people National Football League announcers College football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Olympic Games broadcasters Mid-Atlantic Sports Network Brookdale Community College alumni People from Fallston, Maryland St. John Vianney High School (New Jersey) alumni 1959 births {{US-radio-bio-stub