The Cincinnati Reds Radio Network is an American

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composed of 69 radio stations which carry

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coverage of the

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, a professional

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(MLB).

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station

WLW WLW (700 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WLW is a clear-channel station, often identifying itself as The Big One. WLW operates with around the clock. Its daytime signal provides ...

(700 AM) serves as the network's

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; WLW also simulcasts over a low-power FM

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. The network also includes 68 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio,

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and

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: fifty-three AM stations, thirty-nine of which supplement their signals with one or more low-power FM translators, and fifteen full-power FM stations. From 2007 through 2019,

Marty Brennaman Franchester Martin Brennaman (born July 28, 1942) is an American retired sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds on the Cincinnati Reds Radio Network. Known for his opin ...

and

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served as the network's primary play-by-play announcers. Brennaman announced in January 2019 that he would retire at the end of the 2019 season, his 46th calling Reds games. He broadcast his final Reds game on September 26, 2019. Brennaman was replaced by Tommy Thrall beginning with the 2020 season. Thrall had begun calling some games during the 2018 season, alternating with Brennaman and Brantley. In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on

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satellite radio and streams online via SiriusXM Internet Radio,

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, and MLB.com Gameday Audio.

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has naming rights of the network.

Programming

Play-by-play announcers Tommy Thrall,

call games on-site. All regular season and most spring training games are broadcast.

Station list

:Blue background indicates low-power FM

Network map(s)

References

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Programming

Station list

Network map(s)

See also

References