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Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fie ...
are broadcast locally in Colorado on the radio and on both cable and over-the-air television.


Radio

The flagship radio station of the Rockies Radio Network is KOA 850 AM. Games are carried on the network in eight states. Jeff Kingery, who was with the team in the radio booth since its inaugural season in
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, retired at the end of the 2009 season after 17 years broadcasting Rockies games. Kingery is famous for his home run call, "that ball's going and it ain't coming back!" Kingery's long-time partner in the booth, Jack Corrigan, assumed primary play-by-play duties after Kingery's retirement. Corrigan's signature home run call is, "It's touch 'em all time!" Beginning with the 2010 season,
Jerry Schemmel Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster in Denver, Colorado working as a play by play radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies and for KFKA Radio in Greeley, CO, as the radio voice of the Unive ...
partnered with Corrigan, in the color commentator role (and calling middle innings while Corrigan did color). Prior to the 2020 season, Schemmel was dismissed and replaced with Mike Rice. In April of 2022 Mike Rice refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine and Jerry Schemmel returned to the Rockies radio booth. One of the two radio broadcasters will occasionally substitute for one of the television broadcasters if necessary.


List of radio announcers

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: 1993–94, pre- and postgame host * Jack Corrigan: 2003–present *
Wayne Hagin Wayne Hagin (born February 17, 1956) is an American sportscaster, best known as a radio play-by-play announcer for various Major League Baseball teams during his career. Born in Denver, Colorado, Hagin moved with his family to San Jose, California ...
: 1993–2002 *Jeff Kingery: 1993–2009 *Mike Rice: 2020–2022 *
Jerry Schemmel Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster in Denver, Colorado working as a play by play radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies and for KFKA Radio in Greeley, CO, as the radio voice of the Unive ...
: 2010–19 & 2022-Present


Television

Drew Goodman,
Ryan Spilborghs Ryan Adam Rene Jean Spilborghs (born September 5, 1979) is an American baseball broadcaster for AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain & SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio, and a former professional baseball outfielder. Baseball career College Spilborghs playe ...
and
Jeff Huson Jeffrey Kent Huson (born August 15, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball utility player. He is an alumnus of the University of Wyoming. Signed by the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canad ...
call the Rockies games on television. Goodman's home run call is, "take a good look, you won't see it for long!" As of 2023, Rockies pregame and postgame shows are handled by Jenny Cavnar, Kelsey Wingert, Marc Stout,
Cory Sullivan Cory Sullivan (born August 20, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, and Houston Astros between 2005 and 2010. Early life Sullivan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduate ...
and Ryan Lavarnway. Wingert, Cavnar and Stout also offer on-camera in-game commentary from the stands.
Ryan Spilborghs Ryan Adam Rene Jean Spilborghs (born September 5, 1979) is an American baseball broadcaster for AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain & SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio, and a former professional baseball outfielder. Baseball career College Spilborghs playe ...
sometimes calls games in the broadcast booth in the absence of Huson. Both Huson and Spilborghs will also occasionally appear on pregame and postgame shows. The Rockies cable television affiliate is
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain is an American regional sports network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit as part of the AT&T SportsNet brand of networks, and is an affiliate of Bally Sports. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, ...
. In previous years, over-the-air broadcasts were carried on KWGN-TV from
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, and on
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(Channel 20; UPN affiliate until 9/5/06, after which it joined MyNetworkTV) from
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.


List of television announcers


Play-by-Play

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: 1993–1995 *
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: August 3, 1993 (filling in for Charles Jones on KWGN-TV 2 telecast of Rockies at Cincinnati Reds) * Dave Armstrong: 1996–2001 * Drew Goodman: 2002–Present * Jack Corrigan: 2003–present (filling in for Drew Goodman) *
Jerry Schemmel Gerard H. Schemmel (born November 26, 1959) is an American sportscaster in Denver, Colorado working as a play by play radio announcer for Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies and for KFKA Radio in Greeley, CO, as the radio voice of the Unive ...
: 2010–19 & 2022–Present (filling in for Drew Goodman) * Marc Stout: 2017–Present (filling in for Drew Goodman) * Jenny Cavnar: 2018–Present (filling in for Drew Goodman)


Color commentators

* Duane Kuiper: 1993 * Dave Campbell: 1994–1997 * George Frazier: 1998–2015 *
Jeff Huson Jeffrey Kent Huson (born August 15, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball utility player. He is an alumnus of the University of Wyoming. Signed by the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canad ...
: 2006–present *
Ryan Spilborghs Ryan Adam Rene Jean Spilborghs (born September 5, 1979) is an American baseball broadcaster for AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain & SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio, and a former professional baseball outfielder. Baseball career College Spilborghs playe ...
: 2014–present


Beat writers

The Rockies also have beat writers who cover the team. The Colorado Rockies local beat writer for MLB.com is
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. The Colorado Rockies beat writer for the '' Rocky Mountain News'' was Tracy Ringolsby (1992–2008). Troy Renck covered the Rockies beat for '' The Denver Post'' from 2002 to 2013. Since 2014, the Rockies beat writers for the ''Post'' are Patrick Saunders and Nick Groke, who eventually left for The Athletic ahead of the 2018 season. DNVR Sports is the only other outlet with a daily beat reporter, originally using Drew Creasman before switching to Patrick Lyons following the 2021 season.


See also

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List of current Major League Baseball announcers The following is a list of current (as of the 2023 Major League Baseball season, 2023 season) Major League Baseball broadcasters for each individual team. Some franchises have a regular color commentator while others (such as the Milwaukee Brewers ...


References


External links


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