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based in

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. Its primary programming is broadcasts of

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home and away games to a network of 26 stations in

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, the Northwestern and Northern Tiers of

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, and the state of

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, having previously also had affiliates in

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. Previously, the broadcasts originated from WBEN through much of the team's history except for a period from 1971 to 1977 when WKBW was team flagship. WGR briefly carried games in the early 1990s. From 1998 through 2011, the Bills were flagshipped at WGRF, as well as other stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting. When Cumulus Media purchased Citadel in late 2011, it dropped Bills games from all of its stations at the end of the season. Cumulus never fully paid off the money Citadel owed for Bills games, instead eventually seeking to nullify the debt in January 2018 when the company went into bankruptcy. Entercom Communications and Galaxy Communications picked up the rights, restoring broadcasts to WGR for the 2012 season. During the time of the Bills Toronto Series, the station was carried on CJCL in

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. CHML in

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also briefly carried games in the late 2010s but dropped them after re-securing the rights to the team it had carried for much of its history, the

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. As of 2022, the Bills have no Canadian affiliates, though WGR is audible through much of Southern Ontario. The station added an affiliate in Wyoming in 2021,

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, mainly to allow Wyoming Cowboys football fans to follow Bills starting quarterback and Wyoming alumnus Josh Allen. KGAB dropped Bills games for the 2023 season. As of 2024, the Bills radio network lists two Wyoming affiliates.

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, formerly a Buffalo Destroyers play-by-play announcer who had most recently been studio host for the Bills' shows on MSG Western New York, is currently serving as play-by-play announcer, with former Bills offensive lineman Eric Wood as color commentator and WGR employee Sal Capaccio as sideline reporter. The network is an autonomous organization from the team, and is unique in that it, and not the team itself, was the main sponsor of the Bills'

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s, the Buffalo Jills, until that squad was disbanded due to legal disputes.

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was the voice of the Buffalo Bills from the team's inception until 2003, with the exception of 1972 to 1978, when WKBW controlled radio rights and Miller's TV employer, WBEN-TV (now WIVB), would not permit him to appear on WKBW broadcasts. Miller was succeeded by John Murphy, his longtime color commentator, when he retired from the booth after the 2003 season. Murphy suffered a stroke in January 2023 and formally relinquished play-by-play duties in May 2024. The Bills announced in July 2024 that the interim tag will be removed for Brown and he will become the primary play-by-play announcer of the Buffalo Bills.

Stations

Former affiliates

* WGNA/1460: Albany (1988-1989 seasons) * WBEN/930: Buffalo (1960-1971 seasons), (1979-1989 seasons), (1994-1997 seasons) * WKBW/1520: Buffalo (1972-1978 seasons) * WGRF/96.9: Buffalo (1998-2011 seasons) * WDNY/93.9: Dansville * WGY/810:

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(1991-1995 seasons) * CJCL/590:

* CHML/900:

* WRIE/1260: Erie * WXTA/97.9: Erie * WSPQ/1300: Springville * WWCB/1370: Corry *

/650: Laramie

Announcers

Play-by-play

(1960–1971, 1978–2003) * Al Meltzer and Rick Azar (1972–1977) * John Murphy (2004–2022) *

(2023–present)

Color analysts

*Ralph Hubbell and Dick Rifenburg (1960–?) *

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(1973–1977, 1990) *Don Gilbert (1978–79) * Stan Barron and Jefferson Kaye (1978–1983) * John Murphy (1984–1989, 1994–2003) * Greg Brown (1991–1993) * Alex Van Pelt (2004) * Mark Kelso (2006–2018) *

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(2020) * Eric Wood (2019, 2021–present)

Sideline reporters

* Jeff Burris (2006) *Paul Peck (2005, 2007–2008) *Rich Gaenzler (2009–11) *Joe Buscaglia (2012–2014) *Sal Capaccio (2014–present)

Studio hosts

*Rich Gaenzler (2004–2008) *Brent Axe (2009–2011) *Howard Simon (2004, 2012–2019) *Sal Capaccio (2012–2013) *Jeremy White (2012–present) *Nate Geary (2020–present) *Joe DiBiase (2020–present)

Engineers

*Greg Harvey (____- present) *Todd Broady (____- present) *Todd Large (_____- present)

References

External links

Official listing as of the start of the 2023 season.
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