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composed of 39 radio stations for the

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, a professional

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sister stations WTAM () and WMMS () serve as the network's two

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s; WTAM also relays its signal over a low-power FM

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. The network also includes 26

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s in the U.S. states of

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: seventeen AM stations, eleven of which supplement their signals with low-power FM translators, eight full-power FM stations and one HD Radio subchannel that supplements its signal with a low-power FM translator. Tom Hamilton and

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currently serve as the network's play-by-play announcers. In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on

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History

In May 15,

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, the first broadcast happened at Cleveland Municipal Stadium where the then-Indians met the

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where broadcaster Van Patrick called the game where the Indians won 7-1.

Programming

Play-by-play announcers Tom Hamilton and

call games on-site. Rosenhaus hosts ''Guardians Warm-Up'', the network pregame show; and Hamilton hosts ''Guardians Wrap-Up'', the network postgame show; both shows typically run 30 minutes each. Additional network programming includes the following: *''Guardians Update'', a daily drive-time segment anchored by Rosenhaus *''Guardians Weekly'', a weekly year-round show hosted by Rosenhaus; airs on Saturday evenings Note that not all network affiliates carry the latter two programs; co-flagship WTAM carries all originated network programming.

Announcers

Station list

*Asterisk (*) indicates

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broadcast. *Blue background indicates low-power FM

Network map

References

External links

Guardians Radio NetworkSiriusXM.com: Cleveland GuardiansTuneIn.com: Cleveland GuardiansMLB.com Gameday Audio
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