The Mariners Radio Network is the name applied to the radio stations which carry
Seattle Mariners baseball games throughout Washington state.
Stations are listed by state, then city. All stations broadcast on the AM band unless otherwise noted.
The announcers for the 2010 season were
Dave Niehaus with
play-by-play from the bottom of the fourth through the bottom of the fifth and again from the top of the eighth until the end of the game and
Rick Rizzs with
play-by-play starting from the top of the first through the top of the fourth and again for the sixth and seventh innings. If the Mariners went to extra innings, Niehaus did the odd innings and Rizzs did the even innings. Niehaus died on November 10, 2010. For the 2011 season, Rizzs teamed with a rotating group of former Mariners announcers and players, including
Ron Fairly,
Ken Wilson,
Ken Levine,
Dave Valle
David Valle (; born October 30, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers from to . He attended ...
, and
Dan Wilson; this lineup was again used in the 2012 season.
Aaron Goldsmith
Aaron Goldsmith (born August 29, 1983, in Wichita, Kansas) is an American sportscaster.
Goldsmith does some of the lead play-by-play on selected games for Root Sports Northwest during the Mariners baseball season. Goldsmith also does selected ...
joined Rizzs as the club's radio announcing team at the start of the 2013 season.
Flagship history
With the start of the 2009 season, the network's
flagship station
In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalt ...
is once again
KIRO-AM (710 ESPN Seattle), which became an affiliate of
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN". ...
in April 2009. Rival station
KOMO AM 1000 had the broadcast rights for six seasons (2003-08). The original flagship station for the franchise was
KVI-AM 570, which carried the broadcasts for the M's first eight seasons (1977-84) and the
Seattle Pilots
The Seattle Pilots were an American professional baseball, professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington during the 1969 Major League Baseball season. During their single-season existence, the Pilots played their ho ...
' only season (1969). KIRO's first run as the flagship station was for eighteen seasons (1985-2002).
The Seattle Times
- "Seattle Mariners broadcasts returning to KIRO radio," - 2008-07-23 - accessed 2011-09-14
Stations
Washington
See also
* List of XM Satellite Radio channels
* List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
References
{{Sports networks in the United States
Seattle Mariners
Major League Baseball on the radio
Sports radio networks in the United States