List of Seattle Mariners broadcasters
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Current broadcast team
- Ken Wilson (1977-1982, 2011-present)
- Rick RizzsRick RizzsRick Rizzs is an American sportscaster and is the lead radio voice for Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners.-Early life and career:Rizzs is a 1975 graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. From 1975 to 1980, he handled baseball play-by-play duties at the double-A level for...
(1983-1992, 1995-present) - Ken LevineKen Levine (TV personality)Ken Levine is a writer, director and producer in the television and film industry. Levine has worked on a number of television series, including M*A*S*H, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings, Everybody Loves Raymond, Becker and Dharma and Greg...
(1992-1994, 2011-present) - Ron FairlyRon FairlyRonald Ray Fairly is a former Major League Baseball player and broadcaster. He either played in or broadcast over 7,000 major league games from through .-College career:...
(1993-2006, 2011-present) - Dave HendersonDave HendersonDavid Lee Henderson , nicknamed Hendu, is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners , Boston Red Sox , San Francisco Giants , Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals . He batted and threw right-handed...
(1997-2006, 2011-present) - Dave ValleDave ValleDavid Valle is an American former professional baseball player and current television and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers from to ....
(1997-2006, 2011-present) - Jay BuhnerJay BuhnerJay Campbell Buhner , nicknamed "Bone", is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He was among the most recognizable players of his day, noted for his shaved head, thick goatee, and patch of pine tar on the right hip of his uniform...
(2002-2005, 2011-present) - Dave SimsDave SimsDave Sims is an American sportscaster. He currently is the television play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners, the radio play-by-play man for Sunday Night Football on Westwood One, and the host of Basketball and Beyond with Coach K on Sirius XM Satellite Radio...
(2007-present) - Mike BlowersMike BlowersMichael Roy Blowers is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and first baseman. He is an alumnus of Bethel High School in Spanaway, Washington, Tacoma Community College and the University of Washington...
(2007-present) - Dan Wilson (2011-present)
- Julio Cruz (Spanish language, 2002-present)
- Alex RiveraAlex RiveraAlex Rivera is a US film maker specialising in films about labor, immigration, and politics-Biography:Alex Rivera, was born in 1973 New York City, New York. His father is a Peruvian immigrant and his mother is an American citizen. Growing up as a bicultural youth in New Jersey, he took an interest...
(Spanish language, 2007-present)
Broadcast team alumni
- Ken BrettKen BrettKenneth Alven Brett was a Major League Baseball pitcher and the second of four Brett brothers who played professional baseball, the most notable being the youngest, George Brett.Ken played for 10 teams in his 14-year MLB career.Born in Brooklyn, Ken Brett grew up in southern California and was an...
(1986) - Nellie Briles (1985)
- Chip Caray (1993-1997)
- Bill FreehanBill FreehanWilliam Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...
(1979-1980) - Greg GumbelGreg GumbelGreg Gumbel is an American television sportscaster. He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network...
(1991) - Dave NiehausDave NiehausDavid Arnold Niehaus was an American sportscaster. He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the American League's Seattle Mariners from their inaugural season in until his death after the 2010 season. In 2008, the National Baseball Hall of Fame awarded Niehaus with the Ford C. Frick Award, the...
(1977-2010) - Tom PaciorekTom PaciorekThomas Marian Paciorek is a former Major League outfielder and first baseman for 18 seasons between 1970 and 1987...
(2001) - Amaury Pi-GonzalezAmaury Pi-GonzalezAmaury Pi-Gonzalez is a Spanish language Major League Baseball announcer. He is the only major league baseball announcer to have broadcast, in Spanish, for four major league teams. From 2003 thru 2006, Pi-Gonzalez was broadcasting for 2 teams in two separate leagues, SF Giants and Seattle Mariners...
(Spanish language, 2003-2006) - Don PoierDon PoierDon Poier was a sports play-by-play announcer who called telecasts of Pac-10 football and basketball games and was the radio and television voice for the Vancouver and Memphis Grizzlies.-Early life:...
(1981) - Billy SampleBilly SampleWilliam Amos Sample , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1978-1986. Sample played for the Texas Rangers , New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves ....
(1992) - Joe Simpson (1987-1991)
- Wes StockWes StockWesley Gay Stock is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, pitching coach and television commentator...
(1982-1983)
Radio broadcasts
Beginning in 2009, the Mariners' flagship radio station moves to ESPNKIRO (AM)
KIRO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington on the shores of Lake Union with 2 towers on Maury Island, broadcasting on 710 kHz in the AM radio spectrum...
710 AM (formerly KIRO), after previously being with the station from 1985-2002. Former flagship stations include KOMO
KOMO (AM)
KOMO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington. Its format is primarily news. From 2003 to 2008, it was also the flagship station of the Seattle Mariners Radio Network...
1000 AM (2003-2008) and KVI
KVI (AM)
KVI is a commercial radio station located in Seattle, Washington , broadcasting to the Seattle area on 570 AM. KVI currently airs Christmas music...
570 AM (1977-1984).
Television broadcasts
- Root Sports Northwest (FSNFox Sports NetThe Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of cable TV regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation.- Beginnings :...
formerly Northwest Cable Sports and Prime Sports Northwest; 1993 -present) - KSTW-TV 11 (CWThe CW Television NetworkThe CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
; 1981-1985, 1989-1992, 2000-2007) - KIRO-TVKIRO-TVKIRO-TV, virtual channel 7, is the CBS affiliate television station in Seattle, Washington. It broadcasts on digital channel 39. The station's offices and broadcasting center are located near Seattle Center in Belltown, and its transmitter is located on Queen Anne Hill...
7 (CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
; 1986-1988, 1990-1991, 1995-1999) - KING-TVKING-TVKING-TV, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with the NBC network. Owned by Belo Corporation, it broadcasts on UHF digital channel 48. Its offices and broadcasting center are located just east of Seattle Center...
5 (NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
; 1977-1980) - KONG-TVKONG-TVKONG, virtual channel 16, is a television station based in Seattle, Washington. Owned by the Belo Corporation, KONG's city of license is Everett, Washington...
16 (2011-present)