Orioles spring training radio coverage

WBAL AM-1090, the flagship station of the Baltimore Orioles’ radio network, will cover 16 Orioles’ games during spring training. The list is below:

• Saturday, Feb. 23 vs. Minnesota Twins, 1:05 PM
• Sunday, Feb. 24 at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:05 PM
• Wednesday, Feb. 27 vs. Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM
• Sunday, March 3 vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1:05 PM
• Friday, March 8 at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
• Saturday, March 9 at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM
• Sunday, March 10 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:05 PM
• Wednesday, March 13 at Minnesota Twins, 7:05 PM
• Saturday, March 16 at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:05 PM
• Sunday, March 17 vs. Minnesota Twins, 1:05 PM
• Thursday, March 21 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
• Saturday, March 23 vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 1:05 PM
• Sunday, March 24 at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:05 PM
• Wednesday, March 27 vs. New York Yankees, 7:05 PM
• Thursday, March 28 vs. Tampa Bay Rays, 7:05 PM
• Saturday, March 30 vs. New York Mets, 12:05 PM

Courtesy of Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

Veteran Orioles’ radio broadcasters Joe Angel and Fred Manfra will be back calling the action from Florida again this year on WBAL and the Orioles’ radio network. Generally most network stations don’t carry the spring training games, however WBAL has a very strong signal that reaches various parts of the state of Maryland and even up and down the eastern seaboard. Most of the games will feature Angel and Manfra offering lineups at the top of the hour (five minutes prior to the game), and final statistics after the game has ended. However the games on March 21, 24, 27, and 28 will feature a full half-hour pre and post-game show.

After a four-year hiatus during which they were carried by WJZ-FM, the Orioles returned to WBAL in 2011. Speaking for myself, one thing that I missed was that there wasn’t as much pre and post-game coverage of games as there was on WJZ, however WBAL remedied that last season when they added a radio version of the Wall-to-Wall Baseball show with Tom Davis and former Oriole Dave Johnson immediately following the post-game recap. Presumably this will continue into 2013, with Davis and Johnson broadcasting their show live from Camden Yards after home games. In the interim however, fans can look forward to tuning into WBAL to catch Orioles’ action from Florida for spring training.