As the 2016 baseball season starts today, only two teams will be doing so on new flagship stations.
Both of those are in Chicago where the White Sox left CBS Sports “670 The Score” WSCR for Cumulus News/Talk 890 WLS. That enabled CBS to exercise an option in their deal with the Cubs to move them to WSCR after just one year on News 780 WBBM. The only other team with a status change for their flagship is in Philadelphia where the Phillies will be heard exclusively on CBS’ Sports 94.1 WIP-FM while departing Sister Talk 1210 WPHT after a few years simulcasting on both.
Team Flagships By The Numbers:
Flagships By Band: AM Only: 17 FM Only: 10 AM & FM: 3
Flagships By Owner: CBS: 9 (Cardinals, Cubs, Nationals, Orioles, Phillies, Pirates, Rangers, Tigers, Yankees), iHeart 8 (Astros, Dodgers, Indians, Marlins, Mets, Rays, Reds, Rockies), Cumulus: 3 (Braves, Giants, White Sox) Entercom: 3 (Athletics, Red Sox, Royals), Bonneville: 2 (Diamondbacks & Mariners), Others: 1
Spanish Flagships: 18
Korean Flagships: 1 (Dodgers)
Teams Co-Owned With Flagship Station: 3 (Angels, Blue Jays, Twins)
While most teams radio networks are generally in their geographic zone, some teams have affiliates that stick out. Some that we noticed were the New York Yankees being heard on Sports “1490 The Jock” KXLQ Indianola IA and the Los Angeles Dodgers on “Lucky 1300” WSTA Charlotte Amalie in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Due to hometown favorite Kolten Wong, Pacific Radio Group Sports “ESPN 850” KHLO Hilo has picked up the St. Louis Cardinals broadcasts for this season.
Station List
Team | Flagship | Spanish Flagship |
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Arizona Diamondbacks | Bonneville Sports "Arizona Sports 98.7" KMVP-FM | Fiesta Radio Regional Mexican "La Mejor 1400" KSUN |
Atlanta Braves | Dickey Sports "680/93.7 The Fan" WCNN & Cumulus News/Talk "Newsradio 106.7" WYAY | |
Baltimore Orioles | CBS Sports "105.7 The Fan" WJZ-FM | |
Boston Red Sox | Entercom Sports 93.7 WEEI-FM | Costa Eagle Spanish News/Talk 1490 WCEC or News/Talk 1110 WCCM |
Chicago Cubs | CBS Sports "670 The Score" WSCR | |
Chicago White Sox | Cumulus Talk 890 WLS | Univision Spanish News/Talk 1200 WRTO |
Cincinnati Reds | iHeart News/Talk 700 WLW | |
Cleveland Indians | iHeart News/Talk 1100 WTAM & Rock 100.7 WMMS | |
Colorado Rockies | iHeart News/Talk 850 KOA | Amigo Multimedia Spanish News/Talk 1150 KNRV |
Detroit Tigers | CBS Sports "97.1 The Ticket" WXYT-FM | |
Houston Astros | iHeart Sports "Sportstalk 790" KBME | Latino Broadcasting 94.1 K231CN |
Kansas City Royals | Entercom Sports "610 Sports" KCSP | Entercom Regional Mexican 1250 KYYS |
Los Angeles Angels | Angels "AM 830" KLAA and ESPN "710 ESPN" KSPN | Lotus "ESPN Deportes 1330" KWKW |
Los Angeles Dodgers | iHeart Sports 570 KLAC | Univision Spanish News/Talk 1020 KTNQ Korean: 1540 KMPC |
Miami Marlins | iHeart Sports "940 The Sports Animal" WINZ | Univision Spanish News/Talk 710 WAQI |
Milwaukee Brewers | Scripps News/Talk 620 WTMJ | |
Minnesota Twins | Northern Lights Alternative "Go 96.3" KTWN-FM | Davidson Regional Mexican "La Raza" 1400 KMNV/1470 KMNQ |
New York Mets | iHeart News/Talk 710 WOR | ESPN "ESPN Deportes 1050" WEPN |
New York Yankees | CBS Sports 660 WFAN/101.9 WFAN-FM | Univision Spanish News/Talk 1280 WADO |
Oakland Athletics | Entercom Sports "95.7 The Game" KGMZ | Multiculutura Brokered 990 KATD/1010 KIQI (Weekends Only) |
Philadelphia Phillies | CBS Sports 94.1 WIP-FM | Multicultural Brokered 1680 WTTM |
Pittsburgh Pirates | CBS Sports "93.7 The Fan" KDKA-FM | |
San Diego Padres | BCA Sports "Mighty 1090" XEPRS | Uniradio "La Poderosa 860" XEMO |
San Francisco Giants | Cumulus Sports 680 KNBR | KTRB Trust "ESPN Deportes 860" KTRB |
Seattle Mariners | Bonneville Sports "710 ESPN" KIRO | |
St. Louis Cardinals | CBS News/Talk 1120 KMOX | |
Tampa Bay Rays | iHeart Sports "620 The Sports Animal" WDAE | Vision Communications "Genesis 680" WGES or ZGS "La Ley 1550" WAMA |
Texas Rangers | CBS Sports "105.3 The Fan" KRLD-FM | Liberman Spanish Sports "1540 ESPN Deportes" KZMP |
Toronto Blue Jays | Rogers Sports "Sportsnet 590" CJCL | |
Washington Nationals | CBS Sports "106.7 The Fan" WJFK |