Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network

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The Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network consists of 15 stations (12 AM, 3 FM) in 5 Canadian provinces broadcasting the team's games in English.

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From 2018 to 2020, the radio team consisted of play-by-play announcers Ben Wagner and Mike Wilner. Wagner succeeded longtime radio announcer Jerry Howarth following the latter's retirement, while former radio analyst Joe Siddall moved to the television pregame show.

At the start of the 2021 season, the radio broadcasts consisted of a simulcast of the audio from the Sportsnet television broadcasts of Blue Jays games, featuring play-by-play announcer Dan Shulman and colour analysts Buck Martinez and Pat Tabler, with Rob Wong and Shoaib Ali serving as on-air hosts. [1] [2] The simulcasts continued through the end of July when the Blue Jays began playing home games at the Rogers Centre again after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were eased, allowing the team to once again host home games in Toronto, with Ben Wagner returning to play-by-play. [3] In 2023 it was announced that away games would be called remotely from Sportsnet's studio in downtown Toronto, a practice that has continued into the 2025 season. [4]

On November 29th, 2023, it was announced that Ben Wagner had been let go by Sportsnet in a move that Howarth called "embarrassing". [5] On February 13th, 2024, it was announced that Ben Shulman, the son of television play-by-play man Dan Shulman, would be taking over radio play-by-play with former MLB pitcher, Chris Leroux, joining Shulman as the colour commentator. [6]

Stations

The current stations broadcasting Blue Jays games are as follows: [7]

Alberta (2 stations)

British Columbia (2 stations)

Nova Scotia (1 station)

Ontario (8 stations)

Saskatchewan (1 station)

Former affiliates (17 stations)

References

  1. "Blue Jays fans and Sportsnet's on-air crews get set for a controversial broadcasting experiment". Canadian Press. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. Chisholm, Gregor (February 26, 2021). "Sportsnet cuts Blue Jays radio broadcast for 2021, will simulcast TV coverage over airwaves". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. "Heads up, baseball fans: the Blue Jays will have dedicated radio broadcasts again". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  4. Gregory Strong. "Sportsnet says Blue Jays road games will be called remotely on radio". cbc.ca. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  5. Rob Longley. "'EMBARRASSING': Legendary Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth rips Rogers for Ben Wagner's dismissal". torontosun.com. Toronto Sun. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  6. Gilbert Ngabo. "Ben Shulman takes over as Sportsnet radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Blue Jays". thestar.com. Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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