Orioles/WBAL Agree to Multi-Year Deal

[BamaOsFan]

North Alabama here and could on rare occasions (when the stars aligned) pick up WTOP Washington. Never WBAL.

[Odenton O]

I like having the games on AM. There are too many places even just in Maryland where I can't pick up 105.7 in the car. My mother-in-law lives in Rockville, and just driving to her house meant losing the signal when the game was being broadcast on FM. AM signal doesn't sound great, but at elast I can pick it up most places.

[jmehta]

I used to listen to Orioles game on Cape Cod on WBAL when we went on vacation growing up. Can still remember one from 89 against the Tigers, I think, when they used 3 starters for 3 innings each, and then won it in the 10th with presumably Olson closing it out -- anyone remember that one?

In any case, now I live in Boston and it was nice when they moved back to WBAL a few years ago -- can listen to the first few innings on the radio coming home from work...

[mdbdotcom]

I used to listen to Orioles game on Cape Cod on WBAL when we went on vacation growing up. Can still remember one from 89 against the Tigers, I think, when they used 3 starters for 3 innings each, and then won it in the 10th with presumably Olson closing it out -- anyone remember that one?

In any case, now I live in Boston and it was nice when they moved back to WBAL a few years ago -- can listen to the first few innings on the radio coming home from work...

If my magic 8-ball is correct, you were a pretty good LHP in high school.

[jmehta]

They compared me to Jeff Ballard. I'm not sure that was a compliment. Who is this?

[mdbdotcom]

They compared me to Jeff Ballard. I'm not sure that was a compliment. Who is this?

I sent you a private message.

[scOtt]

If my magic 8-ball is correct, you were a pretty good LHP in high school.

They compared me to Jeff Ballard. I'm not sure that was a compliment. Who is this?

Small world. That's cool.

[SurhoffRules]

As a 50,000-watt clear-channel station, WBAL is the most powerful station in Maryland. Its directional nighttime signal covers most of the eastern half of North America, and reaches as far as Nova Scotia and Bermuda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAL_(AM)

[Fan4Life]

I remember picking up WBAL on an evening drive from Syracuse to NYC.

I routinely have listened to Orioles games on WBAL down here in Myrtle Beach, SC. Obviously the weather determines how enjoyable the experience will be. Now that MLB.tv exists, I don't have to worry about it.

[scOtt]

I routinely have listened to Orioles games on WBAL down here in Myrtle Beach, SC. Obviously the weather determines how enjoyable the experience will be. Now that MLB.tv exists, I don't have to worry about it.

I'm 70 miles NW over one too many mountains to get WBAL. Oddly I can hear the O's on NYY's flagship station out of NYC when we play them. Clear as a bell.

[Redskins Rick]

I'm 70 miles NW over one too many mountains to get WBAL. Oddly I can hear the O's on NYY's flagship station out of NYC when we play them. Clear as a bell.

AM Radio waves are like that, sometimes you are too close for the bounce and out of range without it.

[olehippi]

WBALCashMoney!

Now DD can make those big deals.

Good for you folks up north, WBAL is a good home for the O's.

Down south, too. Back in the 80s when I was traveling around North and South Carolina, I could pick up WBAL and Orioles games at night. Just can't hear it at night where I live now.....about 15 miles from the damned transmission tower!

[olehippi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAL_(AM)

Yeah...great. But it won't reach 15 miles to my house after dusk. They cut broadcast power going west at night because of some station on the same frequesncy in Ohio or somewhere.

[Bosibus]

I would recommend everyone the MLB at bat app. I think its $15 to listen to every game for every team all year long.

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[mdbdotcom]

I would recommend everyone the MLB at bat app. I think its $15 to listen to every game for every team all year long.

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Since I live in Florida, I sign up for mlb.tv. It's about $80 for the season and includes the At Bat app. Since I'm not in BMore, I get to see some games that are blacked out up there. And if I'm out and about I listen to the O's on my phone with the app.