List of Nashville Sounds Broadcasters

List Of Nashville Sounds Broadcasters

The Nashville Sounds minor league baseball franchise has played in Nashville, Tennessee since its inception in the 1978 season. It was created as an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League, in which it competed through 1984. The franchise moved to the Triple-A American Association in 1985 and then to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 1998. This list, which is correct as of the 2012 season, documents radio stations and broadcasters that have presented Nashville Sounds games.

During the opening season of 1978, Sounds games were broadcast on WMTS 96.3 FM by announcer and station owner, Monte Hale. He died following the inaugural season, after which Bob Jamison was hired for the 1979 season. Jamison remained the voice of the Sounds through 1990 when he was hired as the radio broadcaster for the California Angels. For the 1991 season, the Sounds hired former Huntsville Stars and Iowa Cubs broadcaster Steve Carroll. After 1995, Carroll left to become the radio voice of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers and, later, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Steve Selby served as the voice of the Sounds from 1996 to 1999. Chuck Valenches, who began serving as assistant broadcaster in 1998, was the lead broadcaster from 2000 to 2009. Stu Paul was the lead play-by-play announcer for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Jeff Hem was hired as the team's lead broadcaster prior to the 2012 season. As of 2012, the majority of Sounds home and road games are broadcast on WPRT 102.5 FM.

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