Radio and Television
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Nashville Sounds broadcasters.During the opening season of 1978, Nashville 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. Nashville-native and future sports talk show host George Plaster served as a color commentator from 1980 to 1981 and 1985 to 1986. 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 NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and, later, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Steve Selby served as the voice of the Sounds from 1996 to 1999. He was joined on-air by fellow commentator Mike Capps for the 1997 season. Chuck Valenches replaced Capps as the assistant broadcaster in 1998 and was promoted to the role of lead broadcaster at the beginning of 2000. Stu Paul became the Sounds' play-by-play broadcaster for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Jeff Hem has been hired as the team's lead broadcaster beginning with the 2012 season. As of 2012, the majority of Sounds home and road games are broadcast on WPRT 102.5 FM. All games are broadcast online via the team website.
Sounds home games were regularly televised by WZTV from 1982 to 1992. A few games were also aired by WNPX in 1999. As of 2011, Sounds games are not broadcast on television. However, most games are streamed through the MiLB.TV subscription feature of the official website of Minor League Baseball, with audio provided by a radio simulcast. From 2005 to 2008, a monthly television program, called Sounds On Demand, aired throughout Middle Tennessee on Comcast cable channel 49, and was also available "On Demand" through Comcast Digital Cable programming. The 30-minute show, hosted by Chuck Valenches, featured player interviews, team news, tips from players on how to play the game, and other related content.
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