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| Type | Radio network |
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| Branding | The University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network |
| Country | |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
Broadcast area |
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| Owner | Cleveland Browns |
| Established |
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| Affiliation(s) | |
| Affiliates | 24 (including 3 flagships) |
| Webcast | Listen live (via TuneIn) |
Official website | Browns Radio Network |
The University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 24 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Cleveland Browns, a professional football team in the National Football League (NFL). Andrew Siciliano is the team's lead announcer, Nathan Zegura serves as commentator and Je'Rod Cherry is the sideline analyst/reporter.[3] Jim Donovan served as lead announcer following the team's return in 1999 until his retirement prior to the 2024 season.[4][5]
Since 2013, Cleveland market stations WKNR (850 AM), WKRK-FM (92.3 FM), and WNCX (98.5 FM) have served as the network's three flagships, an arrangement noted for competing ownership among the stations: WKNR is owned by Good Karma Brands, while WKRK-FM and WNCX are owned by Audacy, Inc. (formerly CBS Radio).[6] The network also includes 21 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York: ten AM stations, eight of which supplement their signals with a low-power FM translator, and eleven full-power FM stations.[7]
In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on satellite radio via Sirius XM and is available online via Sirius XM, TuneIn and NFL+.[8] The University Hospitals Health System of Cleveland, Ohio, has owned the naming rights to the network since the 2017 season.[9]
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- ^ DeNatale, Dave (August 29, 2024). "Jim Donovan stepping down as radio voice for the Cleveland Browns amid cancer battle". wkyc.com. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
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- "Cleveland Browns gain radio voice in Columbus". Crain's Cleveland Business. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- Legard, Ron (June 4, 2013). "Browns add two radio affiliates in Akron". Akron Beacon Journal. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
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- "SiriusXM Announces Programming for 2014 NFL Season". Investor.SiriusXM.com (Press release). SiriusXM. September 3, 2014. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- "NFL teams up with TuneIn on radio broadcasts". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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- ^ University Hospitals [@UHhospitals] (August 29, 2017). "The @Browns Radio Network is now the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network! Details here: http://bit.ly/2wlFekd #UHBrowns" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Twitter.