MLB 2014 Where To Watch And How To Listen: San Francisco Giants

This is  a new series of posts with the goal of providing the most in-depth information possible for where you can catch your favorite local MLB team broadcasts (for those who live outside of the local broadcast area, MLB offers subscriptions to mlb.tv).

San Francisco Giants

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Radio Broadcasts

KNBR 680 AM "The Sports Leader"

Commentators: Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper (play-by-play).  Kuiper replaces Jon Miller on the radio when games are televised on KNTV and vice versa (more on that arrangement later.)

KNBR, owned by Cumulus Media, consists of two AM radio stations in the San Francisco Bay area broadcasting a sports radio format.  The second station that uses the KNBR brand is KTCT 1050 AM. KTCT carries a separate sports format known as "The Ticket."

Television Broadcasts

KNTV Local Channel 12, Comcast Sportsnet (CSN) Bay Area

Channel Availability:

KNTV-12 (channel is a local NBC affiliate station.)

CSN Bay Area/CSN Bay Area+

DirecTV-CSN: 696 (HD/SD), CSN+: 697 (SD), 697-1 (HD)

Dish Network-419 (HD/SD)

Cable-check local listings for channels.  Channel is available on select cable providers.

Commentators: Duane Kuiper, Jon Miller (play-by-play), Mike Krukow (color analyst), Vida Blue, Shawn Estes (studio analysts), Eric Coscarelli, Amy Gutierrez (field reporters)

Giants telecasts are shown on both KNTV and CSN Bay Area.  The duo of Duane Kuiper (pronounced Kyper), and Mike Krukow (pronounced Krukoh), are affectionately known as "Kruke & Kype."  

When games are broadcast on KNTV, Kuiper and Miller switch places, with Kuiper going to the radio booth with Flemming and Miller in the TV booth with Krukow.
 

Tim Musick

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