Editing Toronto Blue Jays (section)

===Radio===
{{see also|Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network}}
The Blue Jays' former radio play-by-play announcer, [[Tom Cheek]], called every Toronto Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father—a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular-season games and 41 postseason games. Cheek later died on October 9, 2005, and the team commemorated him during their 2006 season by wearing a circular patch on the left sleeve of their home and road game jerseys. The patch was adorned with the letters 'TC', Cheek's initials, as well as a stylized [[microphone]]. Cheek is also honoured with a place in the Blue Jays' "Level of Excellence" in the upper level of the Rogers Centre; the number 4,306 is depicted beside his name. In 2008, Cheek received the third most votes from fans to be nominated for the [[Ford C. Frick Award]] for broadcasting excellence. Cheek finally received the Frick Award posthumously in 2013 after nine years on the ballot.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fordin|first=Spencer|title=Cheek's wife accepts Frick Award with moving speech|date=July 27, 2013 |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130727&content_id=54970258&c_id=mlb|publisher=MLB|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref>

Radio broadcasts of Blue Jays games originate from [[CJCL|Sportsnet 590 CJCL]] in Toronto, which, like the Blue Jays, is owned by Rogers Communications. After Cheek's retirement in 2005, [[Jerry Howarth]], who had been Cheek's broadcasting partner since 1982, took over as lead play-by-play announcer, with [[Mike Wilner]] as the secondary play-by-play announcer. During the 2007 to 2012 seasons, former Blue Jays catcher [[Alan Ashby]] was the colour commentator. Former Blue Jays pitcher [[Jack Morris]] served as the [[Color commentator|colour commentator]] during the 2013 season, after which he was replaced by former Montreal Expos catcher [[Joe Siddall]] since the 2014 season.

Former Blue Jays pitcher [[Dirk Hayhurst]] filled in for Morris for some games during the 2013 season.

Another former catcher for the Blue Jays, [[Gregg Zaun]], has served as the occasional colour commentator from the [[2011 Toronto Blue Jays season|2011 season]] until the end of the [[2017 Toronto Blue Jays season|2017 season]] when he was terminated amid accusations of improper conduct from several female employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/sportsnet-terminates-zaun-allegations-inappropriate-behaviour/|title=Sportsnet terminates Gregg Zaun after allegations of inappropriate behaviour|work=[[Sportsnet]]|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>

Following Howarth's retirement in the 2017 season, [[Ben Wagner]] was hired as the primary radio play-by-play announcer, splitting said duties with [[Dan Shulman]] and Mike Wilner.

In November 2020, Mike Wilner was laid off by the team.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 27, 2020|title=Sportsnet parts ways with veteran Blue Jays announcer Mike Wilner|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2020/11/27/sportsnet-parts-ways-with-veteran-blue-jays-announcer-mike-wilner.html|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref> In February 2021, it was announced that "in an effort to minimize travel and closely adhere to team, league, and government protocols related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|pandemic]]", all radio broadcasts for the [[2021 Major League Baseball season|2021 season]] will be a simulcast of the television broadcast. Wagner will assume an alternative role.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 26, 2021|title=Sportsnet cuts Blue Jays radio broadcast for 2021, will simulcast TV coverage over airwaves|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2021/02/26/sportsnet-release-tv-schedule-for-blue-jays-spring-training-games.html|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=February 27, 2021|title=Blue Jays become first MLB team without a dedicated radio feed|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/rogers-blue-jays-radio-simulcast-tv.html|access-date=February 27, 2021|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US}}</ref> However, once the Blue Jays returned to Rogers Centre in late July 2021, dedicated radio broadcasts resumed.

The Blue Jays have the largest geographical home market in all of baseball, encompassing all of Canada. Despite this, the number of radio stations that broadcast games is actually quite small. Only 18 radio stations across the country aired at least some Blue Jays games during the 2021 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/schedule/blue-jays-radio-network |title=Blue Jays Radio Network|website=Toronto Blue Jays|publisher=MLB |date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> which is fewer affiliates than most MLB teams, which have more stations covering smaller geographic areas.