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TOM HAMILTON, the "Voice of the Indians," will enter his 18th season of calling Cleveland Indians baseball games on radio in 2007. In his 17 seasons since 1990, Hamilton has called 57 postseason games for the Tribe from 1994-99 and 2001, including all six (6) games from the 1995 World Series and all seven (7) games from the 1997 World Series.

Hamilton will be joined in the booth with Mike Hegan to provide commentary for all 162 regular season games and 20 spring training contests on WTAM News Radio, 1100 on the AM dial and the Indians Radio Network. Tom came to the Indians after spending three seasons as a broadcaster for the AAA Columbus Clippers, the top farm club of the New York Yankees.

Previously, Tom worked in Milwaukee, Appleton, Watertown and Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Some of his broadcasting credits include the University of Wisconsin football games, University of Colorado basketball games, the Appleton Foxes minor league baseball games and work for ABC radio. He is a four-time recipient of the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Award (1997, 2000, 2001, and 2004). During the off-season, Tom does television basketball broadcasts for the Big Ten Conference on ESPN.

Hamilton is a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin. He resides in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife, Wendy. The Hamilton's have four children; two boys, Nicholas and Bradley, and two girls, Kelsey and Katie.

MATT UNDERWOOD makes his TV booth debut calling the play-by-play with partner Rick Manning for 138 games on SportsTime Ohio. He has spent the past seven seasons as a member of the Tribe radio broadcast team and the last 13 seasons, from 1994-2006, as host of Indians Warm-up, the pre-game show heard on the Cleveland Indians Radio Network. He has also hosted the TV pre-game show for Indians baseball for nine seasons.

Matt spent 16 years in various capacities with local ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5. He continued that relationship for six years in a part-time role after joining the Tribe radio broadcast team for the 2000 season. He served as the station's sports

director from 1997-2000. In addition to anchoring the 6pm and 11pm sports, he also hosted the weekly half-hour show, Sports Sunday. Underwood also co-hosted a daily talk show on SportsRadio WKNR (1993-94).

The Ashland, OH native graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990. Matt currently resides in Avon Lake with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Max and Devan

MIKE HEGAN is in his 19th season as a Tribe broadcaster in 2007, teaming up with Tom Hamilton for a 10th straight year in the Indians radio booth to broadcast 182 games. He spent the past 18 years in the Indians TV booth.

Mike spent the past 18 seasons providing analysis for Tribe games on WUAB-TV43 and FSN Ohio as well as playing a part on the radio team the past 10 years. Prior to joining the Indians in 1989, he spent 12 seasons as a television announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers. Hegan played 12 years in the Major Leagues (1964-77) with the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Oakland Athletics. The former first baseman/outfielder represented Seattle in the 1969 All-Star Game and played on the 1972 World Championship Oakland Athletics team.

Mike is the son of former Indians catcher, Jim Hegan, who played with the Tribe for 14 seasons.

Mike and his wife, Nancy, reside in Hilton Head, S.C. They have two sons, Shawn and J.J. and four grandchildren.

Former Tribe center fielder RICK MANNING returns for his 18th full season as color commentator for all 158 Indians games this year on SportsTime Ohio and the Tribe's Regional Over-the-Air Network.

He began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the #1 selection in the 1972 June draft. The first 8 1/2 years of his 13-year major league career were spent in Cleveland (1975-1983) where he won a Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess. Manning was also selected as the BBWAA "Good Guy" award winner for the 1980 season. His numbers as a Cleveland Indian included a .263 average (1053-3997), 36 HRs and 336 RBI. Rick concluded his career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1983-1987) and posted a .257 career average, hitting 56 home runs and driving in 458 runs.

Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Chesterland, OH. He has two children, Kyle and Jessica, and two grandchildren.