Radio and Television
As of 2008, the Astros' flagship radio station is KTRH, 740AM. Milo Hamilton, a veteran voice who was on the call for Hank Aaron's 715th career home run in 1974, is the current play-by-play announcer for home games. Dave Raymond and Brett Dolan share play-by play duty for road games, while Raymond additionally works as Hamilton's color analyst. Milo Hamilton will be retiring at the end of the 2012 season, after broadcasting play-by-play for the Astros since 1985.
Spanish language radio play-by-play is handled by Francisco Romero, and his play-by-play partner is Alex Treviño, a former backup catcher for the club.
Astros games on television are commentated by Bill Brown and Jim Deshaies. Until the 2012 season, Astros games were broadcast on television by Fox Sports Houston, with select games shown on broadcast TV by KTXH. As part of a ten-year, $1 billion dollar deal with Comcast that includes a majority stake jointly held by the Astros and the Houston Rockets, Houston Astros games will move to the new Comcast SportsNet Houston at the beginning of the 2013 season.
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