Thunder Radio Network

Matt Pinto: Radio Voice of the Thunder

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Oklahoma City Thunder radio broadcaster Matt Pinto is a veteran NBA play-by-play announcer who has been with the franchise since 2007. Pinto calls all Thunder games on the team's flagship station, WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM) and the Thunder Radio Network.

Prior to joining the organization, Pinto was in Los Angeles, where he served as the radio voice of the NBA's Clippers for two seasons. From 1997-2005, Pinto was on the Dallas Mavericks' broadcast team, serving as the radio play-by-play voice from 1997-2001 and the television voice from 2001-05. While in Dallas, Pinto also worked as a talk show host for KESN radio and was the play-by-play announcer of the NCAA Division IAA regional game of the week for The Football Network. In 1997, Pinto was named best play-by-play announcer for the state of Texas by the Associated Press.

From 1990-97, Pinto was the radio play-by-play voice of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, where he was recognized in 1992 as the Premier Sportscaster in North Carolina by the Charlotte Observer. Pinto was also the television play-by-play voice of UNC-Charlotte basketball games and was an occasional host of ESPN national sports talk shows, as well as serving as the play-by-play voice of Westwood One college basketball.

Before joining the NBA ranks, Pinto worked in the sports broadcasting field in Honolulu, Boston, Los Angeles and Amarillo, Texas.

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Thunder home games are broadcast in Spanish on WKY 930 AM in Oklahoma City (La Indomable), featuring announcer Eleno Ornelas, who also is the Spanish-language voice of baseball's Texas Rangers.