As one of the most successful clubs in Major League Baseball, the New York Yankees are also one of its oldest teams. Part of that success derives to its radio and television broadcasts that have been running beginning in 1939 when the first radio transmissions were broadcast from the old stadium, and from 1947 when television broadcasts began. They have been one of the pioneer superstation broadcasts when WPIX became a national superstation in 1978 and were the first American League team to broadcast their games on cable, both first in 1978 and later on in 1979, when Sportschannel NY (now MSG Plus) began broadcasting Yankees games to cable subscribers. Today, the team can be heard and/or seen in its gameday broadcasts during the baseball season on: TV: YES Network, or Amazon Prime Video in New York Radio: WFAN () and WFAN-FM () in New York; New York Yankees Radio Network; WADO () (Spanish) (Cadena Radio Yankees) Longest serving Yankee broadcasters (all-time with 10+ years) Phil Rizzuto (40 yrs), John Sterling (34 yrs), Mel Allen (30 yrs), Michael Kay (31 yrs), Ken Singleton (25 yrs), Bobby Murcer (22 yrs), Paul O'Neill (21 yrs), Frank Messer (18 yrs), Bill White (18 yrs), Suzyn Waldman (18 yrs), John Flaherty (17 yrs), David Cone (16 yrs), Red Barber (13 yrs), Jim Kaat (13 yrs), Al Trautwig (12 yrs) Broadcast announcers Broadcasters assigned from the Yankees to cover World Series appearances nationally (1947–1978) 1947 – Mel Allen (radio via Mutual) 1949 – Mel Allen (radio via Mutual) 1950 – Mel Allen (radio via Mutual) 1951 – Mel Allen (radio via Mutual) 1952 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1953 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1955 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1956 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1957 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1958 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1960 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1961 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1962 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1963 – Mel Allen (TV via NBC) 1964 – Phil Rizzuto (TV and radio via NBC) 1976 – Phil Rizzuto (TV via NBC); Bill White (radio via CBS) 1977 – Bill White (radio via CBS) 1978 – Bill White (radio via CBS) Television Broadcasters by Year Television Play-by-Play Mel Allen β, 1939–1940, 1942, 1946–1964 (WPIX), 1979–1986 (SportsChannel) Russ Hodges β, 1946–1948 (WPIX) Curt Gowdy β, 1949–1950 (WPIX) Jim Woods, 1953–1956