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Thompson returned to broadcast Orioles games on both radio and television ( WBAL-AM and WJZ-TV from 1962 – 1978, WFBR-AM from 1979 – 1982, and WMAR-TV from 1979 – 1987 ), and would continue to do so until his first retirement after the 1987 season.

The prime of his career was the seventeen years he shared the broadcast booth with Bill O ' Donnell, beginning in 1966.

During that span, the pair would describe two World Series Championships, five American League Pennants, six A. L.

Eastern Division titles and only one losing season.

Others who worked with Thompson on Orioles broadcasts included Frank Messer ( 1964 – 1967 ), Jim Karvellas ( 1968 – 1969 ), John Gordon ( 1970 – 1972 ), Brooks Robinson ( 1978 – 1987 ), and Tom Marr ( 1980 – 1982 ).

Thompson was also the narrator of the official 1966 World Series highlight film jointly produced by both major leagues.