Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Kevin Reichard discuss spring training and the state of broadcasting on this week’s Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat. (more…)
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MiLB adds American Sports Network broadcasts
Fifteen Minor League Baseball (MiLB) games will be broadcast on the American Sports Network (ASN) this summer under a deal reached with Sinclair Networks Group. (more…)
Ralph Nader: Too damn many ads on baseball broadcasts
Ralph Nader — whose slide from visionary to curmudgeon happened rather quickly — sent a letter to the New York Yankees complaining about the high level of advertising in team broadcasts. Nader and his charmingly misnamed League of Fans — on the verge of a Subway Series, no less — sent a letter to Randy […]
Your essential app for 2012: MLB At Bat
Spending a lot of time on a sickbed last week, one thing helped me get through a bad time: MLB At Bat 2012, revamped for the coming season. Relaunched by MLB Advanced Media with a new pricing scheme for the 2012 season, it’s an essential application for any baseball fan. If you used it in […]
Lipman returns as Voice of the Fisher Cats
Bob Lipman returns in 2011 as the Voice of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League), and he’ll be joined by former Red Sox pre- and postgame host Dick Lutsk on flagship station WGIR-AM 610. Lipman, a two-time New Hampshire Sportscaster of the Year, enters his eighth consecutive season as a Fisher Cats […]
Storm Chasers return to KOIL-AM, add Pollock, Spanish broadcasts
The Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) announced several broadcasting-related moves today, including an extension of their broadcast agreement with KOIL-AM, the introduction of weekend Spanish broadcasts, and the addition of Brett Pollock to the broadcast booth, alongside Mark Nasser. The extension with NRG Media continues a 15-year relationship between the club and […]
MLB teams retrench on Total Media Domination
With the St. Louis Cardinals abandoning its own radio station for regional giant KMOX and the Minnesota Twins bypassing a Pohlad-owned station to re-sign with its current radio partner, the MLB trend toward teams owning media outlets appears to be stalled. The Cardinals put together a deal with KMOX much like the Twins have with […]