This is a season of great expectations for the Washington Nationals as well as the Baltimore Orioles and their long suffering fans. Both teams look for marked improvement over last season’s last place finishes. MASN and MASN2 will be ready to bring all the action of both Beltway teams to their fans with a few changes. Joining Bob Carpenter and Debbi Taylor on the Nationals broadcasts will be former Giants broadcaster, and onetime Expos player, F.P. Santangelo, who will serve as the teams new color analyst.
Back this year will be the popular Nats Xtra team of Johnny Holliday and Ray Knight who will be handling the pre- and post game action.
Look for a select number of Nationals broadcasts including Thursday’s home and season opener to be aired on “MASN on DC 50” all the games will carry both the Nats Xtra pre- and postgame shows.
The Nationals have a new flagship radio station, with all their games being broadcast on 106.7FM The Fan while keeping WFED-AM 1500 as an affiliate. That will give the team a local FM and AM signal that will cover the entire region. When there are conflicts on WFED with Capitals broadcasts, fans can find games on WHFS -1580 AM.
For Thursday’s Opening Day broadcast on 106.7 The Fan, Mike Wise and Holden Kushner will broadcast live from Nats Park starting at 10 a.m. and then giving way at 12:30 p.m. for the pregame show with the “Voice of the Nationals” Charlie Slowes and his partner Dave Jageler to carry things up to game time.
During the regular season Slowes and Jageler will handle both the pregame show as well as the game broadcasts.
The Washington Examiner’s own Phil Wood will once again serve as the postgame host, although look for Kushner and other members of 106.7 The Fan to fill in when Wood has other MASN duties.
The Orioles have also changed flagship stations, moving back to WBAL AM 1090 and in Washington are the games will once again be heard on ESPN 980AM.
After Thursday’s game, MASN will debut “The Mid-Atlantic Sports Report,” a brand new 90-minute show, which will air live at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday discussing news from the Nationals, Orioles and Major League Baseball. The show will feature a panel of four renowned baseball experts: Wood, host Tom Davis, former Orioles pitcher Dave Johnson and Mel Antonen from SI.com and Sirius/XM.
Fans of the John Riggins Show will be happy to know it is staying on MASN and will air Monday – Friday in its new time slot, 2-5 p.m.
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