{"id":633079,"date":"2026-03-20T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633079\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T06:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:09:09","slug":"cardinals-announce-2026-regular-season-tv-and-radio-broadcast-schedule-stl-sports-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633079\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals announce 2026 regular season TV and Radio broadcast schedule | STL Sports Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cardinals-News-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"   data-attachment-id=\"90155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stlsportspage.com\/2026\/03\/19\/cardinals-announce-2026-regular-season-tv-and-radio-broadcast-schedule\/cardinals-news-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stlsportspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cardinals-News.png\" data-orig-size=\"818,462\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\" data-image-title=\"Cardinals News\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stlsportspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cardinals-News-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stlsportspage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cardinals-News.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From Press Release<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The St. Louis Cardinals today announced that every 2026 regular season game will be televised locally or nationally, streamed on <a href=\"http:\/\/Cardinals.TV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinals.TV<\/a> presented by bet365, and broadcast on KMOX and the Cardinals Radio Network. Additionally, all 81 home games will feature live Spanish radio broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local Television &amp; Streaming<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major League Baseball will produce and distribute all in-market Cardinal games for the 2026 season. Fans located in the Cardinals\u2019 television footprint will be able to watch games on their preferred traditional cable, satellite, and streaming TV providers with no additional subscription needed. Game channels for each provider will be available around Opening Day, although fans can expect to find the Cardinals game channel in the same neighborhood as its previous RSN channel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans located within the Cardinals\u2019 TV territory without traditional cable or satellite service will have the option to watch games on their smart TV, smartphone or other connected device with no blackout restrictions on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/Cardinals.TV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinals.TV<\/a> presented by bet365. The direct-to-consumer streaming platform accessible from the MLB app or <a href=\"http:\/\/MLB.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB.com<\/a> can be purchased for $99.99 for the full season or $19.99 per month (beginning on March 23) at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/tv?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/tv&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413248000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BpwFYtE_eWAHxCR19QRmr&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardinals.com\/tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans located outside the Cardinals\u2019 TV territory can watch all local Cardinals broadcasts via the league\u2019s out-of-market streaming service,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.tv\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/MLB.TV&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413248000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2SRAeV8X7QCWmI3qekr6HL&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB.TV<\/a>. In 2026, all\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.tv\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/MLB.TV&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413248000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2SRAeV8X7QCWmI3qekr6HL&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB.TV<\/a>\u00a0subscribers can enjoy the service on either the MLB app or ESPN app. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlb.com\/tv?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.mlb.com\/tv&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413248000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UPndutDo9J7y6X4noM7N_&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mlb.com\/tv<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chip Caray\u00a0returns for his fourth season as the play-by-play voice of Cardinals television broadcasts and will be joined in the booth by 2006 World Series champion\u00a0Brad Thompson\u00a0(ninth season) and former Cardinals outfielder\u00a0Mark Sweeney\u00a0(third season) as analysts to call game action.\u00a0Stefan Caray, son of Chip, who joins the Cardinals television broadcast team this season, will serve as a backup play-by-play announcer for potentially 6-8 games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jim Hayes\u00a0returns for his 25th\u00a0season covering Cardinals baseball and will serve as a reporter for all home games. St. Louis native\u00a0Dani Wexelman, also new to the TV team this year, will handle reporting duties for all Cardinals road games while also sharing pregame and postgame hosting duties with St. Louis native\u00a0Scott Warmann\u00a0(11th\u00a0season).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardinals Hall of Famer\u00a0Al Hrabosky\u00a0(43rd\u00a0season as part of the Cardinals TV team) and former Cardinals pitcher\u00a0Ricky Horton, along with Thompson and Sweeney, will rotate as pregame and postgame analysts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Television<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, 15 regular season Cardinals games will be carried exclusively on either FOX (6), NBC\/Peacock (4), Apple TV (2), ESPN (2), or ABC (1) as part of Major League Baseball\u2019s national television packages. The television schedule is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over-The-Air TV<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Cardinals have again partnered with\u00a0Gray Media,\u00a0First Alert 4, and\u00a0Matrix Midwest\u00a0to expand access to games and other baseball programming on free, over-the-air TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the new\u00a0Home Plate\u00a0programming package, the Cardinals and Gray Media will simulcast 10 MLB-produced games on KMOV-TV and Matrix Midwest in St. Louis (channel 32 over-the-air and channel 6 on Spectrum cable), and on Gray-owned or syndicated third-party television stations in Cape Girardeau and Springfield, Mo.; Champaign, Peoria, Rockford, Rochester\/Mason City and Springfield, Ill.; Memphis, Tenn., Jonesboro, Ark., Paducah, Ky., Evansville, Ind.; and Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Ottumwa and Sioux City, Iowa:<\/p>\n<p>April 24 vs. Seattle Mariners \u2013 7:00 p.m.May 22 at Cincinnati Reds \u2013 5:30 p.m.May 29 vs. Chicago Cubs \u2013 6:00 p.m.June 12 at Minnesota Twins \u2013 7:00 p.m.June 26 vs. Miami Marlins \u2013 7:00 p.m.July 3 at Chicago Cubs \u2013 3:00 p.m.July 24 vs. Cincinnati Reds \u2013 7:00 p.m.August 7 vs. Colorado Rockies \u2013 7:00 p.m.August 28 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates \u2013 7:00 p.m.September 11 vs. Chicago White Sox \u2013 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the 10 Cardinals regular season simulcasts, the\u00a0Home Plate\u00a0package will give fans free and over-the-air games access to at least 20 Triple-A Memphis Redbirds games and 10 Double-A Springfield Cardinals games on Matrix Midwest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gray will also launch\u00a0Cardinals Fastball, a next-day one-hour edited and condensed replay of the prior\u2019s day game, airing at noon and 4 p.m. on Matrix Midwest for most Cardinals games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Programming dates for the Memphis, Springfield and the\u00a0Cardinals Fastball\u00a0next-day condensed replays on Matrix Midwest will be announced at a later date. More information can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/watch?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/watch&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413249000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0t7huBpwZ6ZNpYIFzHlXfQ&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardinals.com\/watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year marks KMOX\u2019s 16th consecutive season as the team\u2019s flagship station (69th\u00a0overall) and the centennial anniversary of its start in St. Louis.\u00a0KMOX, and nearly all of the 168\u00a0Cardinals Radio Network\u00a0affiliate stations, will carry every regular season game on 104.1 FM\/1120 AM. Games can continue to stream on the Audacy app and <a href=\"http:\/\/KMOX.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KMOX.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Rooney\u00a0(21st season in St. Louis, 55th overall) will be accompanied in the booth by\u00a0Ricky Horton\u00a0(28th year as a Cardinals broadcaster) and\u00a0Mike Claiborne\u00a0(21st year as part of the radio team) for all Cardinals contests this year.\u00a0Matt Pauley,\u00a0Tom Ackerman\u00a0and\u00a0Joe Pott\u00a0will serve as pre- and postgame hosts on KMOX.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horton and Claiborne will also continue to host Friday Night Live at its new location in Cardinals Nation Restaurant after every Friday Night home game at Ballpark Village, just across from Gate 5 at Busch Stadium. The show features live guests, including former Cardinals players, coaches, managers, front office staff and broadcasters, beginning 15 minutes following the final out on 104.1 FM\/1120 AM and the Cardinals Radio Network. The show is open for fans to visit, listen, and hang out free of charge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanish Radio<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team\u2019s\u00a0flagship Spanish radio station,\u00a0WIJR 880 AM\u00a0La Tremenda,\u00a0will once again produce Spanish-language radio broadcasts for all Cardinals home games across the club\u2019s Spanish Radio Network during the 2026 regular season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play-by-play announcer\u00a0Polo Ascencio\u00a0and World Series champion\u00a0Bengie Molina\u00a0return for their 11th season in the booth. All 81 home broadcasts air locally on WIJR 880 AM, the nine Cardinals Spanish Radio Network affiliates, SiriusXM Radio, and streamed via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cardinals.com\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/cardinals.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413249000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JP-JqXeUZ1YvH7sdvokf9&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardinals.com<\/a>, the MLB app, and on the La Tremenda 880 app.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans can also tune to Secondary Audio Program (SAP) on their televisions and on <a href=\"http:\/\/Cardinals.TV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinals.TV<\/a> to hear Polo and Bengie\u2019s Spanish-language radio broadcasts on their TV for most home telecasts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on how to watch and listen to the Cardinals, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/watch?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/watch&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413249000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0t7huBpwZ6ZNpYIFzHlXfQ&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardinals.com\/watch<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/radio?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/radio&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413249000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1brahmcHpJWGhT36Rms2kd&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardinals.com\/radio<\/a>.\u00a0Information about Cardinals broadcasters can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/broadcasters?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.cardinals.com\/broadcasters&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774014413249000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0IiIAV04gICbNKxRqsTUrZ&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cardinals.com\/broadcasters<\/a>. A complete 2026 regular season broadcast schedule follows.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/stlsportspage.com\/2026\/03\/19\/cardinals-announce-2026-regular-season-tv-and-radio-broadcast-schedule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinals announce 2026 regular season TV and Radio broadcast schedule<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/stlsportspage.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News from Rob Rains, STLSportsPage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Press Release \u00a0The St. Louis Cardinals today announced that every 2026 regular season game will be televised&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,4,185,673,67,4311,4310,31512],"class_list":{"0":"post-633079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cardinals","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-st-louis","13":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","14":"tag-stlouis","15":"tag-stlouiscardinals","16":"tag-stlsportspage"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116260015302986119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}