{"id":646065,"date":"2026-03-27T07:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/646065\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:25:06","slug":"royals-broadcast-team-to-debut-new-wire-cam-drone-to-enhance-viewing-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/646065\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals broadcast team to debut new wire cam, drone to enhance viewing experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Kansas City <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/royals-announce-broadcast-streaming-options-for-2026-regular-season-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royals broadcast team<\/a> will debut two new tools during Monday\u2019s home opener that aim to enhance the viewing experience at home and in the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen <a class=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/MLB.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLB.TV<\/a> or <a class=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/Royals.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royals.TV<\/a> teams have wire cams this season, including the Royals. However, what makes Kansas City stand out is that the Royals are one of two teams to have a wire cam and a drone. The other team to have both is the Milwaukee Brewers.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774596293_319_.png\" alt=\"drone closeup.png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"724\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41<\/p>\n<p>        Royals drone<\/p>\n<p>Scott Lichtenauer, group director of branded content and innovation for the Royals, said the two cameras offer a \u201cdifferent way for fans to see the game that\u2019s more engaging and more effective to show the action on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774596296_657_.png\" alt=\"scott lichtenauer.png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"719\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41<\/p>\n<p>        Scott Lichtenauer<\/p>\n<p>Lichtenauer explained the wire cam will show off the action and athleticism of the game, while the drone will provide beauty shots of Kauffman Stadium, crowds and tailgating.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774596298_921_.png\" alt=\"wire cam closeup.png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"718\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41<\/p>\n<p>        Royals wire cam<\/p>\n<p>The drone will move about inside and outside the stadium at around 100 to 200 feet, but it will not hover over players or fans in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals said the MLB took care of FAA clearance, and the operators are freelancers.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774596299_761_.png\" alt=\"drone closeup 2.png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"721\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41<\/p>\n<p>        Royals drone<\/p>\n<p>According to Lichtenauer, the wire cam, which is controlled by two foot pedals, can reach up to 55 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest benefit of the wire cam is eliminating the need for two shots \u2014 one of the pitch and a following shot of the outfield. Instead, fans can see everything happen at once.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774596304_852_.png\" alt=\"wire cam operator.png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"719\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41<\/p>\n<p>        Royals wire cam<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774596306_821_.png\" alt=\"wire cam foot pedals.png\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"724\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KSHB 41<\/p>\n<p>        Royals wire cam<\/p>\n<p>Lichtenauer said the players \u201clove it\u201d as well as the broadcast team, who work to \u201cshowcase this game as best as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also noted fans in the stadium will benefit from the cameras with replay shots on Crown Vision, the Royals\u2019 jumbotron.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals shared a sample of drone footage captured during a demonstration Thursday morning. Watch below. <\/p>\n<p>KC Royals drone demo<\/p>\n<p>The new cameras will be in action at every home game, starting with Monday\u2019s home opener against the Minnesota Twins at 3:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Kansas City Royals broadcast team will debut two new tools during Monday\u2019s home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,16887,936,2123,55,2596,2595,3183,4,252,74407,185,82782,82783],"class_list":["post-646065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-royals","tag-baseball","tag-drone","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascityroyals","tag-kauffman-stadium","tag-mlb","tag-royals","tag-royals-tv","tag-sports","tag-viewing-experience","tag-wire-cam"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646065","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=646065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}