# Cardinals Announce 2026 Broadcast Schedule - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-announce-2026-broadcast-schedule/ - Published: 2026-03-19T09:30:00-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ### **_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE 2026 REGULAR SEASON TV & RADIO BROADCAST SCHEDULE_** [⌊Cardinals News Header⌉⌊Cardinals News Header⌉[ **ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 19, 2026 – **The St. Louis Cardinals today announced that every 2026 regular season game will be televised locally or nationally, streamed on Cardinals.TV presented by bet365, and broadcast on KMOX and the Cardinals Radio Network. Additionally, all 81 home games will feature live Spanish radio broadcasts. **Local Television & Streaming** Major League Baseball will produce and distribute all in-market Cardinal games for the 2026 season. Fans located in the Cards’ 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. [⌊Cardinals TV⌉⌊Cardinals TV⌉[ Fans located within the Cards’ 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 **Cardinals.TV presented by bet365**. The direct-to-consumer streaming platform accessible from the MLB app or MLB.com can be purchased for $99.99 for the full season or $19.99 per month (beginning on March 23) at [cardinals.com/tv](http://www.cardinals.com/tv). Fans located outside the Cardinals’ TV territory can watch all local Cardinals broadcasts via the league’s out-of-market streaming service, [MLB.TV](http://mlb.tv/). In 2026, all [MLB.TV](http://mlb.tv/) subscribers can enjoy the service on either the MLB app or ESPN app. Visit [mlb.com/tv](http://www.mlb.com/tv) for more information. **Chip Caray** returns for his fourth season as the play-by-play voice of Cards television broadcasts and will be joined in the booth by 2006 World Series champion** [Brad Thompson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thompbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-19_br)**( ninth season) and former Cards outfielder **[Mark Sweeney](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sweenma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-19_br)**( third season) as analysts to call game action. **Stefan Caray**, son of Chip, who joins the television broadcast team this season, will serve as a backup play-by- play announcer for potentially 6-8 games. **Jim Hayes** returns for his 25^(th) season covering Cardinals baseball and will serve as a reporter for all home games. St. Louis native **Dani Wexelman**, also new to the TV team this year, will handle reporting duties for all road games while also sharing pregame and postgame hosting duties with St. Louis native **Scott Warmann**( 11^(th) season). Cards Hall of Famer **[Al Hrabosky](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hraboal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-19_br)**( 43^(rd) season as part of the TV team) and former Cardinals pitcher **[Ricky Horton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hortori01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-19_br)**, along with Thompson and Sweeney, will rotate as pregame and postgame analysts. **National Television** Currently, 15 regular season 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’s national television packages. The television schedule is subject to change. **Over-The-Air TV** The Cardinals have again partnered with **Gray Media**, **First Alert 4**, and ** Matrix Midwest** to expand access to games and other baseball programming on free, over-the-air TV.  As part of the new _Home Plate_ programming package, the Cards 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: [⌊First Alert 4 Home Plate/Matrix Midwest⌉⌊First Alert 4 Home Plate/Matrix Midwest⌉[ * April 24 vs. Seattle Mariners – 7:00 p.m. * May 22 at Cincinnati Reds – 5:30 p.m. * May 29 vs. Chicago Cubs – 6:00 p.m. * June 12 at Minnesota Twins – 7:00 p.m. * June 26 vs. Miami Marlins – 7:00 p.m. * July 3 at Chicago Cubs – 3:00 p.m. * July 24 vs. Cincinnati Reds – 7:00 p.m. * August 7 vs. Colorado Rockies – 7:00 p.m. * August 28 vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – 7:00 p.m. * September 11 vs. Chicago White Sox – 7:00 p.m. In addition to the 10 regular season simulcasts, the _Home Plate_ package 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. Gray will also launch _Cardinals Fastball_, a next-day one-hour edited and condensed replay of the prior’s day game, airing at noon and 4 p.m. on Matrix Midwest for most games. Programming dates for the Memphis, Springfield and the _Cardinals Fastball_ next- day condensed replays on Matrix Midwest will be announced at a later date. More information can be found at [cardinals.com/watch](http://www.cardinals.com/watch). **Radio** This year marks KMOX’s 16th consecutive season as the team’s flagship station (69 ^(th) overall) and the centennial anniversary of its start in St. Louis. **KMOX**, and nearly all of the 168 **Cardinals Radio Network (CRN) **affiliate stations, will carry every regular season game on 104.1 FM/1120 AM. Games can continue to stream on the Audacy app and KMOX.com. [⌊104.1/KMOX⌉⌊104.1/KMOX⌉[ **John Rooney** (21st season in St. Louis, 55th overall) will be accompanied in the booth by **Ricky Horton** (28th year as a Cardinals broadcaster) and **Mike Claiborne** (21st year as part of the radio team) for all Cardinals contests this year. **Matt Pauley**, **Tom Ackerman **and **Joe Pott** will serve as pre- and postgame hosts on KMOX. 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 players, coaches, managers, front office staff and broadcasters, beginning 15 minutes following the final out on 104.1 FM/1120 AM and the CRN. The show is open for fans to visit, listen, and hang out free of charge. **Spanish Radio** The team’s flagship Spanish radio station, **WIJR 880 AM** La Tremenda, will once again produce Spanish-language radio broadcasts for all Cardinals home games across the club’s Spanish Radio Network during the 2026 regular season. [⌊La Tremenda⌉⌊La Tremenda⌉[ Play-by-play announcer **Polo Ascencio** and World Series champion **[Bengie Molina](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/molinbe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-19_br)** return for their 11th season in the booth. All 81 home broadcasts air locally on WIJR 880 AM, the nine Cards Spanish Radio Network affiliates, SiriusXM Radio, and streamed via [cardinals.com](http://cardinals.com/), the MLB app, and on the La Tremenda 880 app. Fans can also tune to Secondary Audio Program (SAP) on their televisions and on Cardinals.TV to hear Polo and Bengie’s Spanish-language radio broadcasts on their TV for most home telecasts. For more information on how to watch and listen to the Cards, visit [cardinals.com/watch](http://www.cardinals.com/watch) or [cardinals.com/radio](http://www.cardinals.com/radio). Information about broadcasters can be found at [cardinals.com/broadcasters](http://www.cardinals.com/broadcasters). 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It’s great to see so many ways to watch and listen to the Cardinals.