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Omaha Storm Chasers Broadcast Information
Storm Chasers Baseball Network
The Storm Chasers Baseball Network will broadcast all of the Omaha Storm Chasers’ regular-season games in 2024. A minimum of 100 regular season games will be heard on the radio home for Storm Chasers baseball, News Talk 1290 KOIL with additional games added throughout the season. Games broadcast on News Talk 1290 KOIL can also found online via NRG online stream or the News Talk 1290 KOIL app, which is available for download from Google Play or the Apple App Store. The Storm Chasers and NRG Media returned to a partnership ahead of the 2024 season.
For a second straight season, audio of all 150 Storm Chasers games will be streamed live on Mixlr, with select games exclusively streamed on Mixlr when in conflict with the preexisting News Talk 1290 KOIL programming schedule. Most road games will be broadcasted in-person, while select road series will be broadcasted remotely. Create an account (it's free) to be notified when the Mixlr stream goes live and interact with the broadcast during the game in the live chat feature! Full game audio of Mixlr-exclusive games is archived under the recordings tab of Omaha's Mixlr page HERE.
Game broadcasts will begin 20 minutes prior to first pitch with the Sarpy County Tourism Pregame Show, followed by live play-by-play of every pitch from the voice of the Storm Chasers, Nick Badders, and coverage continues postgame following the final out with the City of Papillion Postgame Show.
Companies or individuals interested in a partnership on Storm Chasers radio broadcasts can reach out to Blake Paris at [email protected] and Nick Badders at [email protected].
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2024 Storm Chasers Radio Broadcast Schedule
| Date | Opponent | First Pitch (CT) | On Air (Pregame Start, CT) | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | @ Memphis | 6:45 PM | 6:30 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Wednesday, September 4, 2024 | @ Memphis | 6:45 PM | 6:30 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Thursday, September 5, 2024 | @ Memphis | 6:45 PM | 6:30 PM | Mixlr |
| Friday, September 6, 2024 | @ Memphis | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Saturday, September 7, 2024 | @ Memphis | 6:05 PM | 5:45 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Sunday, September 8, 2024 | @ Memphis | 1:05 PM | 12:45 PM | Mixlr |
| Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | vs. Toledo | 12:05 PM | 11:50 AM | Mixlr |
| Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | vs. Toledo | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Thursday, September 12, 2024 | vs. Toledo | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Friday, September 13, 2024 | vs. Toledo | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Saturday, September 14, 2024 | vs. Toledo | 6:05 PM | 5:45 PM | News Talk 1290 KOIL |
| Sunday, September 15, 2024 | vs. Toledo | 2:05 PM | 1:45 PM | Mixlr |
Broadcaster
Nick Badders (2nd Season)
Nick Badders joined the Storm Chasers in January 2023 and is entering his 2nd season as the team's play-by-play broadcaster for all home and road games. 2024 marks Nick's 8th season on the air in professional baseball, his 5th in Minor League Baseball. Prior to coming to Omaha, Nick spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons as the radio broadcaster for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.
He held similar roles with the Melbourne Aces (Australian Baseball League) from 2019 to 2021, the Elizabethton Twins (Advanced Rookie, Minnesota Twins) in 2019 and Sonoma Stompers (independent Pacific Association) in 2018. In addition to his work on the air in Minor League Baseball, the Livermore, California native has called games for the Arkansas Razorbacks on SEC Network + and the Razorback Sports Network from Learfield as well as for the Creighton Bluejays on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
Nick began his broadcasting career at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he called a variety of Sun Devil events for the Pac-12 Networks digital platform and Blaze Radio ASU, the student radio station, until he graduated in May of 2020. He helped launch coverage of ASU's women's club ice hockey team, calling play-by-play and organizing broadcast crews, also coordinating content production.
When not calling games at Arizona State, he was a student photographer and shot nearly every sport on campus - from football to basketball, baseball, gymnastics and everything in between. He was recognized as the Cronkite School's 2019 Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award winner, awarded annually to the to the school's best student photojournalist each year.
An Omaha resident now, you can follow Nick on Twitter and Instagram at @BadderUpSports, or Tiktok @BadderUp and reach him via e-mail at [email protected].