Pittsburgh Pirates announce complete 2018 broadcast schedule
With the 2018 Major League Baseball season set to get underway tomorrow, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced the complete television and radio broadcast schedule for the entire 2018 regular season.
AT&T SportsNet, the exclusive rights holder to Pittsburgh Pirates regional baseball game telecasts, is currently scheduled to produce and distribute 150 regular season Pirates games. AT&T SportsNet will begin its telecast schedule with Opening Day from Comerica Park tomorrow, Thursday, March 29 as the Pirates and the Detroit Tigers open the season with a scheduled 1:10 p.m. first pitch.
The Pirates television partner will also broadcast the Club's 1:05 p.m. home opener at PNC Park on Monday, April 2 vs the Minnesota Twins as well as other interleague matchups vs the Chicago White Sox (May 15 and 16), Cleveland Indians (July 23-25) and Kansas City Royals (September 17-19). AT&T SportsNet will be with the team for late night west coast games vs the Arizona Diamondbacks (June 11 and 12), San Diego Padres (June 29 - July 1), Los Angeles Dodgers (July 2-4) and San Francisco Giants (August 9-12).
In addition to the game telecasts, AT&T SportsNet will provide fans with additional Pirates coverage all season long including LIVE pre-game and post-game shows for all telecasts, weekly episodes of Inside Pirates Baseball and other exclusive Pirates-related programming. All 162 regular season games can also be heard on SPORTSRADIO 93-7 THE FAN in Pittsburgh and throughout the Pittsburgh region on the Pirates Radio Network. The Pirates flagship radio station, SportsRadio 93-7 THE FAN, will air extended local pre-game and post-game coverage before and after every broadcast. The station will also air the "Clint Hurdle Show" once a series and the "Neal Huntington Show" every Sunday prior to the pre-game show.
Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Joe Block, Bob Walk and John Wehner will be calling the action for radio and television throughout the 2018 season. Brown and Block will handle the play-by-play duties while Blass, Walk and Wehner will serve as color analysts. Please visit pirates.com/schedule for the complete Pirates schedule (all dates and times are Eastern and subject to change). See attached for the complete listing of Pirates Radio Network affiliates.