FOX Sports Midwest announces new Cardinals programs

FOX Sports Midwest will debut new Cardinals programming on Monday nights from Feb. 20 through March 19, including four new shows from the network’s new Cardinals Legends series. Here's a list of what's coming your way:

• Monday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. CT: Cardinals Legends: Champs White House Visit - A 30-minute special that provides an inside look at the Cardinals visit to Walter Reed Medical Center and the White House.
• Monday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. CT: Cardinals Legends: LaRussa’s Championship Insights - A one-hour special produced from the January event at Peabody Opera House in St. Louis in which Tony LaRussa relived key moments of the 2011 postseason with Bob Costas and a live audience.
• Monday, March 5 at 9 p.m. CT: Cardinals Legends: Hall of Fame Roundtable - A discussion with Cardinals Hall of Famers.
• Monday, March 5 at 9:30 p.m. CT: Cardinals Spring Training Report
• Monday, March 12 at 6 p.m. CT: Cardinals Legends: ‘80’s Redbird Roundtable - A discussion with stars of the 1980’s.
• Monday, March 19 at 9 p.m. CT: Cardinals Season Preview

The full schedule of Cardinals programming for February and March, including spring training games, can be found by clicking here.

Information for this story was provided by FOX Sports Midwest.

Cardinals announce 2012 TV schedule: FOX Sports Midwest will televise 150 games

The St. Louis Cardinals today announced their television schedule for the 2012 season.
 

FOX Sports Midwest (which is in its 19th season) is scheduled to carry 150 games in its second full season as the exclusive local TV home of the Cardinals.

Ten regular season games are currently scheduled to be carried as part of Major League Baseball’s national television packages with FOX and ESPN. The July 22 game vs. Chicago and the August 12th game at Philadelphia will be carried by FOX Sports Midwest or ESPN. The schedule is subject to change based on future Major League Baseball national television selections.

FOX Sports Midwest will also televise five Grapefruit League Spring Training games (March 17 at Detroit, March 19 at Atlanta, March 20 at Houston, March 22 vs. Washington and March 24 at the New York Mets), with each game carried live locally at Noon CT and replayed later that day during prime time.

FOX Sports Midwest’s offseason coverage will also include new Cardinals programming on Mondays in February and March, starting with a 30-minute special on Monday Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. chronicling the World Series champions visit to the White House. Upcoming Monday night shows include La Russa’s Championship Insights, a one hour special, and roundtable discussions with Cardinals Hall of Famers and 1980’s stars. FOX Sports Midwest will also produce a spring training report in early March, as well as a 2012 season preview.

FOX Sports Midwest will also continue to produce the Cardinals Live pregame and postgame shows with Jim Hayes, Pat Parris and Cal Eldred for every regular season telecast on the network. Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky and Rick Horton will again call the games this season from the broadcast booth for FOX Sports Midwest.

In 2011, Cardinals telecasts on FOX Sports Midwest generated the 2nd highest local market television ratings in Major League Baseball, the 12th straight year in which the Cardinals ranked among the top three teams. FOX Sports Midwest-produced Cardinals telecasts are shown in nine states and available in millions of homes.

You can see the full schedule as well as the official Cardinals press release by clicking here.

Information for this story was provided by FOX Sports Midwest.

Fewer Cardinals Spring Training games to be televised this year

Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals will apparently have fewer opportunities to watch the World Series champions' spring training games on TV this season.

The Cardinals Nation Blog reports today that only the games between the Cards and the New York Mets (a total of three games) and just one game with the Houston Astros will be carried on TV; and two of those games coincide with the five Cardinal telecasts already scheduled by Fox Sports Midwest.

Fox Sports Midwest is actually carrying more spring training games this year - raising the total from three last year to five in 2012.

Radio coverage on KMOX and the Cardinals Radio Network (which boasts 16 stations serving the Tri-State area) hasn't been announced yet, but in years past, games on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays have been broadcast.

Visit The Cardinals Nation Blog for the whole story.

Fox Sports Midwest to televise tonight's Aces game at Wichita State

Fox Sports Midwest will televise tonight's men's basketball game between the University of Evansville Purple Aces and the Wichita State Shockers.

Tipoff for this evening's match-up, which is being played in Wichita, is set for 7 p.m. Central time.

If you don't have Fox Sports Midwest, you can always catch the game on the radio at WUEV-91.5 or online at wuev.org.