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Dragons on TV Saturday and Sunday on Dayton's CW

May 18, 2018

DRAGONS ON TV SATURDAY & SUNDAY ON DAYTON'S CW25 GAME BROADCASTS SPONSORED BY DP&L DAYTON, OHIO-Dayton Dragons games on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20 will be televised live from Fifth Third Field on Dayton's CW. The Dragons host the Great Lakes Loons on both dates. Saturday's game broadcast will

DRAGONS ON TV SATURDAY & SUNDAY ON DAYTON'S CW
25 GAME BROADCASTS SPONSORED BY DP&L
 
DAYTON, OHIO-Dayton Dragons games on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20 will be televised live from Fifth Third Field on Dayton's CW. The Dragons host the Great Lakes Loons on both dates. Saturday's game broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. while the Sunday telecast will start at 2:00 p.m. 
Both games are part of a 25-game television package this season, sponsored by Dayton Power & Light. All games will be broadcast live and in high definition on the following outlets:

  • Over the air Channel 26.1
  • Spectrum Channels 13 and 1013
  • Direct TV and DISH Network Channel 26.

Dayton's CW reaches approximately 500,000 households and over 1.2 million potential viewers in a 10-county area.
Dragons Director of Broadcasting Tom Nichols will handle the play-by-play for all telecasts this season.   On Saturday, former Dragons pitcher Mark Armstrong will serve as color commentator. On Sunday, WDTN Sports Director Jack Pohl will handle the commentator duties.
Nichols is in his 11th season with the Dragons and 31st year in Minor League Baseball. He has broadcast over 3,900 minor league games since beginning his career in 1988 and has worked at every level of Minor League Baseball. He is a Ball State University graduate and a native of Muncie, Indiana, where he was inducted into the Delaware County Athletics Hall-of-Fame in 2009.
Armstrong was the Reds third round draft pick in 2013 out of Clarence High School in the Buffalo, New York area. Armstrong spent five years in the Reds organization before arm injuries ended his professional career following the 2017 season. He settled in the Dayton area with his wife and family and has started a career in coaching and baseball training while working towards his degree at Wright State University. He has served this spring as a baseball coach at Shawnee High School in Springfield. Armstrong pitched for the Dragons in 2015.
Pohl has served as WDTN-TV Sports Director and Anchor since 2002 and has been with WDTN-TV since August 1995.  Jack is a Dayton native who attended Wright State University. He began his broadcasting career at Centerville High School station WCWT. He later moved on to work at various Dayton area radio stations, but is best known for his time as the Z-93 morning show personality with Kim Faris.  Jack is proud to have learned the TV business from WDTN's legendary Omar Williams.  Jack was honored with the Ohio High School Athletic Association's Sportsmanship and Ethics Integrity Media service award.

Dragons 2018 Television Broadcast Schedule (remaining games)

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