Dragons Radio Returns to WONE (iHeart) for 15th Straight Season
DAYTON, OHIO – As the Dayton Dragons open their Midwest League season on the road on Thursday night in Lansing, Michigan against the Lansing Lugnuts (6:05 pm), Dragons fans can listen to the radio broadcast on FOX Sports 980 WONE on radio. WONE has been the radio home for Dragons
DAYTON, OHIO – As the Dayton Dragons open their Midwest League season on the road on Thursday night in Lansing, Michigan against the Lansing Lugnuts (6:05 pm), Dragons fans can listen to the radio broadcast on FOX Sports 980 WONE on radio.
WONE has been the radio home for Dragons Baseball since 2011. Games can be heard at 980 on the AM radio dial. All games can also be heard on computers, smart phones, ipads, and other mobile devices via the internet at www.daytondragons.com and wone.com. Fans can also listen to the games by downloading the Dragons Mobile App (click on the baseball graphic at the bottom of the screen) or by downloading the iHeart App (enter WONE in the search tool).
Game broadcasts begin with the pre-game show 30 minutes before the first pitch of every Dragons game, featuring game previews, features, interviews, and lineups. Each Dragons game is followed by an extensive post-game show featuring game recaps, interviews, and out of town scores.
Tom Nichols returns for his 18th season as the Dragons lead broadcaster. The 2026 season is Nichols’ 39th year in professional baseball. He has broadcast over 4,700 minor league games since beginning his career in 1988. In 2024, Nichols was inducted into the Greater Dayton Baseball Hall-of-Fame in honor of his career as a baseball broadcaster. In 2018, he received recognition from Ballpark Digest for “Outstanding Achievements in Minor League Baseball broadcasting.” He called his first Major League game on the Cincinnati Reds Radio Network, an event that was featured in the New York Times, Sports Broadcast Journal, FOX Sports Ohio (now FanDuel Sports), and numerous other media outlets. He has worked at every level of Minor League Baseball (Triple-A, Double-A, High-A, Low-A, and professional independent), broadcasting for the Indianapolis Indians, Mobile BayBears, Fort Wayne Wizards, Peoria Chiefs, Kinston Indians, and Gary SouthShore RailCats. He is a Ball State University graduate and a native of Muncie, Indiana.
Patrick Geshan will join Nichols on most home broadcasts in 2026, returning for his fourth season with the Dragons after filling the same role with the team in 2023-‘25. Patrick is a product of Miami University and a native of Oxford, Ohio. Each of the last two winters, he has served as the voice of the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League. Previously, he was the voice of the Mansfield Destroyers of the New York Collegiate Baseball League for the 2021 season, and assisted the Dragons media relations department in 2022. At Miami, Geshan was the sports director at WMSR, the student-operated radio station and handled play-by-play for RedHawks football, men’s and women’s basketball, and hockey. He also served as a sideline reporter for Miami basketball on ESPN3 and ESPN+. Geshan also did play-by-play and sideline reporting for Chatterbox Sports throughout the Cincinnati area, covering high school and college athletics. Geshan attended Talawanda High School and was the student body president there in 2018.
The Dragons annual home “Opening Night” is set for Tuesday, April 7 at 7:05 pm against the Lake County Captains at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District.
For information on Dragons tickets including season tickets, group outings, or single-game tickets, go to daytondragons.com/tickets.
Dragons Broadcaster History:
Year Radio Broadcasters
2000 Mike Vander Woude and Chad Duff
2001 Mike Vander Woude and Chad Duff
2002 Mike Vander Woude and Chad Duff
2003 Mike Vander Woude and Josh Baker
2004 Mike Vander Woude and Nick Brunker
2005 Mike Vander Woude and Mike Benton
2006 Mike Vander Woude and Owen Serey
2007 Mike Vander Woude and Owen Serey
2008 Tom Nichols and Owen Serey
2009 Tom Nichols and Alex Vispoli
2010 Tom Nichols and Nick Anastos
2011 Tom Nichols and Mike Couzens
2012 Tom Nichols and Andrew Africk
2013 Tom Nichols and Bill Spaulding
2014 Tom Nichols and Brendan Gulick
2015 Tom Nichols and Keith Raad
2016 Tom Nichols and Jason Kempf
2017 Tom Nichols and Jason Kempf
2018 Tom Nichols and Josh Hess
2019 Tom Nichols and Josh Hess
2020 Season Cancelled (COVID-19)
2021 Tom Nichols and Jack Kizer
2022 Tom Nichols and Lyle Goldstein
2023 Tom Nichols and Patrick Geshan
2024 Tom Nichols and Patrick Geshan
2025 Tom Nichols and Patrick Geshan
2026 Tom Nichols and Patrick Geshan