Dragons on TV Thursday and Friday

Dayton Dragons games on Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28 will be televised from Fifth Third Field on WHIO Digital Channel 7.2 MeTV (channel 23 and digital channel 372 on most Time Warner Cable systems in the Miami Valley). The Dragons will host the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Tampa Bay Rays affiliate) both nights. Both games start at 7:00 p.m. The telecasts are available to more than 500,000 households.

Sponsors for Dragons television broadcasts include Dayton Power & Light, Fifth Third Bank, Kettering Health Network, Life Connection of Ohio, Water Street District, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, IWORKS Laser and Vision Center, Courtyard by Marriott Dayton South, the Voss Auto Network, Dayton Sinus Institute, and Dayton Beer Company.

Dragons Director of Broadcasting Tom Nichols will handle the play-by-play for each telecast this season. WHIO morning show host Larry Hansgen will serve as color commentator on Thursday. Mike Vander Woude, the voice of the Dragons from 2000-'07, will serve as color commentator on Friday.  

Larry Hansgen has been the host of Miami Valley's Morning News since 2003. He joined the staff of WHIO Radio in 1981 as an overnight board operator, and quickly rose through the ranks. He became the Sports Director that year, and in 1982 became the play-by-play voice of University of Dayton basketball. In 1988 he also added Flyer football announcing. As part of Cox Media Group, he is also a regular contributor to the Dayton Daily News and WHIO-TV.

Mike Vander Woude was the original voice of the Dragons in 2000 and remained with the team as radio/television broadcaster through the 2007 season, when he departed to become the voice of the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. He returned to the Miami Valley after five seasons with the Yankees in 2012 and has worked on select Dragons radio and TV broadcasts over the past two seasons. Mike began his career as an announcer in Minor League Baseball in 1995.  

Nichols is in his eighth season with the Dragons and 28th year in Minor League Baseball. He serves as the play-by-play announcer on all 25 television broadcasts and all radio broadcasts for games that are not televised. He has broadcast over 3,000 minor league games since beginning his career in 1988, has worked at every level of Minor League Baseball, and has missed only two broadcasts over the last 25 seasons.

The Dragons 25 telecasts are produced by the organization's in-house 12-person technical crew. They feature six camera angles, replays, and constantly-updated graphics.

Remaining 2015 telecasts:

August 27, 28

September 5

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