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Mutual First Federal Credit Union Storm Chasers Baseball Network
The Mutual First Federal Credit Union Storm Chasers Baseball Network will broadcast all 150 Omaha Storm Chasers’ regular-season games in 2026. A minimum of 120 regular season games will be heard on the radio home for Storm Chasers baseball, News Talk 1290 KOIL with additional games added throughout the season. Games broadcast on News Talk 1290 KOIL can also found online via Usher Media Group's online stream.
For a 4th consecutive season, audio of all 150 Storm Chasers games will be streamed live on Mixlr, with select games exclusively streamed on Mixlr when in conflict with the preexisting News Talk 1290 KOIL programming schedule. Many road games will be broadcasted in-person and on-site, while select road series will be broadcasted remotely. Create an account (it's free) to be notified when the Mixlr stream goes live and interact with the broadcast during the game in the live chat feature!
Game broadcasts will begin 20 minutes prior to first pitch with the Sarpy County Tourism Pregame Show, followed by live play-by-play of every pitch from the voice of the Storm Chasers, Nick Badders, and coverage continues postgame following the final out with the City of Papillion Postgame Show.
Companies or individuals interested in a partnership on Storm Chasers radio broadcasts can reach out to Blake Paris at [email protected] and Nick Badders at [email protected].
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2026 Storm Chasers Radio Broadcast Schedule
| Date | Opponent | First Pitch (CT) | On Air (Pregame Start, CT) | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 | COLUMBUS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | COLUMBUS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, June 25, 2026 | COLUMBUS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, June 26, 2026 | COLUMBUS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, June 27, 2026 | COLUMBUS | 6:05 PM | 5:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, June 28, 2026 | COLUMBUS | 5:05 PM | 4:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, July 2, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, July 3, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, July 4, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, July 5, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 2:05 PM | 1:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 | @ Louisville | 5:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | @ Louisville | 5:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, July 9, 2026 | @ Louisville | 5:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, July 10, 2026 | @ Louisville | 6:15 PM | 5:55 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, July 11, 2026 | @ Louisville | 6:15 PM | 5:55 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, July 12, 2026 | @ Louisville | 12:05 PM | 11:45 AM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, July 17, 2026 | LEHIGH VALLEY | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, July 18, 2026 | LEHIGH VALLEY | 6:05 PM | 5:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, July 19, 2026 | LEHIGH VALLEY | 5:05 PM | 4:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | @ Salt Lake | 7:35 PM | 7:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, July 22, 2026 | @ Salt Lake | 7:35 PM | 7:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, July 23, 2026 | @ Salt Lake | 7:35 PM | 7:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, July 24, 2026 | @ Salt Lake | 7:35 PM | 7:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, July 25, 2026 | @ Salt Lake | 7:35 PM | 7:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, July 26, 2026 | @ Salt Lake | 7:05 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
The Omaha Storm Chasers and First Alert 6 WOWT Channel 6.6, a Gray Media station, have a new television broadcast partnership brings the remainder of the Storm Chasers’ home schedule to the Omaha market. Every remaining Storm Chasers home game in the 2026 season will air live from Werner Park on the new Golden Spike Sports and Entertainment Network, available over the air on WOWT Channel 6.6 and Cox Cable Channel 127. Each telecast comes on the air 5 minutes prior to the scheduled first pitch.
Broadcaster
Nick Badders (4th Season)
Nick Badders is in his 4th season as the team's play-by-play broadcaster for all home and road games after joining the Storm Chasers in January 2023. The 2026 season marks Nick's 10th season on the air in professional baseball, his 7th in affiliated Minor League Baseball and 6th in the Kansas City Royals organization. Prior to coming to Omaha, Nick spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons as the radio broadcaster for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Kansas City's Double-A affiliate.
In March 2025, he was the recipient of the Kansas City Royals' 2024 Matt Minker Award, which annually recognizes an outstanding Royals minor league affiliate employee. Nick has also called games for the Kansas City Royals as a fill-in broadcaster for the Royals Radio Network, in September 2023 and August 2025.
He has held similar roles with the Melbourne Aces (Australian Baseball League) from 2019 to 2021, the Elizabethton Twins (Advanced Rookie, Minnesota Twins) in 2019 and Sonoma Stompers (independent Pacific Association) in 2018. In addition to his work on the air in Minor League Baseball, the Livermore, California native has called games for the Arkansas Razorbacks on SEC Network + and the Razorback Sports Network from Learfield as well as for the Creighton Bluejays on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
Nick began his broadcasting career at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he called a variety of Sun Devil events for the Pac-12 Networks digital platform and Blaze Radio ASU, the student radio station, until he graduated in May of 2020. He helped launch coverage of ASU's women's club ice hockey team, calling play-by-play and organizing broadcast crews, also coordinating content production.
When not calling games at Arizona State, he was a student photographer and shot nearly every sport on campus - from football to basketball, baseball, gymnastics and everything in between. He was recognized as the Cronkite School's 2019 Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award winner, awarded annually to the to the school's best student photojournalist each year.
An Omaha resident now, you can follow Nick on X @BaddersUp, Instagram @BadderUpSports, or Tiktok @BadderUp and reach him via e-mail at [email protected].