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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 blakep@omahastormchasers.com and Nick Badders at nicholasb@omahastormchasers.com.
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2026 Storm Chasers Radio Broadcast Schedule
| Date | Opponent | First Pitch (CT) | On Air (Pregame Start, CT) | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | BUFFALO | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | BUFFALO | 12:05 PM | 11:45 AM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, April 2, 2026 | BUFFALO | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, April 3, 2026 | BUFFALO | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, April 4, 2026 | BUFFALO | 2:05 PM | 2:00 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, April 5, 2026 | BUFFALO | 2:05 PM | 1:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | @ Iowa | 6:38 PM | 6:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | @ Iowa | 12:08 PM | 11:45 AM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, April 9, 2026 | @ Iowa | 12:08 PM | 11:45 AM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, April 10, 2026 | @ Iowa | 7:08 PM | 6:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, April 11, 2026 | @ Iowa | 3:08 PM | 2:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, April 12, 2026 | @ Iowa | 1:08 PM | 12:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 12:05 PM | 11:45 AM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 11:05 AM | 10:45 AM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, April 16, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, April 17, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 6:35 PM | 6:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, April 18, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 2:05 PM | 2:00 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 | INDIANAPOLIS | 2:05 PM | 1:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | @ Toledo | 5:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | @ Toledo | 5:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 | @ Toledo | 5:35 PM | 5:15 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Friday, April 24, 2026 | @ Toledo | 6:05 PM | 5:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
| Saturday, April 25, 2026 | @ Toledo | 4:05 PM | 3:45 PM | 1290 KOIL & Mixlr |
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 NicholasB@OmahaStormChasers.com.