Broadcasters for the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team.
Television Current announcers Dan Kolko, field reporter, 2014–2018, 2021–2025; studio host, 2019–2025; play-by-play announcer, 2026–present Kevin Frandsen, primary color commentator and pre-game and post-game commentator, 2022–present Ryan Zimmerman, occasional color commentator, 2022–present Alexa Datt, studio host and field reporter, 2026–present
Former announcers Mel Proctor, play-by-play, 2005 Ron Darling, color commentator, 2005 Kenny Albert, play-by-play, 2005 (when Proctor was unavailable) Jack Voigt, color commentator, 2005 (when Darling was unavailable) Bob Carpenter, play-by-play announcer, 2006–2025; pre-game and post-game commentator, 2021–2025 Tom Paciorek, color commentator, 2006 Don Sutton, color commentator, 2007–2008 Don Baylor, substitute studio analyst, 2007 (when Ray Knight was unavailable) Rob Dibble, color commentator, 2009–2010 Debbi Taylor, field reporter, 2007–2011 F. P. Santangelo, color commentator, 2011–2021, pre-game and post-game commentator, 2021 Kristina Akra, field reporter, 2012 Julie Alexandria, field reporter, 2013 Ray Knight, studio analyst, substitute color commentator, 2007–2018 Johnny Holliday, studio host, substitute play-by-play announcer, 2007–2018 Phil Wood, substitute studio analyst, 2008–2020 Michael Morse, substitute studio analyst and substitute color commentator, 2018–2020 Alex Parker, substitute studio host, 2018–2020 Carol Maloney, substitute field reporter and substitute studio host, 2019–2020 Byron Kerr, substitute studio host, 2007–2020 Bo Porter, studio analyst, 2019–2020 Drew Goldfarb, sports betting analyst and pregame sports betting segment host, 2021 Justin Maxwell, substitute studio host, 2019–2020; substitute color commentator, 2021 Grant Paulsen, substitute color commentator, 2021 Alex Chappell, field reporter, 2019–2020; substitute pre-game and post-game anchor, 2021 Mark Zuckerman, substitute pre-game and post-game anchor, 2021 Paul Mancano, substitute pre-game and post-game anchor, 2021 Dave Jageler, substitute play-by-play announcer Charlie Slowes, substitute play-by-play announcer
Broadcast outlets When the Nationals arrived in Washington, D. C., the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) acquired the television rights for almost all Nationals games. However, MASN was not available to most people in the Nationals broadcast area for nearly all of the first two seasons of play. Some of the games were also televised on WDCA, mostly on weekends.
While MASN continued to televise nearly every Nationals game, the number of WDCA telecasts decreased to approximately 30 in 2006, mostly on Friday nights. By 2007, the number of over-the-air games was down to approximately 20. MASN's broadcast partner switched from WDCA to WDCW from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, WUSA became MASN's over-the-air broadcast partner for 20 Nationals games a year–all weekend games except for Opening Day. In 2018, over-the-air broadcasts ended, and all games were aired exclusively on MASN unless picked up for national broadcast until the end of the 2025 season. MLB Local Media handles Washington Nationals broadcasts starting with the 2026 season.
Radio Current announcers Charlie Slowes, 2005–present Dave Jageler, 2006–present
Former announcers Kevin Brown (as needed), 2017 Dave Shea, 2005 Phil Wood, radio post-game show host, 2008–2019 Pete Medhurst, 2019
Broadcast outlets
Since the 2011 season, the Nationals' flagship radio station has been WJFK-FM, "106.7 The Fan", which is owned and operated by Audacy after then-Entercom's purchase of CBS Radio. Most games also are simulcast on WFED, "Federal News Radio," at 1500 and 820 AM, which is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting after its purchase of the station from Bonneville International and was the flagship station of the Nationals from the first season in Washington (2005) through the 2010 season. Whenever WFED cannot air a game due to a conflict, that game airs on WJFK's sister station WJFK (1580 AM, "CBS Sports Radio 1580").
See also List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters List of Montreal Expos broadcasters
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