Intelligent Conversations with Baltimore Positive WNST

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Orioles place Tyler O’Neill on 10-day injured list with neck issue

Ravens need to be right about betting on Marshall edge rusher Mike Green

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Ravens “comfortable” drafting Marshall’s Mike Green despite sexual assault allegations

#ColumnNes

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Methinks we’re kinda getting to the point where we’ll soon hear from “your people” in a two-sentence press release on the team website about the future of the kicking department of the Baltimore Ravens. Probably after lunch on Friday, the way all the cowards in your industry drop the news they want to bury. Not-so-bold prediction: Justin Tucker has kicked his last kick for your franchise.

Dear Catie Griggs: When Orioles fans ask why I don’t have an Orioles media credential, I’m sending them to you for answers

I’m pulling for you to fix the Orioles on-and-off the field, even if you continue the bizarrely petty Angelos family tradition of willfully, purposely and strategically mistreating me and restricting a legitimate professional working local media member from asking you serious questions in the David Rubenstein “Next Chapter” era. “We all want the same things here.”

ColumnNes: My letter to Orioles President Catie Griggs

This month, I've had many Orioles fans ask me on the streets of Baltimore why David Rubenstein, a full year into his new ownership and trying to spread a different image from Peter Angelos with a stunt like this bobblehead promotion this weekend, would continue to deny me legitimate press credentials after 40 years of covering Baltimore sports. So, I wrote this letter to new President Catie Griggs a month ago, a week before Opening Day:

Dear David Rubenstein: I really believed things were going to be different with "The Next Chapter" of Orioles history – but I was wrong so far

I'm still "under review" and denied media credentials. You're still under review by every fan of the Baltimore Orioles and every citizen who chipped in $600 million toward your $1.725 billion asset. Be a better person and a better baseball owner than Peter Angelos. Be the noise for truth, accountability and decency. Make "The Next Chapter" a truly inclusive one, David.

Watch "No One Listens; Everyone Hears" – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn. Watch "No One Listens; Everyone Hears" – The Story of Baltimore Positive, Nestor Aparicio & WNST" here. A documentary film narrated by Kyf Brewer, Gina Schock, Mickey Cucchiella, Mike Brilhart, John Allen, Ray Bachman and Bill Cole. Special and eternal thanks to Gregg Landry and Blue Rock Productions for the spiritual guidance and documentary awesomeness on this project. Nestor and his family and partners would like to thank every one of you for four decades of support of WNST, our sponsors and advertisers who allow us to do this Baltimore Positive thing.

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Ask Chad Steele what he thinks I said about Sage so I can tell Ravens fans why I was really exterminated

“What did do you do wrong, Nestor?” “Why would the Ravens throw you out?” “Why are you the only one in the local media whom they’ve thrown out?” “Why have they treated you this way?” “WHAT DID YOU DO WRONG!?!” I am fed up with these questions from Baltimore sports fans so I wrote to the owner because these questions are his to answer. Letters to John Harbaugh and Eric DeCosta are also coming soon.

Chapter 10: Imagine a Baltimore without the Orioles

What if the Mayflowers came and took the Baltimore Orioles at midnight tonight? How would you feel? (That happened to this kid's NFL team...)

Chapter 9: My life on Calvert Street at The Baltimore Sun and hitting the road

"Be careful what you wish for," Nestor warns. "All I ever really wanted to do was work at The Baltimore Sun and be the Oscar Madison of local sports..."

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Our 25 WNST Stories of Glory

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 23 – Time will not dim the glory of your charity

Over 25 years of serving the Towson and Baltimore community as an FCC licensee with nothing but local ownership of WNST-AM 1570 and operating WNST.net and now Baltimore Positive, we stand very proud of our charity and service. All of it has been powered by people like you – citizens, sports fans, great local humans who live here, work here, are from here and want to help here.

We have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in time, money, resources, goods, gifts and contributions. We asked for your help and time and love – and you always gave. Here’s the proof…

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 15 – The night Deion Sanders made Parkville “Primetime” with Ravens fans

We’re still in the process of trying to recover the actual two-hour interview from Putty Hill Station in November 2004, but we remember this is the night that “Prime” rolled into Parkville with then-backup quarterback Kordell “Slash” Stewart (one-time star of the Pittsburgh Steelers) to make it a Hall of Fame evening for Ravens fans. We’ll find the tape. Soon. We hope…

Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll learn. Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Story of Baltimore Positive, Nestor Aparicio & WNST” here. A documentary film narrated by Kyf Brewer, Gina Schock, Mickey Cucchiella, Mike Brilhart, John Allen, Ray Bachman and Bill Cole. Special and eternal thanks to Gregg Landry and Blue Rock Productions for the spiritual guidance and documentary awesomeness on this project. Nestor and his family and partners would like to thank every one of you for four decades of support of WNST, our sponsors and advertisers who allow us to do this Baltimore Positive thing.

Maryland Oyster Tour

Day 13 Going with The Bull oyster rock star shooter at The Walrus in Columbia

In the spirit of mixing it up every day on 26 in 26 days to celebrate 26 years of WNST and Baltimore Positive, the lucky thirteen day was spent with our pal John Allen of Stone Horses (and Child’s Play) rock and roll fame and “The Bull” with a two-part oyster shooter at The Walrus in Columbia. It was no bull.

Peppermill Nestor Aparicio Maryland Oyster Tour

Day 12 Visiting Heaven’s Waiting Room and finally experiencing the legendary oyster stew at The Peppermill

When the Maryland Oyster Tour was conceived the only place Nestor Aparicio knew he was going to hit was this venerable establishment with the sign on York Road just outside of the beltway in Towson. The sign always says: “Award Winning Oyster Stew.” And a roll with it, baby…

Day 6 Maryland Oyster Tour: Supporting Ray Bachman and eating oysters at legendary Mike’s in Riva

As many of our longtime listeners know, our dear friend and longtime executive producer Ray Bachman is battling cancer. On the eve of his battle, on Day 6 Maryland Oyster Tour, we took in an evening of his legendary Anne Arundel County Trivia Night and ate some oysters at legendary Mike’s in Riva.

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It's Baseball Season !

Orioles place Tyler O’Neill on 10-day injured list with neck issue

The 29-year-old O’Neill had two hits in his last 29 at-bats going back to April 9

Dear Catie Griggs: When Orioles fans ask why I don’t have an Orioles media credential, I’m sending them to you for answers

The unraveling of the Orioles pitching and disappearing bats

The Orioles finally won a 2-1 game in Washington to avoid a sweep on Thursday night but Luke Jones and Nestor continue to talk about the fundamental roster problems of a scuffling Birds’ squad that has stacked too many losses early to feel good about the pitching and defense.

McCallum: All of the April issues that ail Birdland

It’s getting late kinda early this spring as the Baltimore Orioles have provided an April thud. Our venerable Birdland (former) insider Allen McCallum joins Nestor once again for their 30th anniversary season of talking baseball, new ownership, payroll and some wisdom on the importance of pitching.

With 140 games to go, Orioles have plenty of time to turn page — or continue languishing

Those 140 games are either an opportunity to make this poor start an aberration or a glimpse into an abyss.

25 WNST Stories of Glory

"...Time will not dim the glory of YOUR deeds"

Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 11: The legacy of “The Nasty Nice Guy Awards” two decades later

Back in 1996, Nestor was working with the Ed Block Courage Awards to raise money and awareness and dreamed up a Baltimore banquet that would bring together all of the local professional sports teams to honor the good people who play the games. The Nasty Nice Guy Awards hosted exclusively at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie lasted eight years

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 4: The night we brought Harbaugh, Tomlin and Billick together to share Super Bowl glory stories

In the aftermath of Jennifer Aparicio’s miraculous survival following a second bone marrow transplant, we were inspired to do a second “Night of Heroes” after leukemia survivor Chuck Pagano came back to Baltimore in 2015 to raise money and awareness for There Goes My Hero and the power of swabbing to save lives. If you missed one of the great

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Crab Cake Tour

Is Michael Steele running for Governor?

Sure, it was nice to have a Maryland crab cake with the former Lieutenant Governor but Don and Nestor asked the question everyone wants answered on the Republican side of the gubernatorial ticket next spring.

Crab Cakes and turkey picks for Thanksgiving weekend

Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino Perryville shares a Pappas crab cake and the heavily slumping Nestor Aparicio makes his NFL Week 12 turkey picks. Now 83-79-4 on the season, these 5-9 weeks are adding up to lousy selections as he...

High on a hill in Highlandtown and exploring The Chasseur view and crab cake

When Nestor’s childhood pal and lifer restaurateur Brian Eder bought a new place at the corner of Highland and Foster, we knew this view would kick off the local portion of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Maryland Crab Cake (and Brewery) Tour Day 16: Salisbury kindness at Mogan’s Oyster House and pair of beers at Evolution and Burnish

The sixteenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a beautiful morning drive across the Bay Bridge to spend the day in Salisbury. Mayor Jake...

The Pappas crab cake story from Parkville to wherever you are for the holidays

As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Window Nation and Jiffy Lube takes us throughout the community to tell the best Baltimore Positive stories and Weis conversations, there are none better than the crab cake tales...

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Intelligent Conversations

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Dear Catie Griggs: When Orioles fans ask why I don’t have an Orioles media credential, I’m sending them to you for answers

The choice of Starks sparks Ravens glee about defensive possibilities

It wasn’t hard to read the enthusiasm of the Ravens’ brass in the aftermath of the selection of Georgia safety Malaki Starks with the 27th pick of the first round. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the excitement about the interview standout’s ability to free up Kyle Hamilton and the rest of Zach Orr’s defense with secondary flexibility.

The unraveling of the Orioles pitching and disappearing bats

Opening the Pikesville Far & Dotter with hometown style and local comfort

It once was a Panera on Reisterstown Road but if you’ve seen the changes, you should stop in and see the newest Far & Dotter storefront. Curio Wellness Chief Brand Officer Wendy Bronfein educates Nestor about bringing the family business home to the Pikesville community with a new partnership with former NBA player Al Harrington and his Viola line.

Ready to pick a door and make a deal?

Anything that allows us to talk about the legit old game shows makes life better. Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery gets Nestor ready to pick a door in the new “Let’s Make a Deal” and “Press Your Luck” scratch-off games.

The Russian Machine is still breaking NHL goalies

It’s playoff time and the Washington Capitals are the President’s Trophy winner and Alex Ovechkin shows no signs of Father Time slowing him down this spring. Leonard Raskin went to Washington with The Great Eight for one more Stanley Cup run and got overtime magic.

Delivering safe, pure water all around the beltway

They measure water in parts-per-trillion these days and our pal Doug Workman of Liberty Pure continues to educate Nestor on some Baltimore water basics about well water, reservoir, contaminates and ways to make sure it’s Liberty Pure – fresh and safe. Have you seen this truck?

McCallum: All of the April issues that ail Birdland

Baltimore vs. Washington (again)

Our old WTOP Sports pal Dave Preston discusses the current state of Washington and Baltimore sports. The Orioles struggling with the worst starting pitching in the majors and frigid bats. The Nats have a rough schedule and a disappointing bullpen. And the Capitals are contending, with Alex Ovechkin creating thrills and chasing another goblet.

Koulatsos returns for NFL Draft preview as Ravens go “on the clock” for future

With the swirl of drama around Justin Tucker and a potential move on Mark Andrews, our old pal Dennis Koulatsos returns for some NFL Draft chatter and insights about picks, kicks and players who could click as Eric DeCosta scans the board looking for the next generation of players to help Lamar Jackson win stalk a Super Bowl for the Baltimore Ravens.

Is Brandon Hyde the right leader for Orioles?

The pitching is battered and bad. The bats have been silent and morale appears near rock bottom. The Baltimore Orioles are in a bad spot and Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the job of Brandon Hyde – the motivator and manager – as the slump worsens and the left-handed pitchers on the other side stack up on the hill. Twenty four runs allowed on Sunday. One lousy hit for the offense on Tuesday. Something’s gotta give…

Rock and roll hair, Brian Jack, football, Hammerjacks and the Cinderella story of Hershey heavy metal history

In a never-ending effort to bring Baltimore strangers together and make ’em friends, Nestor finally gets his lifer pal and rocker John Allen together with longtime NFL agent Chad Wiestling to discuss how the intersection of rock and roll and sports changed their lives at The Beaumont on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery.

Graduating even more graduates into the workforce at Coppin State

Dr. Ericka Covington discusses the significance of Coppin State University’s 125th anniversary and its role in Baltimore’s education and community, highlighting the small, intimate graduate program with 15 degree programs, 16 certificates, and a doctoral program, catering to adult learners and career changers. She educates Nestor on ways to elevate a modern career path locally.

Rocking Child’s Play back to M3 Festival at Merriweather to keep the music playing

It’s always music magic anytime John Allen rocks through local rock history with us. The Stone Horses leader and one-time Child’s Play drummer gives Nestor this year’s reunion plans for M3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion as part of the biggest hard rock lineup and kickoff of a rocking summer.

Preaching patience on Rutschman

Our longtime SABR pal and baseball historian Rob Neyer has made visits from Oregon to talk baseball most of the century and is now the Commissioner of the West Coast League, which once hosted a young Adley Rutschman. It’s getting late early for the stumbling Orioles but here’s some wisdom on young players and pitching pitfalls for anyone who loves the Orioles.

The life of a real NFL agent during Draft Week

It’s always time well spent on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour talking rock music, Orioles baseball and his business as a lifelong NFL player agent with Chad Wiestling, who lives here in Baltimore but will be in Green Bay with his client and superstar running back Josh Jacobs all weekend. Lots of football knowledge in this one…

Assessing the Charlie Morton disaster

After a 24-2 beat down in his latest start, Luke Jones and Nestor wonder what happens next for Charlie Morton and the Baltimore Orioles’ beleaguered starting rotation with the season teetering in the wrong direction (already). Bad times in Birdland and no answers for the injured and American League’s worst rotation. Up next: the Washington Nationals.

The real financial damage of tariffs on Main Street America

Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to The Beaumont in Catonsville in the recent aftermath of the damage to the stock market and your 401K retirement accounts, it was imperative we get former Baltimore County Councilman and notorious financial centrist Tom Quirk back to do the math on tariffs, federal cuts and the damage being done to local government and business by the lunacy of it all.

Bringing the Home Run Riches home

Three big winners around Baltimore this week and the Orioles homers keep adding up. Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery brings the winners home with local jackpots and the new Back To The Future scratch-off game.

ColumnNes: My letter to Orioles President Catie Griggs

This month, I’ve had many Orioles fans ask me on the streets of Baltimore why David Rubenstein, a full year into his new ownership and trying to spread a different image from Peter Angelos with a stunt like this bobblehead promotion this weekend, would continue to deny me legitimate press credentials after 40 years of covering Baltimore sports. So, I wrote this letter to new President Catie Griggs a month ago, a week before Opening Day:

Can Sugano pitch in with a quality start every fifth day?

In the aftermath of the best Orioles’ start of the year on the hill, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss any hope of consistent Orioles’ prosperity in the starting rotation after a much-welcomed strong seven-inning effort from Tomoyuki Sugano on Thursday night.

Dear David Rubenstein: I really believed things were going to be different with “The Next Chapter” of Orioles history – but I was wrong so far

I’m still “under review” and denied media credentials. You’re still under review by every fan of the Baltimore Orioles and every citizen who chipped in $600 million toward your $1.725 billion asset. Be a better person and a better baseball owner than Peter Angelos. Be the noise for truth, accountability and decency. Make “The Next Chapter” a truly inclusive one, David.

Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Ask Chad Steele what he thinks I said about Sage so I can tell Ravens fans why I was really exterminated

Orioles can win with best version of Dean Kremer and bullpen

On a night with a great start from Dean Kremer and a clean sheet from the Orioles’ bullpen, Luke Jones and Nestor the discuss a sign of pitching prosperity and an awakening from the bat of Jackson Holliday in grand slam win over the Cleveland Guardians. Beware: fashion statements within…

Reghi: On Baltimore, Cleveland, real Orioles history and the greatness of Jim Palmer

As always, time well spent with former Orioles’ TV voice Michael Reghi brings some Baltimore high heat from his home base in Cleveland, as the Guardians arrive and we discuss the importance of reliable starting pitching and great partners to analyze it.

Luke Jones

Orioles place Tyler O’Neill on 10-day injured list with neck issue

The 29-year-old O’Neill had two hits in his last 29 at-bats going back to April 9

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Ravens need to be right about betting on Marshall edge rusher Mike Green

Accused of sexual assault in high school and at the University of Virginia, Green was widely regarded as a first-round talent.

In drafting Starks, Ravens aim to put last year’s secondary woes behind them for good

Even a cursory glance at pre-draft coverage made Baltimore’s interest in Georgia safety Malaki Starks obvious.

The choice of Starks sparks Ravens glee about defensive possibilities

The unraveling of the Orioles pitching and disappearing bats

With 140 games to go, Orioles have plenty of time to turn page — or continue languishing

Those 140 games are either an opportunity to make this poor start an aberration or a glimpse into an abyss.

Is Brandon Hyde the right leader for Orioles?

Safety remains position of intrigue for Ravens entering this week’s draft

Restricted free agent Ar’Darius Washington signed his tender on Monday, but he remains unsigned beyond 2025.

Timing of MASN streaming announcement not ideal, but better late than never for Orioles

Baltimore became the 28th major league club to have a direct-to-consumer in-market streaming option.

Assessing the Charlie Morton disaster

Can Sugano pitch in with a quality start every fifth day?

Sports with Luke Jones

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The WNST Sports Report

Orioles place Tyler O’Neill on 10-day injured list with neck issue

The 29-year-old O’Neill had two hits in his last 29 at-bats going back to April 9

Ravens need to be right about betting on Marshall edge rusher Mike Green

Accused of sexual assault in high school and at the University of Virginia, Green was widely regarded as a first-round talent.

Orioles place Tyler O’Neill on 10-day injured list with neck issue

The 29-year-old O’Neill had two hits in his last 29 at-bats going back to April 9

Ravens need to be right about betting on Marshall edge rusher Mike Green

Accused of sexual assault in high school and at the University of Virginia, Green was widely regarded as a first-round talent.

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Ravens “comfortable” drafting Marshall’s Mike Green despite sexual assault allegations

General manager Eric DeCosta and head coach John Harbaugh discussed the decision to draft Mike Green in the second round Friday night.

In drafting Starks, Ravens aim to put last year’s secondary woes behind them for good

Even a cursory glance at pre-draft coverage made Baltimore’s interest in Georgia safety Malaki Starks obvious.

Dear Catie Griggs: When Orioles fans ask why I don’t have an Orioles media credential, I’m sending them to you for answers

The choice of Starks sparks Ravens glee about defensive possibilities

The unraveling of the Orioles pitching and disappearing bats

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Ravens "comfortable" drafting Marshall's Mike Green despite sexual assault allegations

In drafting Starks, Ravens aim to put last year's secondary woes behind them for good

Dear Catie Griggs: When Orioles fans ask why I don’t have an Orioles media credential, I’m sending them to you for answers

The choice of Starks sparks Ravens glee about defensive possibilities

The unraveling of the Orioles pitching and disappearing bats

Opening the Pikesville Far & Dotter with hometown style and local comfort

The Russian Machine is still breaking NHL goalies

Ravens select Georgia safety Malaki Starks in first round to bolster secondary

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Learning Via Leadership

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Arts and Entertainment

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Are you Tuckered out on that zero-tolerance policy?

Dear Catie Griggs: When Orioles fans ask why I don’t have an Orioles media credential, I’m sending them to you for answers

The choice of Starks sparks Ravens glee about defensive possibilities

Opening the Pikesville Far & Dotter with hometown style and local comfort

Ready to pick a door and make a deal?

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Baltimore Positive Classic

Seeing the light – and utilizing Light Rail – in the future of Timonium

Local developer Mark Renbaum joins Nestor at Pappas in Parkville on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the MLR Timonium Light Rail community project and plans for future use of commercial and residential space at York and Ridgely.

Arts and Entertainment

James Young discusses the legacy of Styx music and life without Dennis DeYoung in Summer 2003

Styx was on the road with Journey and REO Speedwagon when JY checked in with his biggest sports radio fan in Baltimore. Guitarist James Young of Styx shares his Chicago roots, his dual allegiance to the White Sox and Cubs, and his thoughts on the changes in the music industry over the years with Nestor Aparicio before a 2003 show.

Featured

Remembering everything I forgot about Super Bowl XXXV

Nestor Aparicio wrote a book on the Baltimore Ravens 2000 championship called “Purple Reign.” Twenty years later and a week after chatting with members of the team, he swears there are a million stories still never told…

Baltimore Positive Classic

Crab Cake Row: Still caring about families and the mission of Casey Cares for kids

Erin Ritter educates Nestor about the history and mission of Casey Cares for kids. As part of “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week,” we hosted all of the charities we’ve ever partnered and participated with over the years at WNST Baltimore Positive.

Arts and Entertainment

La Famiglia and the spirit of The Feast of The Seven Fishes for the holidays

In our never-ending quest to bring together the best people of Baltimore, let Nestor tell you how 40 years of friendship with “Uncle” Dan Rodricks connected him to legendary Chesapeake chef and Gertrude’s proprietor John Shields, who turned out to be related to the very tiny Aparicio family through Smalltimore marriage. The BMA, the holiday and what’s on the table at your tasty Christmas feast?

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Wendy Bronfein

Flying instead of Truckin’ to Vegas for Dead & Company

The first days are the hardest days so Curio Wellness has put together a fun excursion contest to Las Vegas to see Dead & Company at The Sphere. Signing up for rewards is fun and easy and Nestor asks Wendy Bronfein all about what’s happening at Far & Dotter in Timonium as we continue the trip through cannabis education.

Dr. Anthony Jenkins

Re-emphasizing the role and importance of Title IX on campuses in America

Continuing our Coppin State 125th Anniversary campus conversations, Title IX Coordinator Katsura Kurita explains the 50-year-old civil rights law, ensuring gender equity in education and sports, and prohibiting sex discrimination in institutions receiving federal funding. She educates Nestor on the prevalence of sexual violence on campuses, with one in four women and one in 12 men experiencing it. And how campuses are handling this important issue.

John Martin

Ready to pick a door and make a deal?

Bill Cole

What do we really expect from new Orioles ownership?

It’s up to Nestor’s friends and sponsors to keep him honest. Our pal Bill Cole of Cole Roofing and Gordian Enegry grills Nestor about what he really expects from the Orioles this offseason with new ownership and a team full of young stars waiting on better pitching. And fans waiting on some kind of honest and authentic communication.

Leonard Raskin

The Russian Machine is still breaking NHL goalies

Mike Rosenfeld

What would an NFL Draft weekend look like in Baltimore?

Our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld reports back to Nestor on the Detroit scene for NFL Draft and what Baltimore could be as a potential host for the biggest event of the offseason. How do we lure an event with a massive scale and size that needs to be experienced to be appreciated?

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Reading The Book On It

Let legendary Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan tell you why he still loves sports

Some of us are getting old and tired and cranky but not longtime Boston sports columnist and ESPN Sports Reporters panelist Bob Ryan, who shares his enduring love of sports and tells Nestor he still attends games and awaits seeing

Ever wonder how all of that stained glass in Baltimore got there?

Anthropologist Linda Rabben shares her local expertise and new book on the social history of stained glass in 20th Century Baltimore homes that you’ve driven by every day of your life. A fascinating deep dive from churches to stoops to

Pro football historian Clark Judge: Quarterbacks and legacies are defined by what happens next

Pro football historian Clark Judge talks Lamar and deep NFL quarterback history with Nestor as the Ravens enter January as Super Bowl favorites. And, as always, the praise of Bert Jones and love of Todd Rundgren are naturally weaved into

Glauber: Four decades of seeing NFL from the inside and finally finding the couch on Sundays

Football author Bob Glauber joins Nestor from New York to preview Ravens at Flacco

The international money, gambling and most influential sports league in the world hasn’t snuck up on agent Leigh Steinberg

Talking NFL revenue, player contracts, union leverage and the future of American sports leagues all over the world with our returning champion and super agent Leigh Steinberg, who joins Nestor to discuss the lineage of the billions of dollars and

Reading the Book

Graduating even more graduates into the workforce at Coppin State

Dr. Ericka Covington discusses the significance of Coppin State University's 125th anniversary and its role in Baltimore's education and community, highlighting the small, intimate graduate program with 15 degree programs, 16 certificates, and a doctoral program, catering to adult learners…

Preaching patience on Rutschman

Dear David Rubenstein: I really believed things were going to be different with "The Next Chapter" of Orioles history – but I was wrong so far

Watch "No One Listens; Everyone Hears" – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

Dear Steve Bisciotti: Ask Chad Steele what he thinks I said about Sage so I can tell Ravens fans why I was really exterminated

Re-emphasizing the role and importance of Title IX on campuses in America

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#AlmostFamousNes (Music Classic)

Ain’t no fooling around when you’re trying to be funny during a plague…

Legendary local comedian Mickey Cucchiella joins Nestor to share and poke fun of three decades of friendship and history and tales about growing up on a Baltimore stage after meeting backstage at Hammerjacks during the glam rock era of the

Faithfully taking a 1989 Journey with open arms back to era of Bad English with Jonathan Cain

In an effort to release all of his Almost Famous-era rock and roll interviews from his time as a music critic at The Baltimore Sun, Nestor Aparicio found an October 1989 chat with legendary keyboardist Jonathan Cain, just as his

The best of both worlds…

Always one more, you’re never satisfied…

Nils Lofgren talks all things E Street on Radio Row in Phoenix

Nestor Aparicio gets the honor of spending time with pal Nils Lofgren of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the 2008 Super Bowl in Phoenix.

Watch “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

Music Classic

Rocking Child's Play back to M3 Festival at Merriweather to keep the music playing

It's always music magic anytime John Allen rocks through local rock history with us. The Stone Horses leader and one-time Child's Play drummer gives Nestor this year's reunion plans for M3 at Merriweather Post Pavilion as part of the biggest…

Watch "No One Listens; Everyone Hears" – The Media Story of Nestor Aparicio, WNST and Baltimore Positive

The triumph and Canadian pride of Rik Emmett and his Ten Telecaster Tales of new songs and stories

The music of Rik Emmett and his band Triumph has stood the test of time and his post rock professor and author duties brought together a passion project about his first favorite guitar. The Canadian guitarist returns to talk Blue…

Crack The Sky still soaring 50 years later

Now 39 years after first interviewing John Palumbo of Crack The Sky as an 18-year old music critic at The Evening Sun, Nestor finally gets to ask the singer and songwriter to reflect on the band's unique blend of rock,…

The glory days of being Hank Azaria and singing Springsteen songs

Actor and comedian Hank Azaria tells Nestor why The Boss has him living glory days in Baltimore and why he'll be singing "Born To Run" and many more Bruce Springsteen classics when he brings his charity show to Sound Stage…

The incredible gift of a great song

In a wide-ranging discussion about music, songwriting and the creative process, local author and musician Lawrence Lanahan shares the gifts of a great song with Nestor and the passion for his new podcast series, "Rearranged," exploring the concept of song…

WNST Baltimore Classic (All The Greatest Hits)

Watching Jim Palmer and thinking about Tom Seaver

While watching the Orioles play the Mets in Queens and hearing Cakes on the MASN call, Nestor reached to venerable New York Daily News baseball insider Bill Madden to tell some tales from the 1969 crypt. Oh, and there was the time at Cross Keys on the Yankees beat when he witnessed the Billy Martin-Ed Whitson bar brawl.

The ice cold Orioles Hall of Fame credentials of Fancy Clancy

Baltimore’s most beloved beer man since 1974, Clancy Haskett tells Nestor how it’ll be when Orioles finally win the World Series on Crab Cake Row Day 3 of “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” from Koco’s Pub in Lauraville. And we begin the campaign to get “Fancy Clancy” into the Orioles Hall of Fame.

The Peter Principles (Ch. 10) – Syd Thrift, Confederate money and the new Oriole Way of 21st century

Peter Angelos was once called a “windbag” by a rival politician during his City Hall-aspiring days and six years into his reign of terror with the sputtering Orioles, his many words and lack of success with people would lend some credence to that claim.

Andrew Zimmern and Gary Vaynerchuk collide on Baltimore Positive at Miami Super Bowl

Feeding on energy and great food with Vaynerchuk and Zimmern

Over 28 years of Super Bowl Radio Row dominance, the best segments are the ones where folks from different worlds collide on the WNST set. World-renowned chef and foodie Andrew Zimmern bumped into wine wizard and serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk at Miami Super Bowl LIV.

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Ever lose a bet about an NFL franchise coming to Baltimore?

Business travel pro Jay Ellenby catches up with Nestor 30 years after running his first Orioles roadtrip to Fort Lauderdale and tells all he remembers about the Nasty Naked Run passing Safe Harbors Travel on South Street downtown in 1996. The stories that we tell on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Venetoulis extols political wisdom of how Baltimore was built in 1970s

The world according to Ted Venetoulis…

Purple Reign 2: Chapter 3 “The Wizard of Oz and The Process”

This is Chapter 3 of “Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family & Football – A Baltimore Love Story.” Author and radio host and entrepreneur Nestor Aparicio is releasing the 2013 book chapter by chapter daily to get you ready for NFL season.

From cursed to blessed to this mess: Shaughnessy talks Red Sox past, present and future

Legendary Boston Globe baseball insider Dan Shaughnessy joins Nestor from New England to discuss the many Red Sox and Orioles battles and scars and glorious history. And then there’s what we’ll witness this season from Fenway to Camden Yards…

My gratitude for 27 years of attending Super Bowl games all over America

Nestor joined Dennis for a Super Bowl XLV preview and a chance to reflect on missing this one for the first time. And the first time he ever dreamed of going to one “Big Game” with his Pop and the lights went out…

1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 1 A very tasty ‘cake at Suicide Bridge in beautiful Hurlock on Eastern Shore

1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 1 A very tasty ‘cake at Suicide Bridge in beautiful Hurlock on Eastern Shore.

Mike Pereira of FOX Sports talks state of NFL officiating on Radio Row

The former NFL official sat down with Nestor and Luke Jones to discuss officiating ahead of Super Bowl LIV in Miami.

During Hard Knocks, when The Goose told us about his summer with a ring and a Super Bowl trophy

During the 2001 Westminster training camp of the inaugural HBO season of “Hard Knocks,” Tony Siragusa and Nestor made some space at the Best Western and talked about what happens after you win the Super Bowl. We will miss The Goose.

Marvin Lewis: The frustration of chasing Lamar Jackson

Marvin Lewis joins Nestor to discuss frustration in trying to stop Lamar Jackson and Ravens

The Key Bridge and key issues with Senator Chris Van Hollen

Senator Chris Van Hollen talks Key Bridge and securing federal funding with Nestor from MACo in Ocean City, highlighting Maryland’s efforts to work with the federal government for the rebuild. Lots here on oyster restoration and conservation of the Chesapeake Bay and the impact of the Trump presidency on American politics and journalism.

Telling the whole truth about the uncertain future of the Maryland Stadium Authority and Camden Yards and the Angelos Family

Follow the money. Wait for the real ink on the lease not the words of a man who lies regularly. Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman Tom Kelso joins Nestor for a long-awaited, deep dive on everything about the $1.2 billion of your money that Steve Bisciotti and the Angelos Family are getting to keep their sports franchises in Baltimore. Ask

Thomas Dolby: A Totally Tubular 80s music fest that is poetry in motion

Our resident professor in residence at Johns Hopkins and 80s MTV icon Thomas Dolby returns with Nestor at State Fare on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss his new book, new hair and Totally Tubular 80s Tour this summer that plays at Anthem in D.C. on July 14th.

Nickelodeon star JoJo Siwa joins Nestor and Luke on Radio Row in Minnesota Super Bowl 52

You never know who will stop by during our annual Super Bowl Radio Row events. We started in 1992. That was the first time the game was in Minneapolis but not at the Mall of America.

John Steadman talks about AFL-NFL merger and Jets disaster in Super Bowl III

Early in his career, Nestor was always fishing for the real history of sports. No better place to find it than from a guy who was at the pool with Joe Namath in Miami in 1969.

Finding old friends and new memories at Max’s Taphouse during Fleet Week

Even though it will always be “Max’s On Broadway” to an old music critic, Ron Furman of the current and longtime Max’s Taphouse tells Nestor about the magic of Broadway and Fell’s Point during Fleet Week from Kooper’s Tavern on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Ain’t no friends like old friends…

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