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On August 3rd, 1998, Nestor Aparicio inked a letter to local sports fans in The Baltimore Sun. Now 25 years later, did he live up to his promise and goals to serve the local community?
If you ever participated in or witnessed a decade of fun times, live radio shows and Baltimore sports memories with us at The Barn on Harford Road back in the 1990s when WNST was birthed by the local community, then you know it’ll never be replicated. Go through the photos and see how many legends you can identify who spent time eating crabs, drinking beer and talking sports with us – and you – in Parkville. As John Steadman once said: “Didn’t we have some good times?” What’s your favorite memory of a WNST live event over these 25 years of awesomeness? The night we brought the Lombardi Trophy by in the aftermath of Super Bowl XXXV didn’t suck.
Our longtime producer Ray Bachman takes a break from his Trivia Night tour in Anne Arundel County to talk 25 years of fun WNST memories with Nestor at Pappas Restaurant in Glen Burnie on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
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.
On the eve of a huge Juneteenth celebration at The Y Swim Center in Randallstown, we bring the Maryland Crab Cake Tour inside with 4th District Councilman Julian Jones and John Hoey of The Y in Central Maryland to discuss how Baltimore County and the local community came together to make life better for residents and families near Liberty Road.
Open enrollment begins on November 1st and the folks at Maryland Health Connection are ready to help you get the right health coverage for you. Let Andy Ratner and Jenny Garrison of MHC educate you on the benefits and realities of real insurance to help you sleep with peace of mind in 2026.
A teacher and lifelong activist turned politician, it’s always a refreshing visit with Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, who takes Nestor to class on citizenship, early education and the destructive power of money in politics. There’s even a little baseball in here…
In a weary world with so many problems, the folks at CASA Baltimore County are providing leadership and care for foster children in need of loving, caring home environments. Jennifer Stine of CASA Baltimore County tells Nestor about the organization and he confides about his amazing adoptive parents who wanted and needed a child in Dundalk 50 years ago. This one is personal.
Because it’s Smalltimore at heart, we hear and read the local threads of thought leaders throughout the community. Parkville attorney Chad Cos joins Nestor at The Beaumont in Catonsville on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss law and order, checks and balances and what’s happening in American democracy with the ignorance of accountability beyond tribal politics. Oh, and about The Constitution…
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We are loving these offseason baseball conversations but will the Hot Stove heat up enough to energize the Baltimore Orioles fan base for the first time in a generation? Time will tell. Ron Cassie of Baltimore Magazine joins Luke Jones and Nestor for a Baltimore baseball offseason primer of hopes and possibilities for David Rubenstein and Michael Arougheti to step up and into the big leagues of MLB payroll.
The three-term U.S. Senator joined Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss how business works at the beach and across our state.
Our favorite longtime Washington Post baseball writer Dave Sheinin joins Nestor at the new Costas Inn at Timonium Race Track to discuss everything Orioles and World Series on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. Birdland ownership, management, the manager, big money and how to start winning again at Camden Yards?
For any family having fun in Ocean City, a trip to Jolly Roger is mandatory for bumper cars, water slides, go karts or just a ride on the carousel. And for Nestor, a lifetime of memories come flooding back about times spent on and off the boardwalk at the beach.
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 21 Date night at Hobbit in Ocean City for a legendary ‘cake and Bayside sunset view. Sharing a family beach story and the most dramatic dining room scenery in the state.
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It was the first segment on the first day of the kickoff of Crab Cake Row: “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” and Will Hahn provides Nestor with updates his legendary family business moving from the old market into to the new Lexington Market this month in time for Orioles season.
Reading the book on the history and modern realities of Enoch Pratt Free Library with Meghan McCorkell. More than just a visit from Jada and Will, let the longtime journalist tell Nestor the facts about ways Baltimore is getting educated via its oldest institution of community and learning.
Our final stop for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” was at Kooper’s North in May Chapel, named after a dog, so it was appropriate that Kate Bell brought Nestor her safety story of true love for senior dogs. Reed’s Rescue, whose mission is to provide care for older dogs, often overlooked in shelters, by placing them in foster homes and finding them adoptive families, was named after a dog named “Reed,” whose name was inspired by a certain Baltimore Ravens’ Hall of Famer.
The HOFFA Foundation offering healing opportunity free from addiction in Carroll County as a family-based non-profit working to provide stable housing and employment services for men who are in the process of rebuilding their lives.
Our “Crab Cake Row: A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” brought together two legends who have barely met. Our Luke Jones and the greatest sports cartoonist ever Mike Ricigliano join forces to discuss the ties that bind us together as Baltimoreans and sports fans at Koco’s Pub for The Maryland Food Bank.
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As the Washington Capitals spin toward out of the playoffs, it appears that The Great Eight is skating his last shifts in a legendary NHL career. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss balls and strikes and the end of the Alex Ovechkin Era in D.C. as April 15th looms for your taxes.
With the first week of baseball in action, our longtime baseball insider Allen McCallum discusses Orioles early strengths and weaknesses and the much-discussed ABS system of balls and strikes with Nestor.
Sure, it’s a 5-year, $68 million commitment to a starting pitcher who hadn’t even thrown a pitch for the Baltimore Orioles, but let Luke Jones and Nestor tell you what makes sense about the dollars that Mike Elias gave new hurler Shane Baz and why it happened now.
It’s been a revolutionary, game-changing concept for the sports of baseball. The first weekend of the ABS system and the challenges of pitchers, catchers and hitters has changed the strategy every night in MLB. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the concerns, drama and impact of the “new” and improved strike zone.
I met Priscilla but when do I get to meet you? I want to give my Truist trust to the next real owner of the Baltimore Orioles but when an out-of-towner starts buying “free” beer to fund a cheap social media stunt, we should all be leery in the Charm City. And I’ve met ’em all…
Seven strong innings from Trevor Rogers and a packed Oriole Park at Camden Yards kicked off the 2026 campaign in grand style with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Luke Jones and Nestor recap a successful Opening Day in Baltimore and opine about how true quality starting pitching can take the Birds to new heights with a soft schedule and lots to recommend the squad in the early going.
Two months ago, you shook my hand all doe-eyed, took my Baltimore Positive business card at a local networking function that I actively participate in with a great group of community folks monthly, somehow believably feigned that “we’d be in touch” – I took you at your word – and then your bush league team sent along ridiculously insincere replies (or none at all) and your mostly unprofessional Lieutenants have all lined up to pretend that I don’t exist or that my questions on behalf of your fans are somehow irrelevant. I’m here holding a mirror up for you. That’s my role. You hold the power; I hold it accountable. Always…
I would’ve fired you last May when you fired your manager and then hid for three days. Your “leadership” stinks but I do believe your baseball team can be a playoff contender this summer. But on the heels of last place, at some point the record belongs to you…
We believe the Baltimore Orioles will hit the ball this year but will they catch it? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss last year’s bad defense, poor start and how the many hopeful bats of the Birds should pound their into a playoff caliber team as Opening Day awaits.
We love the starting rotation but about that untested bullpen? Luke Jones and Nestor get you ready for Opening Day and beyond with a full preview of the 2026 Baltimore Orioles and where the Birds will be flying in the American League East this summer – and hopefully, into the fall.
Our pal and longtime video producer Gregg Landry of Towson Transfers returns to discuss using your spring cleaning to save all of those essential memories locked on paper and videotape and old media formats and getting your history modernized right here locally.
The Smalltimore journey continues on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour as Nicole Massoni and Terry Cook welcome Nestor to Massoni’s in Perry Hall for food, family, laughs and some old stories about Bob Ehrlich, Dundalk, Chuck and Brooks, the Governor’s Mansion in Annapolis and how sports and community brings us all together.
Before Grondahl and Bader and Griggs and Fine grab you and tell you all about me and my decades of orange civic mind crimes of baseball passion, let me make this clear: I am a true believer. I think the 2026 Orioles can win.
It’s been too long since we’ve spent some quality time with ESPN legend Tim Kurkjian talking about baseball. The one-time Baltimore Sun beat writer for the Orioles joins his one-time colleague Nestor to discuss the state of Major League Baseball and the hope of Birdland as we get ready for first pitch and Opening Day at Camden Yards.
It’s always fun to visit with old friends and our concert pal Ed Stylc joins Nestor at Massoni’s in Perry Hall on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the good old days of Section 513 at Baltimore Ravens games and why rock music and going to a big concert still sustains us all these years later.
Over the past year, it’s become the greatest and most controversial tool of this century: artificial intelligence. Our defending champion of learning new stuff, Denis O’Donovan of ProfitComm returns to provide Nestor an updated state of artificial intelligence and where and how to get educated and using it on a daily basis to save time, money and get smarter.
Our Secretary of Kindness Grace Foxwell Murdock tells Nestor how doing 12 acts of kindness every day will change his life. Kindness is magic! Let her show you…
Maxx Crosby finally got to speak his mind and it’s pretty clear his journey to Owings Mills last week didn’t go as planned. Luke Jones and Nestor reset the Ravens offseason and wonder why Jesse Minter and Eric DeCosta avoided him upon his arrival at The Castle and what impact his words will have around the NFL.
We don’t convene two generations of WNST ballpark reports often enough but when Allen McCallum and Luke Jones join Nestor to talk Baltimore Orioles baseball, it’s always a good day on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. The trio navigate Opening Day and beyond from Costas Inn in Dundalk with a resounding: “Play ball!”
With all of the uncertainty with Major League Baseball labor and media, it’s a pivotal year for the leadership of the sport – on and off the field. Our sports business professor Marty Conway drops by for a primer on the state of MLB and what it means for David Rubenstein and Michael Arougheti in trying to heal and grow the shrinking state of the Baltimore Orioles brand locally.
It’s been quite a few years of change in tone with our visits with guitarist Rik Emmett, whose Triumph music has lived in the vault of classic rock radio for four decades but the band that last toured in 1993 was brought back together again last summer through hockey and the magic power of the music. Now 72, along with Gil Moore and Mike Levine and some great musicians, they’re going back on the road this spring and Nestor has a lot of questions for his Canadian baseball friend and poet about this very unexpected reunion tour.
It’s always a wind-ranging flow when we invite Baltimore Magazine senior editor Ron Cassie by on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour but baseball was bound to be the main course this time at Gertrude’s in the aftermath of a New York Mets’ slugger signing to become a Baltimore Orioles hope this offseason. From MLB labor to The BMA art, spring into a long conversation about Pete Alonso, Frank Robinson, race and the future of the sport.
It’s been an unprecedented and powerful exhibit at The Baltimore Museum of Art, as the Amy Sherald “American Sublime” experience has brought in art lovers from all over the world. Ann Mannix Brown shares her immense knowledge and Ron Cassie of Baltimore Magazine shows his art chops as Nestor welcomes some culture and the wisdom of a recovering and evolving art student at Gertrude’s at The BMA on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the legend, lore and allure of longtime Baltimore resident Amy Sherald.
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks returns to discuss his district’s challenges and triumphs at Massoni’s in Perry Hall on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Every time the Baltimore Orioles hit a home run this season, the Maryland Lottery will be giving away cash to lucky winners of the Home Run Riches grand prize, which can also score you the suite life if you hit it big! John Martin of Maryland Lottery discusses spring promotions and a 4-million winner with Nestor as we move toward Opening Day in the Charm City.
Do you believe that Eric DeCosta is truly “gutted” by the loss of Maxx Crosby? I don’t. And neither do the other 31 NFL general managers, which will become a problem for the Baltimore Ravens moving forward. Owings Mills is drowning in dishonesty, if not incompetence.
The lords of the realm will be back in full force as Major League Baseball is once again staring at a less-than-desirable labor war brewing between the players and owners. Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports gets Nestor primed for the MLB season on the field and how the contentious labor situation will inevitably affect this season and everything that follows.
The Baltimore bullpen threw a whopping 184 pitches Sunday and Monday, but there have been early bright spots.
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Sure, it’s a 5-year, $68 million commitment to a starting pitcher who hadn’t even thrown a pitch for the Baltimore Orioles, but let Luke Jones and Nestor tell you what makes sense about the dollars that Mike Elias gave new hurler Shane Baz and why it happened now.
It was hardly a flawless weekend, but Baltimore came away with a laborious 8-6 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Seven strong innings from Trevor Rogers and a packed Oriole Park at Camden Yards kicked off the 2026 campaign in grand style with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Luke Jones and Nestor recap a successful Opening Day in Baltimore and opine about how true quality starting pitching can take the Birds to new heights with a soft schedule and lots to recommend the squad in the early going.
Trevor Rogers set the tone with seven shutout innings to earn the victory on Thursday afternoon.
Luke Jones takes a look at the initial 26-man roster for new manager Craig Albernaz.
Baltimore will be down an additional bullpen arm with lefty Keegan Akin going on the IL with a groin strain.
We believe the Baltimore Orioles will hit the ball this year but will they catch it? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss last year’s bad defense, poor start and how the many hopeful bats of the Birds should pound their into a playoff caliber team as Opening Day awaits.
We love the starting rotation but about that untested bullpen? Luke Jones and Nestor get you ready for Opening Day and beyond with a full preview of the 2026 Baltimore Orioles and where the Birds will be flying in the American League East this summer – and hopefully, into the fall.
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The Baltimore bullpen threw a whopping 184 pitches Sunday and Monday, but there have been early bright spots.
As the Washington Capitals spin toward out of the playoffs, it appears that The Great Eight is skating his last shifts in a legendary NHL career. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss balls and strikes and the end of the Alex Ovechkin Era in D.C. as April 15th looms for your taxes.
The Baltimore bullpen threw a whopping 184 pitches Sunday and Monday, but there have been early bright spots.
As the Washington Capitals spin toward out of the playoffs, it appears that The Great Eight is skating his last shifts in a legendary NHL career. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss balls and strikes and the end of the Alex Ovechkin Era in D.C. as April 15th looms for your taxes.
With the first week of baseball in action, our longtime baseball insider Allen McCallum discusses Orioles early strengths and weaknesses and the much-discussed ABS system of balls and strikes with Nestor.
Chris Bassitt couldn’t get through the fifth inning and took the defeat in his Orioles debut.
Sure, it’s a 5-year, $68 million commitment to a starting pitcher who hadn’t even thrown a pitch for the Baltimore Orioles, but let Luke Jones and Nestor tell you what makes sense about the dollars that Mike Elias gave new hurler Shane Baz and why it happened now.
It’s been a revolutionary, game-changing concept for the sports of baseball. The first weekend of the ABS system and the challenges of pitchers, catchers and hitters has changed the strategy every night in MLB. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the concerns, drama and impact of the “new” and improved strike zone.
It was hardly a flawless weekend, but Baltimore came away with a laborious 8-6 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Pete Alonso’s RBI single in the seventh put Baltimore ahead before closer Ryan Helsley registered his second save of 2026.
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888As the Washington Capitals spin toward out of the playoffs, it appears that The Great Eight is skating his last shifts in a legendary NHL career. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss balls and strikes and the end of the Alex Ovechkin Era in D.C. as April 15th looms for your taxes.
I met Priscilla but when do I get to meet you? I want to give my Truist trust to the next real owner of the Baltimore Orioles but when an out-of-towner starts buying “free” beer to fund a cheap social media stunt, we should all be leery in the Charm City. And I’ve met ’em all…
Two months ago, you shook my hand all doe-eyed, took my Baltimore Positive business card at a local networking function that I actively participate in with a great group of community folks monthly, somehow believably feigned that “we’d be in touch” – I took you at your word – and then your bush league team sent along ridiculously insincere replies (or none at all) and your mostly unprofessional Lieutenants have all lined up to pretend that I don’t exist or that my questions on behalf of your fans are somehow irrelevant. I’m here holding a mirror up for you. That’s my role. You hold the power; I hold it accountable. Always…
I would’ve fired you last May when you fired your manager and then hid for three days. Your “leadership” stinks but I do believe your baseball team can be a playoff contender this summer. But on the heels of last place, at some point the record belongs to you…
Our pal and longtime video producer Gregg Landry of Towson Transfers returns to discuss using your spring cleaning to save all of those essential memories locked on paper and videotape and old media formats and getting your history modernized right here locally.
Matt Gallagher of Goldseker Foundation joins Nestor at Union Brewing to talk Baltimore beer and cheer. Pearl Jam, great local eats and just a wee bit of politics and how Wes Moore could make our city better from the Governor’s chair.
Sure, we broadcast Coppin State sports events and MEAC action on WNST-AM 1570 as the flagship of the mighty Eagles of West Baltimore, but this 125th anniversary celebration has allowed us to tell the real story of a gem of a HBCU school with an incredible heritage and tradition. The First Lady of Coppin State, Toinette Jenkins, gives Nestor the full background on the history of the school and how and why it continues to improve and send young people into the world ready to contribute.
Sure, we kid our pal Mark Mussina about his lifelong loyalty to the Dallas Cowboys but we’re all guilty of being addicted to a team without consequences or, in some cases, any joy at all. Good times, bad times you know we’ve had our share but our favorite brother of a Hall of Famer returns to discuss poor ownership and the self-inflicted obligation of fan support even when you know it’s hopeless.
In the aftermath of his brilliant stage production of “Baltimore, You Have No Idea,” our favorite columnist from The Baltimore Sun Dan Rodricks continues his tales of the good and bad of Baltimore and why we care about its image, reality and future.
Cate Paris of Accelerent joins Nestor to discuss her role in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Visionary of The Year fundraiser this weekend in downtown Baltimore.
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Longtime civic leader Barry Williams returns for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to educate Nestor about the future of the Pikesville Armory Project, designed to serve the community for generations to come after being an historic piece of the area recently abandoned and unused. Always looking to the future…
It’s the biggest week of the year on campus at Coppin State as the Eagles hail home all of the alumni and folks all over the country (and world) to come back to West Baltimore to celebrate the legacy and impact of the university. Kimberly Nelson invites Nestor on campus for Homecoming Week and the alumni legacy of education and spirit of the tens of thousands of proud graduates.
Every time the Baltimore Orioles hit a home run this season, the Maryland Lottery will be giving away cash to lucky winners of the Home Run Riches grand prize, which can also score you the suite life if you hit it big! John Martin of Maryland Lottery discusses spring promotions and a 4-million winner with Nestor as we move toward Opening Day in the Charm City.
Sometimes we delve into sports and fiction like Maxx Crosby coming to Baltimore but this time on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Bill Cole joins Nestor at Massoni’s to discuss the future of energy, artificial intelligence the and reality of an autonomous future that’s arriving as fast as a driver-less vehicle.
As the Washington Capitals spin toward out of the playoffs, it appears that The Great Eight is skating his last shifts in a legendary NHL career. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss balls and strikes and the end of the Alex Ovechkin Era in D.C. as April 15th looms for your taxes.
Longtime civic leader Barry Williams returns for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” to educate Nestor about the future of the Pikesville Armory Project, designed to serve the community for generations to come after being an historic piece of the area recently abandoned and unused. Always looking to the future…
It’s the biggest week of the year on campus at Coppin State as the Eagles hail home all of the alumni and folks all over the country (and world) to come back to West Baltimore to celebrate the legacy and impact of the university. Kimberly Nelson invites Nestor on campus for Homecoming Week and the alumni legacy of education and spirit of the tens of thousands of proud graduates.
Sometimes we delve into sports and fiction like Maxx Crosby coming to Baltimore but this time on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Bill Cole joins Nestor at Massoni’s to discuss the future of energy, artificial intelligence the and reality of an autonomous future that’s arriving as fast as a driver-less vehicle.
As the Washington Capitals spin toward out of the playoffs, it appears that The Great Eight is skating his last shifts in a legendary NHL career. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss balls and strikes and the end of the Alex Ovechkin Era in D.C. as April 15th looms for your taxes.
Every time the Baltimore Orioles hit a home run this season, the Maryland Lottery will be giving away cash to lucky winners of the Home Run Riches grand prize, which can also score you the suite life if you hit it big! John Martin of Maryland Lottery discusses spring promotions and a 4-million winner with Nestor as we move toward Opening Day in the Charm City.
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He’s made a bunch of television shows you are familiar with and now Arthur Smith tells Nestor about his life in sports and entertainment in tales from “Reach,” his new book of memoirs and life lessons from CBC in Canada to Dick Clark to Fox Sports.
In our never-ending quest to discuss real journalism in a world of fractured and disassembled media, Nestor invites longtime mentor and one-time colleague Mark Hyman, who heads the sports journalism program at the University of Maryland, to discuss the future of sports coverage for the next generation who aspire to carry the notebook and ask the tough questions for fans and citizens.
The Go-Go’s legendary drummer came home to visit with Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at The Tasting Room above The Fountain at Drug City in Dundalk. As serendipity would have it, John Allen of Stone Horses made his way home, too, and took a Schocking tour of East Baltimore and Highlandtown music, cymbals and two rock stars who have seen the world.
With the stadium lease drama about to go into extra innings in Annapolis and the typical Angelos family stall rolling on for baseball fans, longtime Baltimore journalist, author and Orioles historian John Eisenberg discusses the history of the franchise, the city and the downtown landscape he found four decades ago when he joined The Sun as a sportswriter and columnist.
Celebrated author John Feinstein discusses his new book, “The Ancient Eight,” focusing on Ivy League football traditions highlighting the league’s unique rules, such as no expansion, no transfer portal, and no postseason games. And then, they discussed Lamar Jackson and American politics…
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Continuing our Teacher Appreciation Month with an homage to Miss Carolyn Houk, the best reading teacher ever! And you’ll get some awesome Jinokoya music and tales of the Far East in this one from Melissa Houk…
Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band talks about “Working on A Dream” and the continuing energy of Bruce Springsteen at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa Bay.
Rarely has Nestor been star struck by a rock star but the greatest voice in rock stopped him in his tracks at Super Bowl Arizona 2008. Free. Bad Company. The Firm. Jimmy Page. Queen. Paul Rodgers is a rock and roll god.
Longtime Bruce Springsteen zealot Nestor Aparicio of WNST.net continues his chat with the great Marylander Nils Lofgren of the E Street Band.
So look at me now, I’m just makin’ my play…
Baseball legend Fred Lynn checks off a bucket list interview with Nestor, whose inner 1970s fanboy sets off a Fantasy Island of questions from Fenway Park to Memorial Stadium. If you remember that May 1985 weekend on 33rd Street right after he joined the Baltimore Orioles, this one is for you…
Hall of Famer Andre Reed shares Buffalo Bills stories and chats with Nestor and Luke on Radio Row in San Francisco.
The Hall of Fame defensive end visits with Nestor and Luke at Super Bowl 51 in Houston.
Author Jon Wertheim joins Nestor to discuss his new book “Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever.” The awakening of money, sports and the American flag on cable television…
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