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La Canfora taking calls again at WNST and joining Baltimore Positive will make far more than just a Nasty impact

La Canfora taking calls again at WNST and joining Baltimore Positive will make far more than just a Nasty impact

Honesty. A pairing people yell about prompting real intrigue. Listeners feel our original local schtick. Delight and yearn, Baltimore! The new La Canfora and Aparicio tandem will fix those seasonal allergies of fake media, hiding owners, lying pro sports executives and general press conference doldrums.
Dear Michael Arougheti: Rhymes with spaghetti but that’s all we know about your Truist intentions with our baseball franchise

Dear Michael Arougheti: Rhymes with spaghetti but that’s all we know about your Truist intentions with our baseball franchise

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...
Dear Catie Griggs: Tell us more about who this “fan experience” is designed for at Camden Yards?

Dear Catie Griggs: Tell us more about who this “fan experience” is designed for at Camden Yards?

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...
Dear Mike Elias: Opening Day means real fresh hope – and nowhere to hide anymore

Dear Mike Elias: Opening Day means real fresh hope – and nowhere to hide anymore

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...
Dear Alby: Welcome to Birdland and the low bar of high expectations

Dear Alby: Welcome to Birdland and the low bar of high expectations

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.
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Our 25 WNST Stories of Glory

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 2: The powerful message of Free The Birds to awful Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos

We did our best and this remains the pride of all of the work of Nestor Aparicio: exposing the truth about the awfulness of the Orioles ownership stewardship of the Baltimore Orioles over three decades. The “FREE THE BIRDS” rally was held on September 21, 2006. It was 18 years ago and the team has posted just four winning seasons since then. Peter Angelos heard the voices of the Baltimore baseball fans that day. So did most of America…

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 7: #JennStrong When you cared about more than just sports radio

On March 20th of this year, it’ll be ten years since Jennifer Aparicio was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia that was later traced back to her work as a project engineer in telecom at 9/11 and the World Trade Center in New York City. As she fought for her life and awaited the first of two bone marrow transplants from a miracle German man who saved her life, our WNST community rallied to get swabbed for the bone marrow registry and the local charity There Goes My Hero. Jenn is alive and well and visited with her DNA twin Niels in Europe recently for NFL football in Franfurt. Meanwhile, we remain incredibly grateful for the support of our community here at WNST Baltimore Positive that kept her spirits high and hopes alive during her gruesome battle. Hug the people you love!

In The City...

Van Hollen discusses Putin in America, I.C.E. and immigration in Maryland and the war in Gaza

No one has been more on the front line of stopping the fascist dealings of Donald Trump than Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who joins Nestor from MACo in Ocean City to discuss the visit of Vladimir Putin on American soil, the due process of humans in our country and what he has seen – and hasn’t seen – from I.C.E. in detaining people. Plus, the criticism and his position on Israel and the tactics in the war in Gaza.

Adding up The Y and the whole Thanksgiving menu of the Turkey Trot

John Hoey of The Y returns to give Nestor the receipts and warm trail of holiday fun from the 5K Turkey Trot on a chilly Thanksgiving morning that took place all over the community and wound up being featured on the Ravens’ NBC broadcast for the world to see with their pumpkin pie.

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The Maryland Crab Cake Tour

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A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl

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Intelligent Conversations on WNST-AM 1570 This Week

Mussina: Pitching in on why the new ABS rules in MLB make sense

Our all-time favorite brother-of-a-Hall-of-Famer Mark Mussina returns to begin another baseball season but this one has been greatly altered – and improved – by “the system” getting the calls right. Moose joins Nestor to discuss umpiring, the strike zone and the new ABS rules in MLB and why it’s quickly become hailed as one of the greatest improvements in the game in a generation.

Running back the success and impact of ‘No Mean City: Baltimore 1966″ with Dan Rodricks

If you missed the sold-out run of local newspaper legend Dan Rodricks’ amazing play, “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966,” it looks like you’ll have another chance next year. The incredible success and rave reviews brought the longtime Baltimore columnist back to chat with Nestor about his observations about the time, place, baseball and storylines in our city that haven’t aged – or changed – in some ways over the past 60 years.

A fresh season of hope and change in Birdland

Times have changed quickly for Orioles baseball fans regarding payroll and hope, and venerable author and Baltimorean Joel Poiley has noticed from his Florida perch. The longtime sportswriter returns to talk MLB and balls and strikes with Nestor as a promising season gets underway at Camden Yards.

The “comfort” of baseball season and a new system of balls and strikes

We love our partners and sponsors at Baltimore Positive and we love it more when they love local sports as much as we do. Zach Dermer of Farnen and Dermer and The Comfort Guys joins Nestor to discuss an up-and-down first week of Orioles season and why you need to get spring maintenance so your summer doesn’t get as a hot and bothered as a manager trying to argue with the machine of the new ABS umpiring system. You’ll keep a cooler head.

A turbulent offseason for Ravens puts extra focus on draft needs

A new coach. A failed trade. The loss of some key players, including center Tyler Linderbaum. It’s been three months of action and reaction but are the Baltimore Ravens improving this offseason? Luke Jones and Nestor reset the turbulent offseason of general manager Eric DeCosta as the NFL Draft approaches in Pittsburgh on April 23rd.

Taking a second Big Spin of the wheel

Spring has sprung a bevy of new games and ways to win with the Maryland Lottery. Executive Director John Martin of The Maryland Lottery returns with Nestor to discuss some of the newest Maryland Treasures art and a bunch of big winners around the state as the weather blooms in Baltimore and beyond.

The loss of Zach Eflin and how it impacts Orioles pitching

We knew the Orioles would need Dean Kremer back in Baltimore at some point but we didn’t think it’d be this soon. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Tuesday night elbow injury to Zach Eflin and the current bullpen strain for the Birds as the first week proves choppy for rookie skipper Craig Albernaz.

The last stand of Ovechkin

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.

Making dollars and sense of Orioles commitment to Shane Baz

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.

Having a ball with balls and strikes in first MLB weekend of ABS

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.

TrevorRogers

For starters, it was a great start to season for Orioles

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.

Dear Catie Griggs: Tell us more about who this “fan experience” is designed for at Camden Yards?

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…

Swinging for the fences and a shot at October magic

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.

Can Albernaz manage the Orioles arms into October?

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.

Cooking up a proper Italian meal with old friends at Massoni’s in Perry Hall

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.

Ah, those memories of Section 513…

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.

Still not using – or learning – AI? It’s time to catch up…

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.

Are you kind enough?

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…

Will the ghost of Crosby deal and its lack of integrity haunt Ravens?

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.

Our expert panel discusses what’s in store for Orioles this summer

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!”

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A turbulent offseason for Ravens puts extra focus on draft needs

A new coach. A failed trade. The loss of some key players, including center Tyler Linderbaum. It’s been three months of action and reaction but are the Baltimore Ravens improving this offseason? Luke Jones and Nestor reset the turbulent offseason of general manager Eric DeCosta as the NFL Draft approaches in Pittsburgh on April 23rd.

The loss of Zach Eflin and how it impacts Orioles pitching

We knew the Orioles would need Dean Kremer back in Baltimore at some point but we didn’t think it’d be this soon. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Tuesday night elbow injury to Zach Eflin and the current bullpen strain for the Birds as the first week proves choppy for rookie skipper Craig Albernaz.

Making dollars and sense of Orioles commitment to Shane Baz

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.

TrevorRogers

For starters, it was a great start to season for Orioles

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.

Sports with Luke Jones

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The WNST Sports Report

Mussina: Pitching in on why the new ABS rules in MLB make sense

Our all-time favorite brother-of-a-Hall-of-Famer Mark Mussina returns to begin another baseball season but this one has been greatly altered – and improved – by “the system” getting the calls right. Moose joins Nestor to discuss umpiring, the strike zone and the new ABS rules in MLB and why it’s quickly become hailed as one of the greatest improvements in the game in a generation.

Mussina: Pitching in on why the new ABS rules in MLB make sense

Our all-time favorite brother-of-a-Hall-of-Famer Mark Mussina returns to begin another baseball season but this one has been greatly altered – and improved – by “the system” getting the calls right. Moose joins Nestor to discuss umpiring, the strike zone and the new ABS rules in MLB and why it’s quickly become hailed as one of the greatest improvements in the game in a generation.

Running back the success and impact of ‘No Mean City: Baltimore 1966″ with Dan Rodricks

If you missed the sold-out run of local newspaper legend Dan Rodricks’ amazing play, “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966,” it looks like you’ll have another chance next year. The incredible success and rave reviews brought the longtime Baltimore columnist back to chat with Nestor about his observations about the time, place, baseball and storylines in our city that haven’t aged – or changed – in some ways over the past 60 years.

A fresh season of hope and change in Birdland

Times have changed quickly for Orioles baseball fans regarding payroll and hope, and venerable author and Baltimorean Joel Poiley has noticed from his Florida perch. The longtime sportswriter returns to talk MLB and balls and strikes with Nestor as a promising season gets underway at Camden Yards.

The “comfort” of baseball season and a new system of balls and strikes

We love our partners and sponsors at Baltimore Positive and we love it more when they love local sports as much as we do. Zach Dermer of Farnen and Dermer and The Comfort Guys joins Nestor to discuss an up-and-down first week of Orioles season and why you need to get spring maintenance so your summer doesn’t get as a hot and bothered as a manager trying to argue with the machine of the new ABS umpiring system. You’ll keep a cooler head.

A turbulent offseason for Ravens puts extra focus on draft needs

A new coach. A failed trade. The loss of some key players, including center Tyler Linderbaum. It’s been three months of action and reaction but are the Baltimore Ravens improving this offseason? Luke Jones and Nestor reset the turbulent offseason of general manager Eric DeCosta as the NFL Draft approaches in Pittsburgh on April 23rd.

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Wendy Bronfein

Rethinking the Pikesville Armory for the future

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…

The feeling of coming “home” to Coppin

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.

Winners dig the long ball for riches

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.

The costs, benefits and stark realities of energy, AI and solar

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.

The last stand of Ovechkin

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.

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Reading The Book On It

Reading the Book

ESPN legend Tim Kurkjian expresses concern for MLB future as (another) labor war feels inevitable

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…

A Triumph of magic power and winning the good fight as Emmett (finally) puts the band back on the road

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…

The power of Amy Sherald and American Sublime at The BMA

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…

The frigid reality of a half century of cold war between MLB players and owners

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…

For the love of telling the story of Baltimore

It's always a great day when we take the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to Gertrude's and spend time with (cousin) and proprietor and Chesapeake chef John Shields with a first-time visit from Nick Rodricks, whose famous columnist father has put…

Dear John Harbaugh: The long fraud of your goodbye and $oft landing in The Big Apple

I’ve blessed myself with 60 days to give your rather abrupt departure here some time to fully decant – like a hair-raising, pellet gun plum Ravens vintage – and smelling that musty, stale aroma and a hint of that rancid…

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#AlmostFamousNes (Music Classic)

Music Classic

Howling and Crowing about America (and Amorica) as drummer Steve Gorman returns home

Longtime drummer of The Black Crowes and now Minnesota morning rock radio voice Steve Gorman comes home to Maryland to discuss the state of world and his new supergroup Howl Owl Howl, featuring Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Darius Rucker…

Drums, cannabis and science rocking the education of the plant – and the future of medicine

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour brought a spirited holiday edition of the show to Far & Dotter in Timonium with Dundalk drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Gina Schock of The Go-Go's joined by Curio founder Michael Bronfein…

Podcasts, Pearl Jam passion and the present tense with The Mayne Event

They met on the backstretch at Pimlico three decades ago and The Mayne Event always returns and never disappoints for sports, comedy, charity and why Eddie Vedder shouldn't trust Nestor. Longtime ESPNer Kenny Mayne checks in for another round of…

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

Part biography, part civic documentary, this film uncovers the uncompromising journey of Nestor Aparicio—journalist, truth-teller, and founder of Baltimore Positive. Through battles with institutions, personal setbacks, and a stubborn commitment to his hometown, “No One Listens; Everyone Hears” shows what…

Gordy pushes the beat to another Grammy nomination

Two-time Grammy Award winning percussionist and Marylander M.B. Gordy returns from Los Angeles to tell Nestor about the beat of his latest – and fourth – Grammy nomination with "Seven Seasons" in the Classical Compendium category.

The heart of the holiday matter in Dundalk with John Allen of Stone Horses

The Dundalk boys reunite at the bar at Costas Inn for a little rocking around the Christmas tree catch up as John Allen of Stone Horses joins lifer pal Nestor to spread some holiday cheer and music memories from the…

WNST Baltimore Classic (All The Greatest Hits)

Sprinting to the finish line in Washington

First elected to the House of Delegates in 1966, the local statesman Ben Cardin will complete his public service to our citizenry 16 years after heading to D.C. as a Maryland Senator. Joining Nestor at MACO in Ocean City, the Baltimore champion says he’s got plenty left to do before he departs The Capitol in January 2025.

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