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

$The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966$

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

Johnny O on the lack of progress and Trump chaos and chicanery in Washington

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Ho Ho Home for the Holidays and the Maryland Crab Cake Tour

We're out on the road with our friends at the Maryland Lottery and GBMC getting our Maryland Crab Cake Tour into some new places with some fresh faces and old friends as we gear up for Santa, family and football…

The lost Super Bowl XXXV parade video from 2001 – the whole purple Festivus route to City Hall

Center Mike Flynn invited Nestor onto the Humvee to record this incredible "home movie" for a one-hour ride down Pratt Street onto the dais with the Lombardi Trophy to City Hall back on January 30, 2001. If you're a Baltimore…

Someone is not making the playoffs in AFC North race to the middle – and then what happens?

It's always a great conversation with Will Graves of The Associated Press in Pittsburgh joins us to give a full picture of the Steelers. This time, it's two teams struggling to win games despite sharing first place in the AFC…

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…

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A Cup of Soup or Bowl

Marcella Knight and Nestor share stories of an old friend and the village of Lauraville

Without ruffling feathers, our friend and Koco’s Pub proprietor Marcella Knight told Nestor tales of the beautiful stories of Savannah Jane, her red macau that was a life lesson in love, care and aviary freedom on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” in Lauraville for the Maryland Food Bank. And true lore of the late, great Harvey Myers, potty parties and NFL games at the Emerald Tavern before the Ravens came to Baltimore.

The amazing holiday story of Ann’s Toy Closet in Essex

When we bring “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” on the road every February, these are exactly the kinds of stories we seek to tell so you’ll get involved. Meet Robin Emrick, who tells Nestor the incredible story of Ann’s Toy Closet in Essex and holiday joy for children and struggling parents in East Baltimore County.

Crab Cake Row: Picking winners and helping animals

With our Crab Cake Row: A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week out on the road, we loved have Roz Lane of the Maryland Lottery drop by Koco’s Pub in Lauraville to educate us on recent winners and to tell us about her love for kitties via Alley Cat Rescue and SaveACat.org.

Crab Cake Row: Serving the Baltimore Homecoming community with prominent folks giving back and getting hometown involved

Mandy Snyder gives Nestor latest updates on Baltimore Homecoming community progress at Koco’s Pub on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” in Lauraville for the Maryland Food Bank. And Nestor shares the time they made him and his wife into a pancake for breakfast in 2019.

Crab Cake Row: Football, concussions and real life brain trauma

Brian Pugh of Brain Injury Association of Maryland joins Nestor on Crab Cake Row for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” from Koco’s Pub in Lauraville to discuss concussions, football and real life. BIAMD provides information and assistance to individuals, families, educators, healthcare providers, and policy makers regarding brain injury prevention, treatment and research.

Crab Cake Row: Trish Woodward tells us about Camp Opportunity for kids who need a summer to remember

Crab Cake Row: Trish Woodward tells us about Camp Opportunity for kids who need a summer to remember at Costas Inn on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” in Dundalk. Always The Artful Dodger, Nestor sings “Oliver” show tunes from 1982 in this one!

Crab Cake Row: A Banner conversation about the future of Baltimore sports and journalism

Sports editor Chris Korman of The Baltimore Banner joins Nestor and Mike Rosenfeld on Crab Cake Row for a no-words-barred debate on the new Orioles ownership, the Ravens’ offseason departures and the state of local journalism at Pappas in Cockeysville for “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” for the Maryland Food Bank. This one got spicy.

Crab Cake Row: Christi Green tells what Maryland Coalition of Families is and does for local folks

Christi Green tells us what Maryland Coalition of Families is and does for local folks at Costas Inn on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl” Day Two from Dundalk.

Crab Cake Row: Tanya Keitz tells Nestor about Show Your Soft Side and Pawject Runway on April 4th

Always here for the pets and the softie in all of us, Nestor invites Tanya Keitz over to Costas Inn in Dundalk to discuss Show Your Soft Side and another awesome Pawject Runway on April 4th at CFG Bank Arena for the animals at BARCS.

Crab Cake Row: How MCVET serves veterans in need here in Maryland

Crab Cake Row: How MCVET serves veterans in need with Misty Bruce and Dr. Kevin Green at Costas Inn on “A Cup Of Soup Or Bowl Week” in Dundalk.

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25 WNST Stories of Glory

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

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 8: The day we turned WNST back on and Shannon Sharpe made the Ravens a real franchise

WNST-AM 1570 was originally leased by Nestor Aparicio from May 1998 through October 1999 and he had to bid farewell on the airwaves before being syndicated by One On One Sports and Sporting News Radio out of Chicago to return back to the local airwaves in September 2000 the same weekend the Ravens caught fire as a franchise against the Jacksonville Jaguars. That team would win Super Bowl XXXV four months later in Tampa. It was a special time to be the first and only station on the dial doing sports radio in the Charm City.

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 3: When Whiskey Joe’s ran out of beer in Tampa on Super Bowl XXXV Sunday

Many OG Baltimore sports fans would tell you this was the greatest day of their lives. The National Football League came back to Baltimore and we won Super Bowl XXXV on a glorious night in Tampa, Florida. But before the...

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 9: The power of the WNST Text Service to break and deliver sports news

The founder of WNST is an old news hound who was trained by the best in the business in the 1980s at The News American and The Baltimore Sun. When the internet became a thing at the turn of the...

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 16 – The epic Pittsburgh Purple Pep Rallies and Parties

Nestor remembers the Pittsburgh hotel manager howling when the Baltimore AM sports radio wackjob guy told her he was gonna bring a thousand people in purple to her fancy corporate wedding ballroom for four hours to drink beer and prepare...

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Crab Cake Tour

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.

$The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966$

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

Hail, hail Halethorpe! A Honey of a spot to shoot pool, watch the game and taste fresh flavor

Coloring our holiday world with an Italian feast at Di Pasquale’s

Reaching back to his Italian heritage in East Baltimore, Nestor returns to DiPasquale’s in Canton to learn about the Feast Of The Seven Fishes and some Highlandtown holiday magic with legendary UMBC soccer coach Pete Caringi and friends of the...

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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

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

His next stage production at The BMA begins on March 5th and Dan Rodricks returns to Gertrude’s for the holidays to take Nestor back to his Aparicio roots with the 1966 Baltimore Orioles winning the World Series – and the realities of the city, race, politics and a colorful upcoming show “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966.”

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years). who once taught Nestor at Holabird Junior High School in 1979, could still be teaching him about the important things in life beyond chorus and physics all these years later. Two beloved Baltimore County educators continue trying to tame their rambunctious student for the holidays with music and love (and crab cakes) at Costas Inn in Dundalk.

Johnny O on the lack of progress and Trump chaos and chicanery in Washington

We’re all fed up and should be. Congressman Johnny Olszewski joined Nestor to discuss the lack of focus and progress on Capitol Hill and potential solutions for health care, transparency in government and the use of Trump’s absurd pardons as a grifting tool.

From ‘The Flu’ to flying the Ravens into a Festivus?

Lamar Jackson hasn’t practiced on a Wednesday in almost three months. Luke Jones and Nestor continue to spend midweeks discussing the health of the Baltimore Ravens two-time MVP quarterback and how it can’t be helping the offensive operation. But, a win against the New England Patriots at home will keep hope alive in a wild and zany finish to the NFL regular season.

Leibovich: On the swamp and racket of The Big Game and bad government

“It’s the best book ever written about the modern National Football League,” so says Nestor about Big Game. And that’s why we love having its author Mark Leibovich back on when his New England Patriots proudly return to Baltimore for some playoff knockout style football. Now with The Atlantic, the longtime political insider for The New York Times is also heavily immersed in Trumplandia and weighs in on the ongoing Epstein saga and the usual D.C. shenanigans.

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.

Hail, hail Halethorpe! A Honey of a spot to shoot pool, watch the game and taste fresh flavor

This stands as a warning to anyone who invites Nestor by their place for the Maryland Crab Cake Tour: you’re an invite and a taste away because he’s en route to meet more great local folks who want to promote their business. Owner Soo Mi Kang of Honey’s in Halethorpe invited us over and must’ve known that offering “Crabby Toast” would invoke the legend of Charles Markwood Eckman. Competitive billiards, great food and the game is always on at this old-school joint on the south side.

Shaughnessy: On Orioles Magic and the autumn of the spring of Maye in New England

The New England Patriots are back in first place in the AFC North and coming to Baltimore, which always brings venerable Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy back to his onetime workplace to tell old stories of The Evening Sun, Orioles Magic and always brilliant insights on the NFL franchise of Robert Kraft and the 2.0 build out of Mike Vrabel and Drake Maye.

With Mahomes and Burrow eliminated, AFC will find QB youngbloods in January

As the upstart New England Patriots come to Baltimore, it’s not lost on Luke Jones and Nestor that it’s probably the first of many battles with MVP candidate Drake Maye. The AFC playoffs will include some new faces and old places as the changing tides of the Super Bowl race crystalize through the holidays with big games ahead.

Tripping to Cincinnati wrapped in the frigid warmth of purple victory

The always fun Ravens scratch-off super prize winners made their way to frosty Cincinnati where even the famous chili was chilly but as Doug Lloyd of The Maryland Lottery tells Nestor, great seats, a big win and a wild adventure with a flat tire made a Cumberland memory. And everyone was a big winner on the flight home with the team from Kentucky.

What happens if the Steelers (somehow) keep winning?

The Baltimore Ravens have their hands full with the New England Patriots here this week and the Green Bay Packers awaiting on the frozen tundra next Saturday night after Santa arrives. But, will the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Grinch once again? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss all eyes on the NFL holiday slate as the rematch awaits on January 4th at The Confluence.

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The Ravens roller coaster once again rises at home for the Krafty Patriots of New England

It’s another holiday season but no one in the Baltimore Ravens community is feeling much of the purple Festivus spirit given the suspect play on the field but Leonard Raskin tells Nestor that the team coming back to life in Cincinnati and in time for New England to arrive is its own gift in a season with a 1-5 start and plenty of disappointment for having so much hope. And no one is betting against them hosting a playoff game the weekend of January 10th.

Coloring our holiday world with an Italian feast at Di Pasquale’s

Izzy running for Baltimore County Executive? Yes, and here’s why…

The return of 2nd District Councilman Izzy Patoka to the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Honey’s in Halethorpe provided Nestor a clear view of his key campaign issues and goals in a spring run as a Democratic candidate to be the next Baltimore County Executive.

Maxing out on local sports and lousy officiating

Did you know that Tom Davis was once in a movie scene in Baltimore with the legendary Al Pacino? We did and Max Weiss has promised Nestor a full treatment of all memorable local movie history in the next edition of Baltimore Magazine. They continue their holiday chat about bad referees, big money Orioles signings and what’s on the table at Di Pasquale’s in Canton on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Feasting on seven fishes and holiday neighborhood love at Di Pasquale’s

It’s the holidays and time for traditions and trimmings so we ventured back to DiPasquale’s in Canton with former UMBC soccer coach Pete Caringi to ask Domenico DiPasquale about the Christmas tradition of the Feast of The Seven Fishes and bringing family together for good cheer and great food.

City sidewalks dressed in holiday style

It’s always a treat to welcome Matt Gallagher of The Goldseker Foundation back to Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the progress and challenges of Baltimore City, while shouting out more holiday dining options and civic celebrations than any other podcast or radio show in the market. We love Baltimore – and it shows!

Finding the history and center of community support at St. Francis in Reservoir Hill

It was years in the making, finally getting Torbin Green of St. Francis Community Center to visit for a Faidley’s crab cake for the holidays. Turns out it’s a busy job serving 20,000 folks in West Baltimore with youth programs, family love and food distribution in West Baltimore. Let him tell you about the pride in the work they do and its impact in the neighborhood over generations.

Volleying with Coppin fun and sports into the new year

It’s always fun to welcome our Coppin State sports marketing pal Ruffin Bell back on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, especially when there are MEAC championships on the court and a big visit from Dawn Staley and South Carolina Gamecocks coming to West Baltimore on January 18th. Hey Coppin!

Pete Alonso looked the part and won The Warehouse press conference

The newest and shiniest Baltimore Orioles addition arrived for a bizarrely timed Friday afternoon press conference at Camden Yards and won the day. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Pete Alonso emergence at The Warehouse alongside David Rubenstein, Mike Elias and Scott Boras and what the future holds for the slugger, whom the owner compared to Frank Robinson coming the Charm City.

Sausage, soccer and suffering local World Cup madness

Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to DiPasquale’s for an Italian tour of the holidays, we knew Darren The Sausage King would bring us some seasonal favorites. Nestor explores some East Baltimore holiday flavor in Canton just in time for kielbasa and sauerkraut on the dinner table while talking World Cup fever with Highlandtown soccer legend Pete Caringi.

Ravens keep spirits bright with complete effort in Cincinnati

A big effort on a frigid day in Cincinnati has renewed hope for the Baltimore Ravens. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the heartening 24-0 shutout win over Joe Burrow and the Bengals with a complete effort and a clear path to a January success style.

Shipping them a Faidley’s crab cake for the holidays always makes the spirits bright

Yes, Faidley’s is coming to Catonsville very, very soon in the frontage of The Fishmonger’s Daughter on Frederick Road but before then you can still pay a holiday visit to Lexington Market or ship those tasty crab cakes and all of the sides and trimmings anywhere in the country this week. Let Damye Hahn of Faidley’s Seafood update you for Christmas and beyond with the first family of downtown jumbo lump crab cakes.

Citizen Stewart continues run for Baltimore County Executive with multi-faceted platform

With the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back in Baltimore County, it’s always important to discuss the issues in an election year with prospective candidates who tell Nestor what they like – and don’t like – about the direction of current leadership. Nick Stewart returns to update Nestor on his pitch and platform at Honey’s in Halethorpe as the conversation about the future of the county of our business and life is open for debate and big 2026 local ballot looms in the spring.

Baltimorons, Baltimore bars and bumping into big movie stars among us

The mighty Max Weiss makes a holiday visit with Nestor at DiPasquale’s in Canton bringing cinematic throwback celluloid gifts, local tales of street film lore and always a fresh copy of her beloved Baltimore Magazine. From “And Justice For All” to “The Baltimorons,” she gets us ready for a winter where we all need a good movie.

Writing the book on the most powerful position in sports

With his book on the evolution and the biography of great quarterbacks now a best-seller, it was perfect time to visit with author Seth Wickersham of ESPN, who joins Nestor to discuss what creates and powers the modern position toward success – and failure. Always a great chat with one of America’s great sportswriters.

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Twelve Ravens Thoughts (and a prediction) ahead of Week 16 meeting with New England

Baltimore has one last chance to improve upon its disappointing 3-5 record at home in 2025.

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Orioles add upside to rotation in acquiring right-hander Shane Baz from Tampa Bay

A month after trading Grayson Rodriguez, Mike Elias acquired someone fitting a similar upside mold.

Ravens list Hamilton questionable, Awuzie doubtful for Sunday night clash with New England

Kyle Hamilton showed up on Friday's injury report with an ankle injury casting some uncertainty on his Week 16 status.

From 'The Flu' to flying the Ravens into a Festivus?

Lamar Jackson hasn't practiced on a Wednesday in almost three months. Luke Jones and Nestor continue to spend midweeks discussing the health of the Baltimore Ravens two-time MVP quarterback and how it can't be helping the offensive operation. But, a…

With Mahomes and Burrow eliminated, AFC will find QB youngbloods in January

As the upstart New England Patriots come to Baltimore, it's not lost on Luke Jones and Nestor that it's probably the first of many battles with MVP candidate Drake Maye. The AFC playoffs will include some new faces and old…

What happens if the Steelers (somehow) keep winning?

Lamar Jackson misses practice due to "flu" illness as Ravens prepare to host New England

A few other Baltimore starters also sat out Wednesday with minor injuries.

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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

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

His next stage production at The BMA begins on March 5th and Dan Rodricks returns to Gertrude’s for the holidays

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years). who once taught Nestor

Johnny O on the lack of progress and Trump chaos and chicanery in Washington

We’re all fed up and should be. Congressman Johnny Olszewski joined Nestor to discuss the lack of focus and progress

Twelve Ravens Thoughts (and a prediction) ahead of Week 16 meeting with New England

Baltimore has one last chance to improve upon its disappointing 3-5 record at home in 2025.

Orioles add upside to rotation in acquiring right-hander Shane Baz from Tampa Bay

A month after trading Grayson Rodriguez, Mike Elias acquired someone fitting a similar upside mold.

Ravens list Hamilton questionable, Awuzie doubtful for Sunday night clash with New England

Kyle Hamilton showed up on Friday’s injury report with an ankle injury casting some uncertainty on his Week 16 status.

From ‘The Flu’ to flying the Ravens into a Festivus?

Lamar Jackson hasn’t practiced on a Wednesday in almost three months. Luke Jones and Nestor continue to spend midweeks discussing

Leibovich: On the swamp and racket of The Big Game and bad government

“It’s the best book ever written about the modern National Football League,” so says Nestor about Big Game. And that’s

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

Hail, hail Halethorpe! A Honey of a spot to shoot pool, watch the game and taste fresh flavor

This stands as a warning to anyone who invites Nestor by their place for the Maryland Crab Cake Tour: you’re

Shaughnessy: On Orioles Magic and the autumn of the spring of Maye in New England

The New England Patriots are back in first place in the AFC North and coming to Baltimore, which always brings

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

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$The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966$

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What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

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Johnny O on the lack of progress and Trump chaos and chicanery in Washington

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Leibovich: On the swamp and racket of The Big Game and bad government

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

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

His next stage production at The BMA begins on March 5th and Dan Rodricks returns to Gertrude’s for the holidays

What could two Dundalk teachers with 105 years of experience possibly still teach us about science and music?

It didn’t even seem possible that colleagues Calvin Statham (59 years) and George Scheulen (46 years). who once taught Nestor

Johnny O on the lack of progress and Trump chaos and chicanery in Washington

We’re all fed up and should be. Congressman Johnny Olszewski joined Nestor to discuss the lack of focus and progress

Leibovich: On the swamp and racket of The Big Game and bad government

“It’s the best book ever written about the modern National Football League,” so says Nestor about Big Game. And that’s

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

Hail, hail Halethorpe! A Honey of a spot to shoot pool, watch the game and taste fresh flavor

This stands as a warning to anyone who invites Nestor by their place for the Maryland Crab Cake Tour: you’re

Izzy running for Baltimore County Executive? Yes, and here’s why…

The return of 2nd District Councilman Izzy Patoka to the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Honey’s in Halethorpe provided Nestor

City sidewalks dressed in holiday style

It’s always a treat to welcome Matt Gallagher of The Goldseker Foundation back to Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market on

Finding the history and center of community support at St. Francis in Reservoir Hill

It was years in the making, finally getting Torbin Green of St. Francis Community Center to visit for a Faidley’s

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Elevating community and local businesses to support important local fundraising with Curio Wellness

Our friends at Curio Wellness put us on the road for our 27th Anniversary #TastyNes tour featuring the best places…

Bill Cole

Are you ready for artificial intelligence to rock your world?

After taking a few rides in Phoenix in a driverless car, Nestor came home with AI on the brain and…

Leonard Raskin

The Ravens roller coaster once again rises at home for the Krafty Patriots of New England

It's another holiday season but no one in the Baltimore Ravens community is feeling much of the purple Festivus spirit…

John Martin

Tripping to Cincinnati wrapped in the frigid warmth of purple victory

The always fun Ravens scratch-off super prize winners made their way to frosty Cincinnati where even the famous chili was…

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…

Wendy Bronfein

Elevating community and local businesses to support important local fundraising with Curio Wellness

Our friends at Curio Wellness put us on the road for our 27th Anniversary #TastyNes tour featuring the best places to eat locally but as Chief Brand Officer Wendy Bronfein tells Nestor, the folks who bring you Far & Dotter…

Bill Cole

Are you ready for artificial intelligence to rock your world?

After taking a few rides in Phoenix in a driverless car, Nestor came home with AI on the brain and…

Leonard Raskin

The Ravens roller coaster once again rises at home for the Krafty Patriots of New England

It's another holiday season but no one in the Baltimore Ravens community is feeling much of the purple Festivus spirit…

John Martin

Tripping to Cincinnati wrapped in the frigid warmth of purple victory

The always fun Ravens scratch-off super prize winners made their way to frosty Cincinnati where even the famous chili was…

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…

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#DearOrioles

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.”

#DearOrioles

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.

#DearOrioles

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:

#DearOrioles

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.

#DearOrioles

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.

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Reading The Book On It

$The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966$

The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

Leibovich: On the swamp and racket of The Big Game and bad government

Gordy pushes the beat to another Grammy nomination

Shaughnessy: On Orioles Magic and the autumn of the spring of Maye in New England

Maxing out on local sports and lousy officiating

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#AlmostFamousNes (Music Classic)

Gordy pushes the beat to another Grammy nomination

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

When the music of Love Riot returns to fill your soul

The word is out that the reunion is on for the local 1990s band, Love Riot, and Lisa Mathews and “Young” Ron Campbell join Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to tell him how and why...

Back in the Hammerjacks groove with Ace Frehley of KISS in 1990

The legendary guitarist reflected on Kiss’s merchandising over-commercialization and his past substance abuse issues. Frehley expressed his openness to a Kiss reunion if given equal production control. The band would reunite five years later for a world tour.

Riding the Yacht Rock Revue waves of ultimate tribute success

Yacht Rock isn’t just a music category of modern documentary making, it’s a spirited way of life for Nick Niespodziani, founding member of Yacht Rock Revue who tells early adopter and sailor hat cruise fan Nestor about the real history...

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Purple Reign 1: Chapter 6 “No Fooling in April – The War Room Breeds a Champion”

From Ozzie Newsome and Phil Savage, the Ravens dominance began on their first draft day in 1996. Nestor takes you

Finding the tape of the night I sang “Spirit of ’76” with Mike Peters of The Alarm

My tribute and unearthing of the lost 2001 tape of Mike Peters of The Alarm inviting me on stage to

Asking Mike Campbell what it’s like to be a Heartbreaker

Back in his #AlmostFamous days, Nestor Aparicio was the music critic of The Evening Sun in Baltimore. A more subdued

Wrestling legend Diamond Dallas Page talks owning your life outside the squared circle

The WWE Hall of Famer talked wrestling and yoga with Nestor and Luke ahead of Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta.

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Chapter 5: The Orioles and Colts weren’t the only teams that mattered to a kid who loved Baltimore sports

Nestor admits to “cheating” on the local teams with the Oilers, Phillies and Padres as a kid. You didn’t have to love Baltimore teams to love sports. In many cases, you were forced to import your sport!

Billy Joel chats with Nestor about sports and life and perils of rock and roll in Spring 1998

When Billy Joel had to cancel a concert at the Capital Centre due to illness, he gave Nestor a call to apologize and talk about life and music.

The road ahead – and behind – for Rubenstein to rebuild a bigger better Orioles brand

Longtime MLB executive and Georgetown sports business professor Marty Conway discusses the road ahead for the Orioles new ownership in winning back Baltimore business in the same manner that his late mentor Larry Lucchino preached at the dawn of Camden Yards and zenith of Orioles Magic.

Finding the new age beat of a Grammy drum after leaving Salisbury for California

It’s not every day that you find a two-time Grammy Award winning percussionist and Maryland native who went to Towson State. So, when Nestor found out about the incredible story of studio drummer and new age devotee M.B. Gordy, he found a different beat and a new world of information...

Here comes Howie to Annapolis: The mandate for party comedy from Mandel

From actor to comedian to game show host to “America’s Got Talent” judge, the always irreverent Howie Mandel says bringing his stand-up act on the road is his real home. A wide-ranging chat about shaking hands and holograms, mental health and what makes a joke funny with Nestor in advance...

WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 9: The power of the WNST Text Service to break and deliver sports news

The founder of WNST is an old news hound who was trained by the best in the business in the 1980s at The News American and The Baltimore Sun. When the internet became a thing at the turn of the century and texting quickly became ubiquitous, Nestor Aparicio asked his...

Reliving the pain of the Cobra and We Are Family

Longtime MLB star Dave Parker talks the life of The Cobra in his new autobiography and was happy to recap the 1979 World Series pain for Nestor. He finally was voted into Cooperstown after a quarter of a century of waiting. This from April 2021.

The Catonsville World Champion and the family League of Dreams

Our pal and former Orioles shortstop Mike Bordick brings Frank and Adam Kolarek by the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Pappas in Cockeysville for a lengthy chat about a kid growing up in Catonsville around baseball with a purpose long before the champagne and World Series ring with the Los...

Purple Reign 2: Chapter 8 “Just a regular Joe”

With all of the excitement around the play of Joe Flacco leading the Cleveland Browns, here’s the best biography of his life and career ever written. You’ll learn a lot about what makes Joe Cool so cool. Enjoy Chapter 8 of “Purple Reign 2: Faith, Family & Football – A...

Dilfer discusses picking up the pieces after leaving Baltimore a Super Bowl champion QB

Five years after he wasn’t brought back after winning the Super Bowl in Tampa, the jettisoned Ravens’ champion sat with Nestor in Detroit on Radio Row to discuss the aftermath.

So what exactly will Steve Bisciotti be doing with $600 million of free money from your tax dollars?

Longtime stadium and civic money observer Neil deMause of Field of Schemes joins Nestor to discuss the realities of free money for Steve Bisciotti and The Angelos Family via Annapolis in the bonds that were created last year.

Nils Lofgren talks about why Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band keeps rolling at Super Bowl in 2009

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.

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