Mariners and KING 5 announce plan to air 10 video games on over-the-air broadcast tv in 2026

Fresh off the heels of an enormous Opening Day weekend, the Mariners and KING 5 made a big announcement this morning. Friend of the weblog Joe Veyera had speculated on this two days in the past after coming throughout a peculiar TV scheduling on April 10:

And all of it grew to become official this morning:

This is a reasonably glorious step by the Mariners by way of each rising the native fanbase and making video games extra simply accessible for all followers. With the Torrent, Kraken, and Storm all repeatedly airing video games on free over-the-air channels like KONG and FOX 13+, it’s excessive time the Mariners received in on that motion. Seahawks video games have clearly been free to observe regionally for many years as a result of soccer is king and there are solely 16 video games, not 162. Many issues about soccer make its fandom a decrease bar to clear, however MLB groups being squirreled away on regional sports activities networks has lengthy been an unnecessarily excessive barrier for native followers. Comcast cable is ludicrously costly. The new Mariners-only native streaming choices for subscribers have been unbelievable the previous few seasons, however not everybody has $100 to drop to entry it, or the $20 month-to-month payment. While it’s solely 10 video games, having the ability to go dwelling, press one or two buttons and have the Mariners sport pop on? Phenomenal. The method it ought to be and the way in which….it was once earlier than streaming on myriad completely different platforms took over.

I digress. This is nice information on the whole for Mariners followers. Can anybody inform me what season was the final time the Mariners had common season dwelling video games on free over-the-air cable? I’m attempting to determine it out and haven’t gotten an excellent reply but. Sound off within the feedback!