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How to watch/listen to Pirates Opening Day game

Chris Pastrick
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Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Chad Kuhl will get the ball to start the Pittsburgh Pirates season Thursday against the Cubs in Chicago.

Hard to believe, but baseball’s finally back.

The Pittsburgh Pirates will kick off the season — yep, it’s a normal one too, we checked — with an Opening Day game today against the Chicago Cubs in the Windy City.

First pitch is set for 2:20 p.m. (Pittsburgh time). If you want to keep up with the game, you’ve got several options.

Watch it

Pirates games will be aired on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, with some also on MLB Network (out of market only) and some nationally televised on ESPN, Fox or Fox Sports 1.

If you don’t have cable, there are a few options for you. FuboTV offers a “Starter” bundle for $64.99 per month and includes AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, ESPN, Fox, Fox Sports 1 (along with 110 other channels). There is a seven-day free trial available. FuboTV lets you watch the games live or watch afterward with its 72-hour lookback option.

Other online options include HuluLive and YouTube TV. But, again, subscriptions are required — both are also $64.99 per month.

Listen to it

If you are just trying to listen to the game, you can go old-school and flip on the radio. All 162 games this season will be broadcast on the Pirates Radio Network, which is pretty vast and available on more than 30 stations, including SportsRadio 93.7 The Fan or 100.1 FM/KDKA-AM 1020 in the Pittsburgh area and on various stations in Western Pennsylvania. SportsRadio 93.7 The Fan will also carry pre-game and post-game coverage.

Here’s a partial list of the radio stations:

Pittsburgh: KDKA — FM: 93.7 and 100.1 and AM: 1020

Altoona: WVAM-AM 1430

Ambridge: WMBA-AM 1460

Beaver Falls: WBVP-AM 1230

Butler: WISR-AM 680

Franklin: WFRA-AM 1450

Indiana: WCCS-AM 1160

Latrobe: WCNS-AM 1480

Meadville: WMGW-AM 1490

New Castle: WJST-AM 1280

Somerset: WNTI-AM 990

Uniontown: WMBS-AM 590

Uniontown: WMBS-FM 101.1

Washington: WJPA-AM 1450

For more stations in Pennsylvania and surrounding states, visit the Pirates official site.

If you’d prefer streaming the audio, you’ll have to fork over some money. Pirates games are available on the TuneIn Radio and MLB At Bat apps (both on Android and Apple). The price is a few dollars per month, but that will let you hear every live home and away radio broadcast.

Chris Pastrick is a TribLive digital producer. An Allegheny County native, he began working for the Valley News Dispatch in 1993 and joined the Trib in 1997. He can be reached at cpastrick@triblive.com.

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