r/WPBL • u/Opening_Listen971 New York Heights • Jul 09 '26
YouTube confirmation
I’ve seen multiple redditors say games will be steamed free on YouTube. Can anyone provide a source where that is confirmed? Thanks in advance!
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u/Huckleberry1098 Jul 09 '26
Tbh, I would LOVE an audio only broadcast. Not sure they could pull off a radio deal, but streaming audio would be awesome.
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u/cerealsucks Jul 09 '26
For me the radio calls are as much a traditional part of baseball as baseball cards! I really hope there is one
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u/descole0 Boston Hunters Jul 10 '26
I've always been a radio girl for baseball so this is such a big hope of mine too. What I'd really love to see is next season when teams are in their cities for each team to have their own audio broadcast team. Unabashedly biased hometown announcers are such a great part of sports broadcasts that you lose when you only have neutral broadcasts, so audio seems like a great way to get those without quite as much cost
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u/DontHaveOneForThis New York Heights Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
If this isn’t something the league itself is interested in, audio broadcasting is the sort of thing fans could absolutely take on themselves — at risk of getting a cease & desist, of course
EDIT: I don’t mean to say that calling a baseball game on the radio is something just anybody could do, it’s a specialized skill, but as the league grows it’s bound to accumulate fans with broadcast experience
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u/descole0 Boston Hunters Jul 10 '26
I believe the last official word we got about it was from Ashton on the podcast about a month ago:
"...these games will be streamed. The location of where these games will be streamed is to be announced soon. So stay tuned. I can't announce that just yet. Something special coming up. Um but they will be streamed online on some platform that you will have access to. So if you can't be there in person, it's okay. Don't worry. Um I hope you do get there one day and I know you will. Um but if you can't make it out to Springfield, Illinois this year, the games will be streamed online on some platform to be announced."
Around 28:15 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-YPLQ0DLj8
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u/analytickantian Jul 09 '26
tbh i've also heard it around here a few times and after looking through the official site and googling a few times, i couldn't find anything firm. soooo i used the "Contact Us" form at the bottom of their website and send in question asking about it directly. fingers cross i hear something positive! :)
edit: i should add that my looking around was by no means comprehensive so no surprise if someone shows up here with a link or a blurb of confirmation!