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Compass Media will present Anaheim Angels and Tampa Bay Rays baseball broadcasts on a handful of radio stations in and around the Hudson Valley this year. Middletown’s WALL (1340 AM) and Poughkeepsie’s WEOK (1390 AM) have the bulk of games, and Kingston’s WKNY (1490 AM) has three more broadcasts. New York’s WBBR (1130 AM) also airs games but we have not received its schedule as of yet.
Danbury’s WINE (940 AM) and Brewster’s WPUT (1510 AM) also have a slate of games, although their night signals are not very strong in the tri-county region.
The remaining schedule (all games on WALL/WEOK, plus WINE/WPUT unless indicated):

May
Thur. 16: White Sox-Angels, 10 p.m; Sun. 19: White Sox-Angels, 3:30 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Mon. 27: Marlins-Rays, 3 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT); Thur. 30: Dodgers-Angels, 10 p.m.
June
Sun. 2: Astros-Angels, 3:30 p.m.; Wed. 5: Cubs-Angels, 7 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT); Sun. 9: Orioles-Rays, 1:30 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Mon. 10: Red Sox-Rays, 7 p.m.; Thur. 13: Royals-Rays, 7 p.m. (and WKNY); Mon. 17: Mariners-Angels, 10 p.m.; Fri. 21: Pirates-Angels, 10 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Sun. 23: Pirates-Angels, 3:30 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT); Mon. 24 – Blue Jays-Rays, 7 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT); Sat. 29: Tigers-Rays, 7:15p.m.
July
Thur. 4: Cardinals-Angels, 9 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT); Fri. 5: White Sox-Rays, 7 p.m.; Sun. 14: Astros-Rays, 1:30 p.m.; Fri. 19: Athletics-Angels, 10 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Mon. 22 – Twins-Angels, 10 p.m.; Tues. 30: Diamondbacks-Rays, 7 p.m. (and WKNY)
August
Thur. 1: Blue Jays-Angels, 10 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Sun. 4: Giants-Rays, 1:30 p.m.; Mon. 5: Rangers-Angels, 10 p.m.; Thur. 15: Mariners-Rays, 7 p.m. (and WKNY; no WINE/WPUT); Sat. 17: Astros-Angels, 9 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Mon. 19: Indians-Angels, 10 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Wed. 28: Angels-Rays, 7 p.m.
September
Mon. 2: Rays-Angels, 9 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT); Thur. 5: Rays-Angels, 10 p.m.; Fri. 20: Mariners-Angels, 10 p.m. (WINE/WPUT only); Mon. 23: Athletics-Angels, 10 p.m. (no WINE/WPUT)

The NCAA softball tournament games featuring Army and Marist will all be available online.
Army heads to Austin, Texas, for its regional. The Black Knights’ Friday opener with Texas will air at 7 p.m. on Longhorn Network. All Texas games from that regional will air on Longhorn, and all the others will air on ESPN3.com. Carter Blackburn and Amanda Scarborough will call the action.
Marist heads to Norman, Okla., for its regional. Friday’s opener for the Red Foxes against top-ranked Oklahoma will air at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN3.com. Jeanne Zelasko, the former MLB on Fox studio host, will call the games with Tracy Warren.

The NHL playoffs get underway on Tuesday night, with action airing on NBC, NBC Sports Network, CNBC and the NHL Network, plus locally on MSG and MSG Plus.
The Rangers will play at Washington on Thursday and Saturday (afternoon) and host the Caps on Monday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 8. The series wraps up on May 10 (at Washington), May 12 (at the Garden) and May 13 (at Washington.
The Islanders will play at Pittsburgh on Wednesday and Friday and host the Pens on Sunday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 7. The series wraps up on May 9 (at Pittsburgh), May 11 (at the Coliseum) and May 12 (at Pittsburgh).
If last year is any indication, should any game run past its allotted time window (likely due to overtime), the next game on NBC Sports Network or CNBC would start on NHL Network and switch back to the original network when the overtime is finished.
Here is the NHL playoff schedule, with national TV dates set through game four; all remaining games will be scheduled for time and TV as the playoffs move along.
Tuesday, April 30
Game 1: Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
Game 1: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 1: Anaheim at Detroit, 10:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Wednesday, May 1
Game 1: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 1: Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN, MSG Plus)
Game 1: San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Thursday, May 2
Game 1: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 1: Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN, MSG)
Game 2: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 9:30 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 2: Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Friday, May 3
Game 2: Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (NBCSN, MSG Plus)
Game 2: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 2: Minnesota at Chicago, 9:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Game 2: San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. (CNBC)
Saturday, May 4
Game 2: Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m. (NBC)
Game 2: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 3: Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Game 3: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Sunday, May 5
Game 3: Pittsburgh at Islanders, 12 p.m. (NBC)
Game 3: Chicago at Minnesota, 3 p.m. (NBC)
Game 3: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
Game 3: Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Monday, May 6
Game 3: Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
Game 3: Washington at Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN, MSG)
Game 4: Anaheim at Detroit, 8 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 4: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
Tuesday, May 7
Game 4: Pittsburgh at Islanders, 7 p.m. (NBCSN, MSG Plus)
Game 4: Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. (CNBC)
Game 4: Chicago at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
Game 4: Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m. (CNBC)
Wednesday, May 8
Game 4: Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
Game 4: Washington at Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN, MSG)
Game 5: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD
Game 5: Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. (TBD)
Thursday, May 9
Game 5: Islanders at Pittsburgh, TBD (TBD, MSG Plus)
Game 5: Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. (TBD)
Game 5: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD
Game 5: San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. (TBD)
Friday, May 10
Game 5: Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. (TBD)
Game 5: Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m. (TBD, MSG)
Game 6: Anaheim at Detroit, TBD
Game 6: St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBD
Saturday, May 11
Game 6: Pittsburgh at Islanders, TBD (TBD, MSG Plus)
Game 6: Montreal at Ottawa, TBD
Game 6: Chicago at Minnesota, TBD
Game 6: Vancouver at San Jose, TBD
Sunday, May 12
Game 6: Washington at Rangers, TBD (TBD, MSG)
Game 6: Boston at Toronto, TBD
Game 7: Pittsburgh at Islanders, TBD (TBD, MSG Plus)
Game 7: Ottawa at Montreal, TBD
Game 7: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD
Game 7: Detroit at Anaheim, TBD
Monday, May 13
Game 7: Rangers at Washington, TBD (TBD, MSG)
Game 7: Toronto at Boston, TBD
Game 7: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD
Game 7: San Jose at Vancouver, TBD

Bob Socci, the voice of Patriot League basketball on CBS Sports Network, has been named the radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots, replacing the retired Gil Santos.
Socci has been the radio play-by-play voice for Navy football, and recently took on the same duties for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox baseball team. Socci has done a tremendous job with his basketball duties and is a good guy. I wish him well.

The New York Giants will have five nationally televised games in 2013, and the New York Jets will have just two.
The Giants will play three Sunday Night Football games on NBC: the Sept. 8 opener at Dallas, Nov. 17 against Green Bay and Dec. 1 at Washington. The Giants also have a Thursday Night Football game on NFL Network at Chicago on Oct. 10, and host Minnesota on ESPN’s Monday Night Football on Oct. 21, presenting an unusual 11 days between games.
The Jets play at New England in a Thursday night game on NFL Network on Sept. 12, and play at Atlanta on Monday night Oct. 7.
There is an unusual TV scheduling issue that would affect the New York market on opening week. With the Jets playing at home on Sept. 8, in a game televised by Fox, NFL blackout rules won’t allow a CBS telecast at that time, and since CBS has no 4 p.m. games scheduled (due to the U.S. Open tennis finals), New Yorkers will be denied a CBS telecast unless something can be worked out.
UPDATE, Friday afternoon: A CBS Sports spokesman said CBS will have a 1 p.m. telecast on Sept. 8, even though the Jets have a home game at the same time.
The antiquated NFL blackout rules will also deny the New York market four doubleheader games: Oct. 6 (CBS), Oct. 13 (Fox), Nov. 3 (CBS) and Dec. 8 (Fox).

Here are the games that will likely be shown in the New York market:

Thursday, Sept. 5
Baltimore at Denver, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Sept. 8
Tampa Bay at Jets, 1 p.m. (Fox)
New England at Buffalo – or – Tennessee at Pittsburgh – or – Miami at Cleveland – or – Cincinnati at Chicago – or – Oakland at Indianapolis – or – Kansas City at Jacksonville – or – Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 9
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Houston at San Diego, 10:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Sept. 12
Jets at New England, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network, plus a New York broadcast station)
Sunday, Sept. 15
Washington at Green Bay – or – Dallas at Kansas City – or – Minnesota at Chicago – or – St. Louis at Atlanta – or Carolina at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Tennessee at Houston – or – Miami at Indianapolis – or – San Diego at Philadelphia – or – Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Denver at Giants, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Seattle, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 16
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Sept. 19
Kansas City at Philadelphia, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Sept. 22
Giants at Carolina, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Houston at Baltimore – or – San Diego at Tennessee – or – Cleveland at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Buffalo at Jets, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 23
Oakland at Denver, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Sept. 26
San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Sept. 29
Giants at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Jets at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at Denver – or – Washington at Oakland – or – Dallas at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
New England at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 30
Miami at New Orleans, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 3
Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Oct. 6
Philadelphia at Giants, 1 p.m. (Fox)
(no CBS early doubleheader game)
Denver at Dallas – or – San Diego at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Houston at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Oct. 7
Jets at Atlanta, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN, a New York broadcast station)

Thursday, Oct. 10
Giants at Chicago, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network, a New York broadcast station)
Sunday, Oct. 13
Pittsburgh at Jets, 1 p.m. CBS
(no Fox early doubleheader game)
New Orleans at New England – or – Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Oct. 14
Indianapolis at San Diego, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 17
Seattle at Arizona, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Oct. 20
New England at Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. (Fox)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh – or – Cleveland at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Denver at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Oct. 21
Minnesota at Giants, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 24
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Oct. 27
Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Jets at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Denver –or – Atlanta at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Oct. 28
Seattle at St. Louis, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 31
Cincinnati at Miami, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Nov. 3
New Orleans at Jets, 1 p.m. (Fox)
(no early CBS doubleheader game)
Pittsburgh at New England – or – Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Indianapolis at Houston, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Nov. 4
Chicago at Green Bay, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Nov. 7
Washington at Minnesota, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Nov. 10
Oakland at Giants, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Carolina at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. (Fox)
Denver at San Diego – or – Houston at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Nov. 11
Miami at Tampa Bay, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Nov. 14
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Nov. 17
Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Washington at Philadelphia – or – Detroit at Pittsburgh – or – Atlanta at Tampa Bay – or – Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (Fox)
San Francisco at New Orleans – or – Minnesota at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Green Bay at Giants, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Nov. 18
New England at Carolina, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Nov. 21
New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Nov. 24
Jets at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Minnesota at Green Bay – or – Chicago at St. Louis – or – Tampa Bay at Detroit – or – Carolina at Miami, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Dallas at Giants, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Denver at New England, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Nov. 25
San Francisco at Washington, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving)
Green Bay at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. (Fox)
Oakland at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Dec. 1
Miami at Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)
St. Louis at San Francisco – or – Atlanta at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m. (Fox)
New England at Houston – or – Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Dec. 2
New Orleans at Seattle, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 5
Houston at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Dec. 8
Oakland at Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)
(no early Fox doubleheader game)
Giants at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Dec. 9
Dallas at Chicago, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 12
San Diego at Denver, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Sunday, Dec. 15
Seattle at Giants, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Jets at Carolina, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Dec. 16
Baltimore at Detroit, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 22
Cleveland at Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Giants at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. (Fox)
Pittsburgh at Green Bay – or – Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
New England at Baltimore, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Dec. 23
Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 29
Washington at Giants, 1 p.m. (Fox)
Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Denver at Oakland – or – Kansas City at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
San Francisco at Arizona – or – St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (Fox)
NBC game TBD, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)

The Brooklyn Nets will have their next two games aired on WWOR-9 due to conflicts with the Yankees schedule on YES. On Tuesday, the Nets host Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday, the Nets play at Boston at 8 p.m.
With Brooklyn already qualified for the NBA playoffs, you can count on a couple more games headed to free TV.

The annual free week of MLB Extra Innings, highlighting the opening week of the Major League Baseball season, runs through Sunday night. Since the MLB channels are also shared by the National Hockey League, the NHL Center Ice package is also free for digital cable customers.
The MLB package is $189, spaced out over four payments through the InDemand service.

The latest sports channel to be added to the Verizon FiOS TV lineup is beIN Sport, from the folks who bring you Al Jazeera. Locally, beIN Sport can be viewed in High Definition on Ch. 598, with Spanish language beIN Sport en Espanol on Ch. 1538.
beIN Sport scored a coup last year when it acquired the rights to Italy’s Serie A soccer league. The network also airs La Liga from Spain and Ligue 1 from France, plus the United States men’s national team’s away games in World Cup qualifying and South American World Cup qualifiers.
The network will also televise international tennis, golf, volleyball, rugby, handball, motorsports and other events.

The New York Giants get one nationally televised preseason game in 2013 and the Jets are shut out.
The broadcast networks continue to scale back their preseason coverage, opting not to show any games in weeks one and four. NBC and CBS will show two games, Fox has three and ESPN has four. The NFL Network does not produce its own preseason telecasts but it will blanket its schedule from Aug. 8-30 with local preseason telecasts with a handful of live games (that do not conflict with nationally televised games) and lots of tape-delayed showings.

August
Sun. 4 – Dallas vs. Miami, at Canton, Ohio, 8 p.m. (NBC)
Thur. 8 – Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Thur. 15 – San Diego at Chicago, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Fri. 16 – Tampa Bay at New England, 8 p.m. (Fox)
Sun. 18 – Indianapolis at Giants, 8 p.m. (Fox)
Mon. 19 – Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Thur. 22 – Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Fri. 23 – Seattle at Green Bay, 8 p.m. (CBS)
Sat. 24 – St. Louis at Denver, 8 p.m. (CBS)
Sun. 25 – New Orleans at Houston, 4 p.m. (Fox)
Sun. 25 – Minnesota at San Francisco, 8 p.m. (NBC)

The Giants’ and Jets’ preseason schedules (dates still to be set):
Aug. 8-11 – Giants at Pittsburgh; Jets at Detroit
Aug. 15-19 – Indianapolis at Giants (Aug. 18); Jacksonville at Jets
Aug. 22-25 – Jets at Giants
Aug. 29-30 – Giants at New England; Philadelphia at Jets
Count on the Jets being televised by WCBS-2 and the Giants on WNBC-4.

High school spring sports action from Port Jervis and Delaware Valley is back on radio stations WDLC and WYNY.
Kevin Halpenny will provide play-by-play, Tony Goff handles analysis and Lou Masci will fill in for both duties on a couple games.
Port Jervis broadcasts on WDLC (1490 AM, 107.7 FM) can also be heard online at country1077.com. Delaware Valley broadcasts on WYNY (1450 AM, 106.9 FM) can also be heard online at wynyradio.com.

April
Fri. 5 – Port Jervis at Delaware Valley baseball, 4 p.m. (WYNY)
Mon. 8 – West Scranton at DV softball, 4:15 p.m. (WYNY)
Tues. 9 – DV at PJ softball, 4 p.m. (WDLC)
Mon. 15 – Wallenpaupack at DV baseball, 4:15 p.m. (WYNY)
Tues. 16 – Goshen at PJ baseball, 4 p.m. (WDLC)
Mon. 22 – Monticello at PJ softball, 4:15 p.m. (WDLC)
Thur. 25 – Abington Heights at DV softball, 4:15 p.m. (WYNY)
Mon. 29 – Cornwall at PJ baseball, 4 p.m. (WDLC)
May
Fri. 3 – Goshen at PJ softball, 4:15 p.m. (WDLC)
Thur. 9 – Scranton Prep at DV softball, 4:15 p.m. (WYNY)
Mon. 13 – Cornwall at PJ softball, 4:15 p.m. (WDLC)
Wed. 15 – Burke Catholic at DV baseball, 4:15 p.m. (WYNY)
Thur. 16 – Monticello at PJ baseball, 4 p.m. (WDLC)
Thur. 16 – DV softball at Minisink Valley, 6:30 p.m. (WYNY)
Mon. 20 – Eldred at PJ baseball, 4 p.m. (WDLC)
Thur. 24 – PJ softball at Minisink Valley, 7:30 p.m. (WDLC)