3/25 update: Final week of XM satellite broadcasts added.
MLB Network has announced its spring training telecast schedule. Included in the 150-game national slate are eight St. Louis Cardinals contests. Seven of the eight are telecasts previously announced on other networks, however.
The unique-to-MLB Network live telecast will be the Cardinals’ March 10 outing against the Miami Marlins in Jupiter. (Update: Though the Marlins official site does not indicate this, the broadcast of the 3/10 game will originate with FOX Sports Florida.) That increases the total number of Cardinals Florida spring training games to be televised to eight of 28.
Six of the other seven MLB Network Cardinals games will be delayed broadcasts, including several that will re-run the following morning. For specific times of these replays, check the detailed schedule on the MLB Network website. Also, all eight games will be shown live on MLB.TV for subscribers. The Cardinals will not appear nationally on ESPN this spring.
The Cardinals spring opener, to be covered by KMOX radio, is just seven days away. All radio broadcasts, whether originating from KMOX or from the Cardinals opponent, will be available through MLB Gameday Audio. It is included with an MLB.TV subscription and is also separately orderable.
The first of the eight televised spring games will be the very next day, live at 1:05 P.M. Eastern on Tuesday, March 6. MLB Network will re-play that St. Louis contest, against the New York Mets, at 9:00 A.M. Eastern on Wednesday morning. A majority of the Cardinals televised games, five, will once again originate from FOX Sports Midwest.
The full Cardinals spring schedule, including all television and radio, home and away, from friend and foe, follows. Satellite radio details are announced week-by-week so will be updated as available.
St. Louis Cardinals 2012 spring training broadcast schedule (as of March 25)
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Time | StL TV | Other television | StL radio | Opp radio | XM sat |
| Mon | 5-Mar | Miami Marlins | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 183 | |||
| Tue | 6-Mar | New York Mets | Pt. St. Lucie | 1:10 | SNY/MLB Net*/MLB.TV | ||||
| Wed | 7-Mar | Washington Nationals | Viera | 1:05 | |||||
| Thu | 8-Mar | Boston Red Sox | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Fri | 9-Mar | Minnesota Twins | Fort Myers | 1:05 | ESPN 1500 | 179 | |||
| Sat | 10-Mar | Miami Marlins | Jupiter** | 1:05 | FSFlorida | MLB Network/MLB.TV | KMOX | WAXY | 186 |
| Sun | 11-Mar | Washington Nationals | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Mon | 12-Mar | Washington Nats (ss) | Viera | 1:05 | |||||
| 12-Mar | Atlanta Braves (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | WFOM | ||||
| Tue | 13-Mar | New York Mets | Pt. St. Lucie | 1:10 | SNY/MLB Net/MLB.TV | ||||
| Wed | 14-Mar | Houston Astros | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | KBME | 186 | ||
| Thu | 15-Mar | Boston Red Sox | Fort Myers | 2:30 | |||||
| Fri | 16-Mar | Miami Marlins | Jupiter | 1:05 | WAXY | ||||
| Sat | 17-Mar | Detroit Tigers | Lakeland | 1:05 | FSMidwest | MLB Network*/MLB.TV | KMOX | 97.1 FM | 178 |
| Sun | 18-Mar | Miami Marlins | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | WAXY | 186 | ||
| Mon | 19-Mar | Atlanta Braves | Buena Vista | 1:05 | FSMidwest | MLB Network*/MLB.TV | WFOM | ||
| Tue | 20-Mar | Houston Astros | Kissimmee | 1:05 | FSMidwest | FSHou/MLB Net*/MLB.TV | KBME | 186 | |
| Wed | 21-Mar | New York Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Thu | 22-Mar | Washington Nationals | Jupiter | 1:05 | FSMidwest | MLB Network*/MLB.TV | KMOX | 186 | |
| Fri | 23-Mar | Miami Marlins | Jupiter** | 1:05 | |||||
| Sat | 24-Mar | New York Mets | Pt. St. Lucie | 1:10 | FSMidwest | WPIX NY/MLB Net*/MLB.TV | KMOX | WFAN | 184 |
| Sun | 25-Mar | Minnesota Twins | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | ESPN 1500 | 186 | ||
| Mon | 26-Mar | New York Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 | |||||
| Tue | 27-Mar | OPEN DATE | |||||||
| Wed | 28-Mar | Detroit Tigers | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Thu | 29-Mar | Miami Marlins | Jupiter** | 1:05 | WAXY | ||||
| Fri | 30-Mar | New York Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Sat | 31-Mar | Washington Nationals | Viera | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Sun | 1-Apr | Washington Nationals | Jupiter | 1:05 | KMOX | 186 | |||
| Mon | 2-Apr | Springfield Cardinals | Sprf, Mo. | 6:10 | Jock 98.7/KMOX | ||||
| Times are local | |||||||||
| ** StL is away team | |||||||||
| (ss) split squad | |||||||||
| * delayed broadcast |
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