Baseball on the Radio

And I also know that Yomiuri has a virtual monopoly on TV aired games, and Chunichi probably airs their games on CBC Nagoya - what about the other 10 teams? What TV stations do they air games on?

It really depends on the area. In the Kanto Area (Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba, Saitama), only the Lions have a real channel to themselves - NACK 5, I think. TBS Radio, Nippon Hoso, etc. all tend to focus on the Giants, but do change their scheduling during the year depending on who's leading the Central League. Pacific League games on those other stations are few and far between, even with "Monday Night Pa."

Hiroshima used to have Internet radio games at RCC (I think it was), and I assume that they broadcast Carp games on the radio in the Hiroshima area, but not living there, I have no confirmation of that.

On TV, NTV (Yomiuri Group) covers Giants' home games along with their CS sister station G+.

On UHF you have TV Kanagawa covering most BayStars' home games, TV Saitama covering the Lions, Chiba TV with many Lotte games.

Then on cable/CS there are G+ (mentioned above) with the Giants, and SkySports 1, 2, and 3 which have a variety of teams.

Interestingly enough, the Sankei Group, of which Fuji TV is a member, owns a large portion of the Swallows but only broadcasts Swallows' games when the Giants come to Jingu. TBS, new owners of the BayStars, similarly only broadcast the 'Stars when the Giants travel down to Yokohama. Both media groups show support for their teams on their home pages, but appear to support only the Giants with their actions.

And of course the Hanshin Tigers have good coverage in the Kansai region. Local station Sun TV shows almost all of the Tigers' home games, and you can grab most of their away games on cable.

The Hawks also broadcast their games online with KBC radio, the exceptions are usually some Kansai games. Twice or three times a year they'll broadcast the TV over the net, too, but the quality isn't as nice as the Lion's internet video broadcast (all their home games).

Is there anywhere on the Net that broadcasts the games in English?

Cheers.

russ