Nestor's Bio
Born in Dundalk...Just turned 40...Began as an agate clerk and gopher in 1984 at The News American...Sportswriter and music critic at The Evening Sun from 1986 through 1992...Started doing sports radio with Kenny Albert in 1992 on WITH-AM 1230...Obtained WNST-AM 1570 in 1998...Was nationally syndicated on 425 stations via Sporting News Radio from 1999 through 2001...Retired from daily radio in 2004 to C.E.O. and do business development for WNST...Led walkout of 2,000 Orioles fans at Camden Yards in the "Free The Birds" movement...Became partners with Brian Billick and began WNST.net earlier this year...Loves to travel the world and shoot campy videos for wnsTV...In general, he loves Baltimore and lives to make this website great!
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Luke Jones was crowned the Coors Light King of Baltimore Sportstalk tonight, beating six other finalists with great interviewing style, a vast knowledge of the local sports scene and impeccable blogs over the past eight weeks of the competition. Marco Romanell finished second in the judges’ voting, followed by Lawson Lambert and Todd Salkowski. Jerry Reinhardt, ... Read More »
We’re down to the final seven contestants in the Coors Light King of Baltimore Sportstalk competition after Wednesday night’s live semifinals at Donna’s Tavern in Dundalk. Today on Limited Access, we’ll play the five-minute auditions from the 11 semifinalists on AM 1570 beginning just after 4 p.m. and we’ll have all of the videos up ... Read More »
After an evening of fun interviews, cold beer and bad hockey and baseball in Dundalk last night at Donna’s Tavern, the Coors Light King of Baltimore Sportstalk has produced seven finalists for the two-month blogging and sports radio competition. The seven contestants moving forward are: Todd Salkowski, Jerry Reinhardt, Luke Jones, Christopher Stoner, Tom Clayton, Lawson ... Read More »
Despite the fun we had in Dundalk last night with an evening of 12 semifinal auditions at Donna’s Tavern, it was an ugly night for local sports. The Capitals fell behind early and had one of the most disappointing Game 7 efforts in recent memory. The Orioles got clubbed by the Rays while Adam Jones ... Read More »
Tonight in Washington D.C., a place where five years ago hockey was a rumor or perhaps a myth, the Capitals will host the Penguins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ second round. I don’t need to tell you that it will be one of the best sporting events of this (or any) year. ... Read More »
If you watch “American Idol,” then you know the phrase, “You’re going to Hollywood!” If you’ve heard our “Coors Light King (or Queen) of Baltimore Sportstalk” you now know the phrase: “You’re going to Dundalk!” We decided to not eliminate any of the 13 candidates and have all of them come out to Dundalk do a ... Read More »
The second round of the WNST.net “Coors Light King (or Queen) of Baltimore Sportstalk” competition will commence at 2 p.m. today on “Limited Access.” Neal Bortmes, Geoff Peckham, Christopher Stoner and Jerry Reinhardt will be doing lengthy segments today of “real” sports radio. They’ll have 15 minutes to do radio, discuss today’s topics, take calls, engage ... Read More »
At 2 p.m. today on “Limited Access,” we’ll announce the remainder of the field for the second round of the “Coors Light” King of Baltimore Sportstalk competition. In the WNST.net user voting, Marco Romanell, John McKay and Neal Bortmes moved on as the top three votegetters. We will be releasing no less than nine more competitors ... Read More »
Hopefully, by now you’ve seen some of the video or heard some of the interviews and auditions or read some of the great blogs we’ve been featuring here at WNST.net over the past two weeks as the “Coors Light King of Baltimore Sportstalk” competition rolls on this week via our blogosphere below. With the Orioles, the ... Read More »
We’re almost halfway through our first round of tryouts in the “Coors Light King of Baltimore Sportstalk” competition, having six more competitors in the studio on Tuesday. Today, we’ll have our only female competitor, Christina Tarleton, plus five more hopefuls: Chris Stoner, Ryan Sebring, Marco Romanell, John McKay and Tom Clayton. All of their blogs ... Read More »
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