About Steve Stewart

Royals Radio pre-game host and play-by-play broadcaster Steve Stewart is in his second season with the Royals, his 10th in the Major Leagues and his 18th in baseball. Besides his radio work, Steve is also the host of “Royals Insider,” a weekly television magazine program seen on Fox Sports Kansas City and KC’s Metro Sports. Stewart spent the previous four years as a Cincinnati Reds broadcaster, from 2004 through 2006, on WLW radio and in 2007 on TV as a pre-game host and fill-in play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports Ohio.
From 2000-2003, he filled in on Baltimore Orioles broadcasts on WBAL, where he was a sports anchor on both WBAL radio and TV. In 2002 he called several St. Louis Cardinals games on KMOX. Stewart previously broadcast in the minor leagues for the Calgary Cannons and Richmond Braves, as well as at the collegiate level calling University of South Carolina baseball.
A St. Louis native, Stewart began his broadcasting career as a student at Southern Methodist University, where he broadcast football and basketball. Stewart has broadcast college basketball games for several schools, including the University of Richmond, as well as South Carolina, Maryland, Cincinnati (football and basketball) and Xavier. He spent seven years in TV news and sports. Stewart has a 10-year-old son, John, and resides in Overland Park, Kan.