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A primary, flagship or home television station refers to the local affiliates that carry a majority of the regular season telecasts for a said National Football League (NFL) team. This list only concentrates on television coverage since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. This list however, does not include "official station" partnerships, where a station that only carries off-network pre-season games also carries team programming throughout the season such as coach's shows, player shows or interview segments during station sportscasts. It also does not include individual player show agreements with stations in a team's market.
As the NFL assigns telecast rights based on the conference affiliation of the road team, the stations listed below would be assigned all of the team's road games (unless they were played at night). They would also carry those home games against teams in the same conference that did not fall under the league's blackout rules. Home games against teams from the other conference, if not blacked out, would be carried on another station. Night games are aired locally either on NBC if Sunday night (or the Thursday Kickoff Game), or on any local station if it is a simulcast of a game on a cable network (as per NFL rules, and subject to blackout; ESPN-aired games are often simulcast on the affiliate of sister network ABC, especially on ABC's O&Os and Hearst Corporation-owned stations—ESPN is an 80/20 joint venture of the Walt Disney Company [ABC's parent] and Hearst).
- Note: Teams listed in italics are teams that have since relocated.
American Football Conference
[edit]From 1970–1997, NBC held the American Football Conference (AFC) package. Since 1998, CBS has held the AFC package.
Before the AFL-NFL merger
[edit]| Date | Teams | Time (EST) | Station | Play-by-play | Color commentators |
| 9/10/60 | Texans-Chargers | 11:00 | WFAA-Dallas/Ft. Worth | Charlie Jones | Fred Benners |
| 9/17/60 | Patriots-Titans | 8:00 | WHDH-Boston | Jim Simpson | Frank Leahy |
| 9/23/60 | Bills-Patriots | 8:00 | Local to BUF | ||
| 12/10/60 | Broncos-Chargers | 4:00 | KBTV-Denver | Lee Giroux | Ron Waller |
| 11/23/62 | Bills-Patriots | 8:00 | Local to Buffalo | ||
| 9/27/64 | Oilers-Broncos | 4:30 | Local to HOU | ||
| 10/11/64 | Bills-Oilers | 9:00 | WKBW-Buffalo | Rick Azar | |
| 10/17/64 | Oilers-Jets | 8:00 | Local to HOU | ||
| 11/6/64 | Oilers-Patriots | 8:00 | Local to HOU | ||
| 9/9/67 | Oilers-Chiefs | 9:00 | Local to HOU (B/W) | ||
| 9/10/67 | Broncos-Raiders | 4:30 | KWGN-Denver (B/W) | Fred Leo | |
| 10/1/67 | Broncos-Oilers | 2:00 | KOA-Denver (B/W) | ||
| 10/1/67 | Dolphins-Jets | 2:00 | WCKT-Miami (B/W) | ||
| 10/1/67 | Chargers-Bills | 2:00 | Local to SD (B/W) | Lou Boda | |
| 10/5/69 | Bills-Oilers | 4:00 | WGR-Buffalo | ||
| 10/5/69 | Chiefs-Broncos | 4:00 | KCMO-Kansas City | ||
| 10/11/69 | Chargers-Dolphins | 8:00 | KCST-San Diego | Bob Chandler |
National Football Conference
[edit]From 1970–1993, CBS held the National Football Conference (NFC) package. Since 1994, the Fox Broadcasting Company has held the NFC package.
| Team | Stations | Years |
| Atlanta Falcons | WAGA 52 WATL 36 (Later WB; now MyNetworkTV) |
1970–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15) |
| Carolina Panthers | WHNS 21 (Greenville (Clemson), South Carolina) WCCB 18 (Now CW) WJZY 46 |
1995 1996–2012 2013–present |
| Chicago Bears | WBBM 21 WFLD 322 WCCU 27 (Champaign, Illinois) |
1970–1993 1994–2001; 2003–present 2002 |
| Dallas Cowboys | KDFW 42 KDAF 33 (Later WB; now CW) |
1970–1993; 1995–present 1994 |
| Detroit Lions | WJBK 22 WKBD 50 (Later UPN; now CW) |
1970–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15) |
| Green Bay Packers | WBAY 2 (Now ABC) WFRV 5 WGBA 26 (Now NBC) WLUK 11 WISN 12 (Now ABC) (Milwaukee) WITI 6 (Milwaukee)2 WCGV 24 (Later UPN; now MyNetworkTV) (Now WVTV-DT2) (Milwaukee) |
1970–1991 1992–1993 1994 1995–present 1970–1976 1977–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 15)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-14) |
| Los Angeles Rams | KCBS 2 (known as KNXT from 1970–1983)1 KTTV 112 |
1970–1993 1994; 2016–present |
| Minnesota Vikings | WCCO 41 WFTC 29 (Later UPN; now MyNetworkTV) (known as KITN in September 1994) KMSP 92 |
1970–1993 1994–2001 2002–present |
| New Orleans Saints | WWL 4 WNOL 38 (Later WB; now CW) WVUE 8 WGMB 44 (Baton Rouge)/KABB 29 (San Antonio) |
1970–1993 1994–1995 1996–2004; 2006–present 2005 |
| New York Giants | WCBS 21 WTIC 3 (Now WFSB) (Hartford) WNYW 52 |
1970–Week 3 of 1973 season; 1975–1993 Week 4 of 1973 season–1974 1994–present |
| Philadelphia Eagles | WCAU 10 (Now NBC)3 WTXF 292 |
1970–1993 1994–present |
| Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals | KSAZ 10 (known as KTSP from 1988–1993)2 KNXV 15 (Now ABC) |
1988–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15) |
| San Francisco 49ers | KPIX 51 KTVU 22 |
1970–1993 1994–present |
| Seattle Seahawks | KIRO 7 (Later UPN; now CBS again) KCPQ 132 |
1976 2002–present |
| St. Louis Cardinals | KMOV 4 (known as KMOX from 1970–1986) | 1970–1987 |
| St. Louis Rams | KTVI 2 | 1995–2015 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | WTVT 132 WFTS 28 (Now ABC) |
1977–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15) |
| Washington Redskins | WUSA 9 (known as WTOP from 1970–1978 and WDVM from 1978–1986) WTTG 52 |
1970–1993 1994–present |
1CBS owned television station.
2Fox owned television station.
3NBC owned television station.
See also
U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994
[edit]At the time of Fox's bid to claim the NFC package from CBS, most of its affiliates were lower-powered UHF stations. As Fox put together its new sports division to cover the NFL, it wanted to affiliate with VHF stations that had lower channel numbers (channels 2 to 13), more established histories, and carried more value with advertisers.
In the spring of 1994, months after completing the NFL contract, Fox agreed to purchase a 20 percent stake in New World Communications in a multimillion-dollar deal. The key to the deal was that Fox upgraded its affiliate stations in several markets. Before the deal, of the 14 NFC teams at the time, only four—the Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Washington Redskins—were co-located with VHF Fox affiliates. The Fox stations in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. are three of the network's original six owned-and-operated outlets. The San Francisco affiliate, KTVU, was owned by Cox Enterprises from 1964 until bought by Fox in the summer of 2014.
Most of the stations involved in the New World deal were located in markets with teams from the NFC, which for television purposes is considered the more valuable (in terms of television) of the two NFL conferences for a variety of reasons, mainly as nine of the ten largest television markets at the time had an NFC team. The lone exception being Boston, whose only NFL team, the New England Patriots, plays in the AFC. Also, most of the NFC teams existed before the formation of the old AFL in 1960, and therefore contain longer histories, rivalries and traditions. During this time, the NFC was also in the midst of a 13-game winning streak against the AFC in the Super Bowl.
Many of the stations slated that switched to Fox were CBS affiliates in markets where NFC teams were located, thus fans would continue to see at least their team's road games (and in many cases, Sunday afternoon home games against other NFC teams) on the same VHF stations that had been carrying the local NFL games since (in some instances) 1956.
In 1995, a year after the Fox switches, St. Louis received an NFC team when the Rams relocated from Los Angeles following the 1994 season, making KTVI the eighth station (and sixth in an NFC market) among the stations involved in the switchover and bringing the total number of NFC teams with VHF Fox affiliates to nine. That same year, the Carolina Panthers joined the NFL as an expansion team, which made WGHP another satellite "home" station for an NFL team as the Panthers are based in Charlotte, which is directly south of the Piedmont Triad region where WGHP is situated.
Because of the time it took for the FCC to approve the NewsCorp investment in New World (as well as waiting for affiliation contracts to expire), that some, "lame duck" affiliates actually carried the NFL on Fox games for most of the 1994 season. For example, most Cowboys games were on KDAF in Dallas and KBVO in Austin, and the Lions were seen on WKBD-TV, while WCGV-TV in Milwaukee carried Packers games until WITI's affiliation deal with CBS ended at the start of December 1994, the only break in WITI's carriage of team games since 1977, when that station took CBS affiliation. As late as the 1995 season, New Orleans Saints games were on WNOL, not WVUE.
Ironically, the New World deal actually led to the Kansas City Chiefs losing its primary station, WDAF-TV. The Chiefs would be relegated to UHF for four years on KSHB, before returning to VHF in 1998, with their games on KCTV.
The network affiliate switches also saw some longtime NBC affiliates move to CBS, and thus two of these stations would regain "home station" status when the AFC package moved to CBS in 1998 – these stations being WBZ-TV in Boston, and KCNC-TV in Denver (both now owned and operated by the CBS network).
Before the AFL-NFL merger
[edit]Per the Pro Football Handbook, edited by Don Schiffer, this was the CBS affiliate line-up for each team in 1959:
Baltimore Colts (away games only):
- WMAR - Baltimore
- WHP - Harrisburg, Pa.
- WBOC - Salisbury, Md.
Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals (home games only):
- WBBM - Chicago (though almost always blacked out)
- KGGM - Albuquerque, NM
- KFOA - Amarillo, TX
- KTBC - Austin, TX
- WAFB - Baton Rouge, LA
- KFOM - Beaumont, TX
- KOOK - Billings, MT
- KBOI - Boise, ID
- KBTX - Bryan, TX
- KFVS - Cape Girardeau, MO
- KSPR - Casper, WY
- WMT - Cedar Rapids, IA
- WCIA - Champaign, IL
- KFBC - Cheyenne, WY
- KKTV - Colorado Springs, CO
- KZTV - Corpus Christi, TX
- KRLD - Dallas, TX
- KLZ - Denver, CO
- KRNT - Des Moines, IA
- KROD - El Paso, TX
- WEHT - Evansville, IN
- KNAC - Fort Smith, AR
- WANE - Fort Wayne, IN
- KBLR - Goodland, IN
- KREX - Grand Junction, CO
- KFBB - Great Falls, MT
- KGBT - Harlingen, TX
- KGWL - Houston, TX
- KID - Idaho Falls, ID
- WISH - Indianapolis, IN
- WDXI - Jackson, TN
- KRCG - Jefferson City, MO
- KODE - Joplin, MO
- KCMO - Kansas City, MO
- KHOL - Kearney, NE
- WFAM - Lafayette, IN
- KLFY - Lafayette, LA
- KTAG - Lake Charles, LA
- KGNS - Laredo, TX
- KSWO - Lawton, OK
- WKYT - Lexington, KY
- KOLN - Lincoln, NE
- KTHV - Little Rock, AR
- WHAS - Louisville, KY
- KDUB - Lubbock, TX
- KGLO - Mason City, IA
- WREC - Memphis, TN
- KNOE - Monroe, LA
- WWL - New Orleans, LA
- KOSA - Odessa, TX
- KWTV - Oklahoma City, OK
- WOW - Omaha, NE
- KTVO - Ottumwa, IA
- WMBD - Peoria, IL
- KOOL - Phoenix, AZ
- KHQA - Quincy, IL
- KOTA - Rapid City, SD
- KWRB - Riverton, IL
- WHBF - Rock Island, IL
- WREX - Rockford, IL
- KSL - Salt Lake City, UT
- KCTV - San Angelo, TX
- KENS - San Antonio, TX
- KSLA - Shreveport, LA
- KVTV - Sioux City, IA
- KELO - Sioux Falls, SD
- WSBT - South Bend, IN
- KTTS - Springfield, MO
- KFEQ - St Joseph, MO
- KMOX - St Louis, MO
- KPAR - Sweetwater, TX
- WTHI - Terre Haute, IN
- KCMC - Texarkana, TX
- WIBW - Topeka, KS
- KOLD - Tucson, AZ
- KOTV - Tulsa, OK
- KLIX - Twin Falls, ID
- KWTX - Waco, TX
- KTVH - Wichita, KS
- KYSD - Wichita Falls, TX
- WJW - Cleveland (no home games)
- WBEN - Buffalo, NY
- WKRC - Cincinnati, OH
- WBNS - Columbus, OH
- WHIO - Dayton, OH
- WSEE - Erie, PA
- WHTN - Huntington, WV
- WTAP - Parkersburg, WV
- WVET - Rochester, NY
- WJBK - Detroit (no home games)
- WWTV - Cadillac, MI
- WKZO - Kalamazoo, MI
- WJIM - Lansing, MI
- WKNX - Saginaw, MI
- WTOL - Toldeo, OH (no home games)
- WBAY - Green Bay (no home games)
- KBMB - Bismarck, ND
- KDIX - Dickinson, ND
- KDAL - Duluth, MN
- WKBT - LaCrosse, WI
- WISC - Madison, WI
- WDMJ - Marquette, MI
- WITI - Milwaukee, WI (no Milwaukee games)
- WCCO - Minneapolis, MN
- KCJB - Minot, ND
- KXJB - Valley City, ND
- WSAU - Wausau, WI
Los Angeles Rams - San Francisco 49ers (A/k/a CBS Pacific Coast Network):
- KNXT - Los Angeles (no Rams home games)
- KPIX - San Francisco (no 49ers home games)
- KBAK - Bakersfield, CA
- KVOS - Bellingham, WA
- KHSL - Chico, CA
- KBAS - Ephrata, WA
- KIEM - Eureka, CA
- KFRE - Fresno, CA
- KULR - Kalispell, MT
- KLAS - Las Vegas, NV (no Rams home games)
- KLEW - Lewiston, ID
- KBES - Medford, OR
- KMSO - Missoula, MT
- KEPR - Pasco, WA
- KOIN - Portland, OR
- KOLO - Reno, NV
- KBET - Sacramento, CA (no 49ers home games)
- KSBW - Salinas, CA (no 49ers home games)
- KFMB - San Diego, CA (no Rams home games)
- KIRO - Seattle, WA
- KXLY - Spokane, WA
- KIMA - Yakima, WA
- KIVA - Yuma, AZ (no Rams home games)
- WCBS - New York (no home games)
- WTEN - Albany, NY
- WLBZ - Bangor, ME
- WNBF - Binghamton, NY
- WNAC - Boston, MA
- WCAX - Burlington, VT
- WCNY - Carthage, NY
- WTIC - Hartford, CT
- WGAN - Portland, ME
- WAGM - Presque Isle, ME
- WPRO - Providence, RI
- WDAU - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA (when Eagles play at home)
- WHYN - Springfield, MA
- WHEN - Syracuse, NY
Philadelphia Eagles (away games only):
- WCAU - Philadelphia
- WGAL - Lancaster, PA
- WDAU - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA
Pittsburgh Steelers (away games only):
- KDKA - Pittsburgh
- WFBG - Altoona, PA
- WBOY - Clarksburg, WV
- WARD - Johnstown, PA
- WSTV - Steubenville, OH
- WKBN - Youngstown, OH
- WTOP: Washington (no home games)
- WAIM - Anderson, SC
- WAGA - Atlanta, GA
- WROW - Augusta, GA
- WBRC - Birmingham, AL
- WCSC - Charleston, SC
- WBTV - Charlotte, NC
- WDEF - Chattanooga, TN
- WNOK - Columbia, SC
- WRBL - Columbus, GA
- WCBI - Columbus, MS
- WMSL - Decatur, AL
- WTVY - Dothan, AL
- WTVD - Durham, NC
- WOWL - Florence, AL
- WBTW - Florence, SC
- WINK - Fort Myers, FL
- WFMY - Greensboro, NC
- WNCT - Greenville, SC
- WSVA - Harrisonburg, VA
- WJTV - Jackson, MS
- WJXT - Jacksonville, FL
- WJHL - Johnson City, TN
- WBIR - Knoxville, TN
- WMAZ - Macon, GA
- WTOK - Meridian, GA
- WTVJ - Miami, FL
- WKRG - Mobile, AL
- WCOV - Montgomery, AL
- WLAC - Nashville, TN
- WTAR - Norfolk, VA
- WDBO - Orlando, FL
- WRVA - Richmond, VA
- WDBJ - Roanoke, VA
- WTOC - Savannah, GA
- WSPA - Spartanburg, SC
- WTVT - Tampa, FL
Notes
[edit]- Many of the stations listed here had multiple network affiliation. For example, WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania mostly carried NBC programming in 1959, but did offer CBS programming at other times, such as Eagles games.
- 1959 only, the Browns dropped - or perhaps supplemented - their Carling/Sports Network (SNI) arrangement by signing up with CBS. The Browns-SNI arrangement (1956-1958) was national in scope. For 1960 and 1961, the Browns-SNI network was reduced to a Midwest regional network.
- In 1960, the Cardinals moved to St. Louis and the Dallas Cowboys played their first season. So the 1959 Chicago network, easily the biggest in 1959, would be reduced dramatically.
- In 1961, the Minnesota Vikings would enter the NFL and would slice into the Packers network.
- In 1966, the Atlanta Falcons would cut heavily into the Redskins network.
- In 1967, the New Orleans Saints would likely cut into the Cowboys network and perhaps some of the Falcons network.
Regular season games broadcast by local stations
[edit]After the AFL-NFL merger
[edit]| Date | Teams | Time (EST) | Station | Play-by-play | Color commentators |
| 9/18/70 | Cardinals-Rams | 11:00 | KMOX-St. Louis | Bob Wilson | Ollie Raymond and Jim Bolen |
| 9/19/70 | Bears-Giants | 8:00 | WBBM-Chicago | Brent Musburger | Jerry Kramer |
| 10/3/70 | Raiders-Dolphins | 8:00 | KNEW-San Francisco | Don Klein | Dave Kocourek |
| 10/3/70 | Steelers-Browns | 9:00 | WIIC-Pittsburgh | Sam Nover | Otto Graham and Red Donley |
| 10/10/70 | Dolphins-Jets | 8:45 | WCKT-Miami | ||
| 10/11/70 | Bills-Steelers | 1:00 | WBEN-Buffalo | Chuck Healy | Dick Rifenburg |
| 10/11/70 | Bengals-Browns | 1:00 | WCPO-Cincinnati | Jack Moran | |
| 10/11/70 | Steelers-Browns | 9:00 | WIIC-Pittsburgh | Sam Nover | Otto Graham and Red Donley |
| 10/10/71 | Colts-Bills | 1:00 | WBFF-Baltimore | Jim Karvellas | Kyle Rote |
| 10/10/71 | Oilers-Redskins | 1:00 | KTRK-Houston | Bill Enis | Paul Maguire |
| 10/10/71 | Dolphins-Bengals | 1:00 | WPLG-Miami | Joe Croghan | Dave Kocourek |
| 10/10/71 | Steelers-Browns | 1:00 | WTAE-Pittsburgh | Jay Randolph | Ed Conway |
| 10/17/71 | Colts-Giants | 1:00 | WBFF-Baltimore | Jim Karvellas | Kyle Rote |
| 10/17/71 | Bills-Jets | 1:00 | WBEN-Buffalo | Chuck Healy | Dick Rifenburg |
| 10/17/71 | Patriots-Dolphins | 1:00 | WNAC-Boston | Bill Enis | George Ratterman |
| 10/23/71 | Bills-Chargers | Midnight | WKBW-Buffalo | Rick Azar | Paul Maguire |
| 10/15/72 | Oilers-Steelers | 1:00 | KTRK-Houston | Dan Lovett | Jim Norton |
| 10/15/72 | Chargers-Dolphins | 1:00 | KCST-San Diego | Jerry Gross | Mike Smith |
| 10/22/72 | Colts-Jets | 1:00 | WBFF/WJZ-Baltimore | Jim Karvellas | Dave Kocourek |
| 10/22/72 | Bills-Dolphins | 1:00 | WKBW-Buffalo | Rick Azar | Paul Maguire |
| 10/22/72 | Patriots-Steelers | 1:00 | WCVB-Boston | Ken Coleman | Alan Miller |
| 10/22/72 | Chargers-Lions | 1:00 | KCST-San Diego | Bill Enis | Kyle Rote |
| 10/22/72 | Browns-Oilers | 2:00 | WKBF-Cleveland | Jay Randolph | Willie Davis |
| 11/12/72 | Saints-Falcons | 1:00 | Local to New Orleans | Don Criqui | Irv Cross and Andy Musser |
| 11/12/72 | Packers-Bears | 2:00 | WBAY-Green Bay | Roy Broyles | John Campbell |
| 10/14/73 | Raiders-Chargers | 4:00 | KTVU-San Francisco | Don Klein | Gary Park |
| 10/21/73 | Patriots-Bears | 2:00 | WLVI-Boston WGN-Chicago |
Ken Coleman | Sam DeLuca |
| 10/21/73 | Chiefs-Bengals | 4:00 | Local | Bill Enis | Kyle Rote |
| 10/6/74 | Broncos-Chiefs | 4:00 | Local to Denver | Ross Porter | Willie Davis |
| 10/13/74 | Bills-Colts | 2:00 | Local to Buffalo | ||
| 10/13/74 | Steelers-Chiefs | 2:00 | KDKA-Pittsburgh | Dick Stockton | Bill Curry |
| 10/13/74 | Raiders-Chargers | 4:00 | KBHK-San Francisco | Don Klein | Al LoCasale |
| 10/5/75 | Raiders-Chargers | 4:00 | KBHK-San Francisco | Don Klein | Al LoCasale[1] |
| 10/12/75 | Bills-Colts | 1:00 | WKBW-Buffalo | Rick Azar | Paul Maguire |
| 10/12/75 | Broncos-Steelers | 1:00 | KBTV-Denver | John Rayburn | Bob Kurtz and Fred Gehrke |
| 10/12/75 | Oilers-Browns | 1:00 | KDOG-Houston | Charlie Jones | Sam DeLuca |
| 10/12/75 | Jets-Vikings | 1:00 | WCBS-New York WCCO-Minneapolis |
Gary Bender | Johnny Unitas |
| 10/25/75 | Cardinals-Giants | 1:00 | KSD-St. Louis | Jay Randolph | Ron Jacober |
| 10/23/76 | Falcons-49ers | 10:00 | WAGA-Atlanta | Bill Hartman | Wayne Walker |
| 9/24/77 | Vikings-Buccaneers | 8:00 | WTCN-Minneapolis | Roger Buxton | Johnny Sauer |
| 9/2/78 | Giants-Buccaneers | 8:00 | WCBS-New York | Steve Albert | Nick Buoniconti |
| 9/9/78 | Lions-Buccaneers | 8:00 | WJBK-Detroit | Ray Lane | Charley Neal |
| 10/15/78 | Bills-Oilers | 2:00 | WKBW-Buffalo | Rick Azar | Paul Maguire |
| 10/15/78 | Jets-Colts | 2:00 | WPIX-New York | Jim Simpson | Paul Warfield |
| 10/15/78 | Chiefs-Raiders | 4:00 | KMBC-TV Kansas City | Jay Randolph | Mike Haffner |
| 9/1/79 | Lions-Buccaneers | 8:00 | WJBK-Detroit | Ray Lane | Ron Kramer and Charley Neal |
| 10/7/79 | Chiefs-Bengals | 4:00 | KCMO-Kansas City | Jack Harry | Ed Budde and Nick Monroe |
| 10/19/80 | Chiefs-Broncos | 2:00 | KCMO-Kansas City KOA-Denver |
Don Fortune Larry Zimmer |
Paul Maguire Ron Zappolo |
| 9/5/81 | Vikings-Buccaneers | 8:00 | KSTP-Minneapolis WTOG-Tampa |
Jim Thacker |
John Dockery and Bob Bruce |
| 10/9/83 | Chiefs-Raiders | 4:00 | KCTV-Kansas City | Don Fortune | Len Dawson |
| 10/14/84 | Bills-Seahawks | 4:00 | WKBW-Buffalo KING-Seattle |
Rick Azar Phil Stone |
Marv Levy Reggie Rucker |
Local preseason television coverage
[edit]Although several exhibition games are broadcast on television nationally, most exhibition games are in-house productions of the individual teams (often in association with a local broadcaster, typically with the rights to Thursday and Monday night games during the regular season; under the NFL's anti-siphoning policy, all away games and sold-out home games featuring the local team scheduled to air on the NFL Network or ESPN have the cable channel in question blacked out in the local market of that team, and the NFL sells the games to local broadcast stations only via broadcast syndication), and syndicated to other local stations in the region, which usually includes a coach's show package during the regular season. NFL Network also airs coverage of exhibition games, either live or tape delayed, switching between the home and visiting team feeds after halftime.
Exhibition games are almost exclusively played at night due to hot summer weather, and are frequently scheduled based on local convenience (e.g. games on the west coast tend to start at 7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m. ET). The league's blackout restrictions apply, although stations are allowed to play the game on a tape delay if the game does not sell out (unlike the regular season policy, when rights revert to NFL Films). Many more exhibition games fail to sell out than do regular-season games.
See also
[edit]Affiliates
- List of CBS television affiliates (by U.S. state)
- List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state)
- List of Fox television affiliates (by U.S. state)
- NFL on television#Blackout policies
Over-the-air TV sports broadcasters
- Historical Major League Baseball over-the-air television broadcasters
- Historical NBA over-the-air television broadcasters
- Historical NHL over-the-air television broadcasters
External links
[edit]- ^ "Raiders meet Chargers in Conference duel". Concord Transcript. Concord, California. October 1, 1975. p. 10. Retrieved January 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.