NHL Radio

NHL Radio
Other namesNHL Game of the Week[1]
GenreSports
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Language(s)English
AnnouncerSee below
Created byWestwood One
Recording studioThe site of the games
Original release1993 –
present
Audio formatStereophonic sound

NHL Radio is the official national radio broadcaster of the National Hockey League, covering the Stanley Cup Finals, both Conference Finals, selected early round playoff action, the All-Star Game, the NHL Winter Classic and a selected number of regular-season games. The package was distributed by Westwood One[2] and premiered in the 1993-94 season. This arrangement lasted through the end of the 2007-08 season[3] until it was relaunched for the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, through the network's NBC Sports Radio service.[4] The contract was continued for the 2016-17 season with a playoff game of the week, both conference finals, the Stanley Cup Finals, the Winter Classic and select regular season games being added.[5] The NBC Sports Radio brand was dropped in 2020; Westwood One will syndicate the broadcasts directly.[6] In 2021, Sports USA Radio Network took over the national radio rights to the NHL.[7][8]

  1. ^ Westwood One: NHL Game of the Week
  2. ^ NHL Radio no longer on Westwood One
  3. ^ If you're looking for the Stanley Cup finals on radio, you can stop hitting the buttons. Unless you have the XM satellite service, you aren't finding the games. Unlike years past, no national radio network is carrying the event. Thus in the St. Louis market - where listeners can hear indoor football, women's soccer, Frontier League baseball and high school sports - the championship series in one of the supposed "major" sports is a no-show. "In the past, the Stanley Cup finals were carried by Westwood One, but they don't have it this year and nobody offered it to us, said Jason Barrett, programming director at sports-talk station WXOS (101.1 FM).
  4. ^ "NBC Sports Radio Named Exclusive National Terrestrial Radio Partner for the 2016 Stanley Cup Final". 10 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The NHL returns to Westwood One in 2017". Westwood One Sports. December 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (March 5, 2020). "Westwood One To Cease Distribution Of NBC Sports Radio". Radio Insight.
  7. ^ "Schedules".
  8. ^ "About Us".