List of Nashville Predators broadcasters

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Bally Sports South holds the regional cable television rights to the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the Nashville Predators of the NHL. It also carries simulcasts of Major League Baseball games, carrying Cincinnati Reds games televised by Fox Sports Ohio, [1] St. Louis Cardinals games televised by Fox Sports Midwest [2] and (within Tennessee) Atlanta Braves games televised by Fox Sports South, as well as coverage of collegiate sports events from the Southeastern Conference.

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Radio

On August 15, 2011, it was confirmed that WPRT would switch to a sports format. Adopting the new moniker "102.5 The Game", the format change took effect on Monday, August 29, 2011, at 6 AM, following a weekend of stunting of construction sounds, Nashville Predators highlights, and a loop for several hours of the closing chorus of "The Party's Over" by Journey. The station took over flagship status for the Predators after a one-year stint on sister-station 102.9 The Buzz. [3] Upon its format change, the station announced it would become a primary affiliate of ESPN Radio in six weeks after launch. This delay was due to ESPN Radio exercising an eight-week exit clause (executed two weeks prior to launch) in the contract with secondary affiliate WGFX-FM. [4] Upon assumption of the affiliation, WPRT-FM began to carry various ESPN Radio programming including The Herd with Colin Cowherd , SVP & Russillo , and SportsCenter Nightly.

Years Play-by-play Color commentators
1998–2006 Pete Weber Terry Crisp
2006–07 Eli Gold Jim McKenzie
2007–08 Pete Weber Terry Crisp
2008–10 Pete Weber Terry Crisp and Tom Callahan
2010–11 Tom Callahan Wade Belak
2011–14 Tom Callahan Stu Grimson
2014–15 Willy Daunic Brent Peterson
2015–17 Pete Weber [5] Brent Peterson
2017–present Pete Weber [5] Hal Gill

Television

Years Play-by-play Color commentators
1998–14 Pete Weber [5] Terry Crisp
2014–15 Pete Weber [5] Stu Grimson
2015–17 Willy Daunic Stu Grimson
2017–present Willy Daunic Chris Mason

Current on-air staff

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References

  1. ↑ "FOX Sports Tennessee, SportSouth to Televise 123 Reds Games during 2011 MLB Season". Fox Sports Tennessee. March 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 Fox Sports Tennessee and SportSouth St. Louis Cardinals Telecast Schedule" (PDF). St. Louis Cardinals.
  3. ↑ Published August 16, 2011 by J.R. Lind (2011-08-16). "On the radio: 102.5 switching to sports". nashvillepost.com. Retrieved 2012-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Game Time In Nashville – RadioInsight". Radioinsight.com. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Predators broadcasters: Pete Weber, Play-by-play announcer". Predators.NHL.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
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