NFL Team Flagship Station Changes Thread

[JeeperOne]

Now that the NFL lockout is over & preseason is here, which teams changed the flagship station for their preseason and/or night games?

Here in Denver, the Broncos dumped KCNC 4 even though it's a CBS O&O & they of course has the regular season rights to most Broncos games this season via CBS in lieu of NBC affiliate KUSA 9

My guess as to why this was is KUSA sister station KTVD 20 carried all the night games last year

KUSA 9 uses the Logan/Griese radio team for PBP. For graphics, they do what KARE 11 does with Vikings games & use a customized version of the NBC SNF graphics

So, what other changes were made by other teams?

Cheers

 

[ShawnHill1]

In Atlanta, the Falcons are now on WGCL, after several years on WXIA (I believe some of the games were farmed to WATL during Olympic time). WXIA, too, used a variant of the NBC NFL graphics for their telecasts. WGCL is using the 2006-08 NFL on CBS graphics for Falcons telecasts.

In Washington, it seems like the Redskins change OTA flagships each year; last year, I believe they were on WRC, and in years previous, they were on WUSA. This season, WJLA is the lucky target. The production is handled by Comcast SportsNet Washington, has it's been for the last several years.

The Lions are on WXYZ, after the last 3-4 seasons on WWJ-TV (and sister station WKBD for many years before that). It looks like NFL Network is producing their games, or at least using the NFLN graphics.

 

[Ultimajock]

...tho not dealing with a flagship station per se, I just moved to the Antelope Valley, and was rather surprised to see KTLA/v5 Los Angeles running Oakland Raiders games from KTVU/v2 Oakland this pre-season. I thought this was AFC Charger/NFC 49ers territory. Has this been going on since the Raiders moved back to Oakland, or is it a relatively recent development since Mayor Villaraigosa's pushing for a new football stadiom in L.A.?...

 

[Sammi Brie]

Cardinal games have been on KNXV for years. The team handles production with graphics that, well, look like the current Cards image (Gotham, etc.). But they may constitute the bulkiest top sports bar on TV. Low and thick is how it was built.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

STL Rams preseason games were on KTTV until just a few years ago. A lot of stations would pick up preseason games of far away teams with players from their area.

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

The Browns have reached quite a stable situation with Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3, which has held the preseason rights for 3-4 years or so.

Channel 3 quickly took over after the previous rightsholder - Raycom CBS affiliate WOIO/19 - angered Browns owner Randy Lerner by airing the audio of a 911 call made by a relative of his, in a very sensitive family situation (the tragic death of a young family member).

WOIO's "19 Action News" is known for its flash and dash...and that cost them in this case. WKYC has had the rights ever since.

The Browns had no cable/satellite night games last year (happens when you stink), but those games are bought separately from the preseason package. The games have aired locally on stations like Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 and Raycom's sister station to WOIO, MyNetwork TV affiliate WUAB/43.

One year, WJW aired a Browns game instead of a Major League Baseball playoff game...the MLB game got bumped to WUAB by Fox (Fox owns WUAB's network, MyNetwork TV).

 

[JeeperOne]

Well now it not only appears that the Broncos have a new flagship station (Going to KUSA 9 from CBS O&O KCNC 4) but they also have a new booth team in Verne Lundquist (Yes THAT Verne Lundquist) & KKFN-FM 104.3 personality Alfred Williams

Not sure who, if anybody at all, is working the sidelines though (Will post back here once I find out) nor am I sure why they didn't work the game in Dallas (I think the lack of a TV crew last week is likely the reason why NFL Network went with the Cowboys feed instead)

Cheers

 

[nathannah]

In Washington, it seems like the Redskins change OTA flagships each year; last year, I believe they were on WRC, and in years previous, they were on WUSA. This season, WJLA is the lucky target. The production is handled by Comcast SportsNet Washington, has it's been for the last several years.

Is Snyder still pulling that stupid arrangement where CSN gets the game in HD, while antenna and basic viewers are stuck watching the game in SD on WJLA? If there's any reason that guy should be hated for owning the Redskins (among the many already out there), that's definitely one of them.

Meanwhile, besides adding WAOW in Wausau's full-power satellite WMOW in Crandon to the network, the Packer Television Network remains the same as it has since 2000; WFRV/WJMN in Green Bay originates via a NFL on CBS team with Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon, while WTMJ in Milwaukee and Quincy's Wisconsin ABC affiliates air it to the rest of the state.

 

[nathannah]

Could not re-edit, but actually WRC does still have the Redskins, while WJLA airs Ravens preseason games in the Washington area. And yes, they still have the idiotic "OTA in SD" penalty for antenna viewers this year.

 

[cowboybud]

Well now it not only appears that the Broncos have a new flagship station (Going to KUSA 9 from CBS O&O KCNC 4) but they also have a new booth team in Verne Lundquist (Yes THAT Verne Lundquist) & KKFN-FM 104.3 personality Alfred Williams

Not sure who, if anybody at all, is working the sidelines though (Will post back here once I find out) nor am I sure why they didn't work the game in Dallas (I think the lack of a TV crew last week is likely the reason why NFL Network went with the Cowboys feed instead)

Cheers

NFL Network almost always takes the home team feed, that's why they took the Dallas feed. Perhaps Lundquist (who lives in Colorado) is only working home games.

 

[ShawnHill1]

Could not re-edit, but actually WRC does still have the Redskins, while WJLA airs Ravens preseason games in the Washington area. And yes, they still have the idiotic "OTA in SD" penalty for antenna viewers this year.

You are correctly, I got confused...and I should have known when I was watching the Redskins game rebroadcast on NFL Network over the weekend, they had a promotion for WRC's weathercasts.