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This is a list of Arizona Coyotes broadcasters from the National Hockey League.

Television

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As of the 2023–24 NHL season, Scripps Sports has regional television rights to the Arizona Coyotes. In the Phoenix market, games broadcast on KNXV-TV's Antenna TV-affiliated subchannel 15.2 serving as flagship station, with further affiliates planned for outlying areas of the team's designated market, which includes Utah and New Mexico.[1][2] Partway through the season, KASW-TV became the flagship broadcast channel[3]

From its move to Phoenix in 1996 to the end of the 2006–07 season, the regional television rights for Arizona Coyotes were split between Fox Sports Arizona[4] and over-the-air broadcasters including KTVK and KASW (1996 - 2006)[5][6] and KAZT-TV (2006 - 2008).[7]

From the 2007–08 NHL season until the 2023–24 NHL season, Bally Sports Arizona (formerly Fox Sports Arizona) was the exclusive regional television rightsholder since 2008 for all Arizona Coyotes games not broadcast nationally by NBCSN, NBC, ESPN, ABC, or TNT.[8]

Current television broadcast affiliates

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Arizona Coyotes Television broadcast affiliates as of 2023
Station Channel Market Notes
KASW 61.1 Phoenix, Arizona Flagship broadcaster
KGUN-TV 9.2 Tucson, Arizona
KUPX-TV 16.1 Salt Lake City, Utah
KSTU 13.2 Salt Lake City, Utah Select games only
Albuquerque, New Mexico

On-air staff

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See also: List of current National Hockey League broadcasters
Years Play-by-play Color commentators
1996–02 Doug McLeod Charlie Simmer
2002–04 Curt Keilback Charlie Simmer
2005–07 Curt Keilback[9] Darren Pang
2007–09 Dave Strader Darren Pang
2009–11 Dave Strader Tyson Nash
2011–21 Matt McConnell Tyson Nash
2021–24 Matt McConnell Tyson Nash (primary)
Lyndsey Fry (pre and post game)
Paul Bissonnette (pre and post game)

Strader was hired by the Phoenix Coyotes on July 2, 2007. He was reunited with his former ESPN and ABC partner, Darren Pang, for Coyotes broadcasts for two seasons. With no television contract in place for Coyotes games, Pang left in 2009 to join the St. Louis Blues.[10][11] Strader was joined in the broadcast booth by former NHL player Tyson Nash. In July 2011, Strader left his position with the Coyotes to accept a full-time job with NBC/Versus. From 2011 until the team's closure in 2024, Matt McConnell was the play by play announcer for the Arizona Coyotes.[12]

Radio

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Years Play-by-play Color commentators
1996–97 Curt Keilback[13] Steve Konroyd
1997–98 Curt Keilback Tom Kurvers[14]
1998–02 Curt Keilback Jim Johnson
2002–04 Curt Keilback Charlie Simmer
2005–08 Bob Heethius Louie DeBrusk
2008–14 Bob Heethius Tyson Nash
2014–17 Bob Heethius Nick Boynton
2017–2020 Bob Heethius Paul Bissonnette
2020–2024 Bob Heethius Lyndsey Fry[15]

In 2021, the Arizona Coyotes entered a two-year deal with Bonneville Phoenix to broadcast the team's games on the radio in the Phoenix market on either KMVP-FM or KTAR.[16] In 2023, the Arizona Coyotes extended the deal with Bonneville Phoenix by one-year.[17]

In 2019–20, KGME regained its contract as the flagship station of the Arizona Coyotes. Previously, the Coyotes games were broadcast on KMVP.

References

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  1. ^ Ortiz, Jenna (5 October 2023). "Arizona Coyotes land TV deal with Scripps Sports". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ McCarter, Rebecca (2023-10-05). "ARIZONA COYOTES, SCRIPPS SPORTS FORM MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST PARTNERSHIP". Scripps.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  3. ^ "Arizona Coyotes moving to new independent 'Arizona 61' station with Scripps Sports". ABC15.com. 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Fox and Liberty Outline Plans for New Cable Venture". Sports Business Journal. November 1, 1995. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Coyotes, TV stations finalize agreement to broadcast games". Arizona Republic. September 18, 1996. p. D3. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Coyotes". Arizona Republic. September 21, 2005. p. C1. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Vest, David (July 14, 2006). "Seidenberg, Sjostrom agree to 2-year deals". Arizona Republic. p. C8. Archived from the original on January 10, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bally Sports Arizona asks out of agreement to broadcast Coyotes games". Arizona Sports. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. ^ "Ex-voice of the Jets hopes to return to airwaves this fall". Winnipeg Free Press. 29 July 2011.
  10. ^ "The Story Behind Why Darren Pang Left Phoenix". Puck The Media. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  11. ^ "Darren Pang Joins Broadcast Booth". NHL.com. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  12. ^ "Coyotes Announce Matt McConnell as new TV Play-By-Play Announcer".
  13. ^ "Old Jets voice shut out of play-by-play jobs". Winnipeg Free Press. 13 September 2011.
  14. ^ Dahlia, Jeff (July 1, 2006). "Q&A with Tom Kurvers, Coyotes Director of Player Personnel". hockeysfuture.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  15. ^ "Lyndsey Fry to Join Coyotes Broadcast Team as Radio Color Analyst". nhl.com/coyotes. Arizona Coyotes. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Arizona Coyotes announce new radio partnership with Bonneville". Arizona Sports. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Coyotes Announce Radio Partnership Extension with Bonneville Phoenix | Arizona Coyotes". NHL. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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