The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United Stts. Local television rights of Predators games are held by Bally Sports South, with its territory covering Tennessee, Georgia, most of Kentucky, northern Mississippi and northern Alabama. Radio coverage is carried by the Nashville Predators Radio Network, whose flagship station is WPRT-FM.
Radio
editOn 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.[1] 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.[2] 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[3] | Brent Peterson |
2017–present | Pete Weber[3] | Hal Gill |
Television
editYears | Play-by-play | Color commentators |
---|---|---|
1998–14 | Pete Weber[3] | Terry Crisp |
2014–15 | Pete Weber[3] | Stu Grimson |
2015–17 | Willy Daunic | Stu Grimson |
2017–present | Willy Daunic | Chris Mason |
Current on-air staff
edit- Willy Daunic – play-by-play
- Chris Mason – color commentator
- Lyndsay Rowley – Preds Live anchor, away game bench reporter
- Kara Hammer – home game bench reporter
- Hal Gill – intermission commentator
- Kelsey Wingert – Preds Studio Update Host
References
edit- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Game Time In Nashville – RadioInsight". Radioinsight.com. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ a b c d "Predators broadcasters: Pete Weber, Play-by-play announcer". Predators.NHL.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.