NHL Radio


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 is distributed by Westwood One and premiered in the 1993-94 season. This arrangement lasted through the end of the 2007-08 season until it was relaunched for the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, through the network's NBC Sports Radio service. 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. The NBC Sports Radio brand will be dropped in 2020; Westwood One will syndicate the broadcasts directly.

''NHL Radio's blackout rules''

Within 75 miles of a team's home arena, only stations the team or its flagship station contracts with can carry those games, regardless if the team is home or away. Thus, any competing station that carries Westwood One broadcasts cannot air those games.
Unlike Westwood One's NFL coverage, there are currently no blackout restrictions on internet streaming of NHL games, with the games being streamed on NBC Sports Radio's website and on apps such as TuneIn.

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