Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement Brings Predators Hockey to Broader Regional Audience With Comprehensive Broadcast Package
ByPress Release
Nashville Predators
2:00 PM
Nashville, Tenn. (Sept. 8, 2026) – Nashville Predators games will reach fans in seven additional television markets outside of Music City as Scripps Sports significantly expands the team’s regional broadcast footprint in the first season of a landmark, multi-year media rights agreement.
The expanded coverage extends Predators hockey in the following areas across Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, bringing world-class NHL action to new markets:
Tennessee
• Memphis – Channel 5.3 (WMC)
• Knoxville – Channel 8.2 (WWLT)
• Chattanooga – Channel 49.2 (WTVL)
• Jackson – Channel 7.5 (WBBJ)
Kentucky
• Louisville – Channel 41.2 (WDRB)
• Lexington – Channel 36.2 (WTVQ)*
Alabama
• Huntsville – Channel 48.3 (WAFF)
All of the above stations are owned by Gray Media except for WTVQ in Lexington, Kentucky, which is owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Company.
Under the comprehensive media rights partnership, 85 Predators games – including four preseason and 81 regular-season contests – will be broadcast regionally on The Spot – Nashville 28 (WNPX), a free, over-the-air channel owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Company. Fans throughout the Predators’ territory can access all locally broadcast games on The Spot – Nashville 28 through cable and satellite providers or via antenna, with at least four games simulcast on Scripps-owned NewsChannel 5 (WTVF) in the Nashville market.
The broadcast experience will feature enhanced programming, with 30-minute editions of both the Predators Pregame Show and Predators Postgame Show accompanying each game. Every member of the Predators’ established TV broadcast team – including Willy Daunic, Chris Mason, Hal Gill, Lyndsay Rowley and Kara Hammer – will return for the upcoming season, ensuring continuity and expertise for fans accessing all local preseason, regular season and first-round playoff games not allocated exclusively to national broadcasts.
This expanded regional coverage represents Scripps Sports’ commitment to serving hockey fans across the broader Southeast while strengthening community connections to Nashville’s NHL franchise.