Editing Detroit Red Wings (section)

==Broadcasters==
{{see also|List of Detroit Red Wings broadcasters}}

The Red Wings' [[flagship (radio)|flagship radio station]] is [[WXYT-FM]] 97.1. If there is a conflict with [[Detroit Tigers]] baseball or [[Detroit Lions]] football, games are carried on [[WWJ (AM)|WWJ]] 950. There are several affiliate stations throughout [[Michigan]] and [[Southwestern Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Detroit Red Wings' Network Affiliates Guide|url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/multimedia/network-affiliates|website=NHL.com|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705202151/https://www.nhl.com/redwings/multimedia/network-affiliates|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Red Wings' exclusive local television rights are held by [[FanDuel Sports Network Detroit]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Bob|last=Duff|title=Red Wings Local TV Network Undergoes Name Change|url=https://detroithockeynow.com/2024/10/21/red-wings-local-tv-network-undergoes-name-change-fanduel-sports-network-bally-sports-detroit/|website=Detroit Hockey Now|date=October 21, 2024|access-date=October 21, 2024|archive-date=October 21, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241021224035/https://detroithockeynow.com/2024/10/21/red-wings-local-tv-network-undergoes-name-change-fanduel-sports-network-bally-sports-detroit/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Announcers:
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* [[Ken Daniels]]: Television play by play announcer.
* [[Mickey Redmond]]: Television color commentator (home games and select away games).
* [[Chris Osgood]]: Television color commentator (select away games that Redmond does not attend) and studio analyst (when not doing color commentating).
* [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]]: Studio analyst and television color commentator (select away games that Redmond and Osgood do not attend).
* [[Danny DeKeyser]]: Studio analyst.
* [[John Keating (sportscaster)|John Keating]]: Television pre-game and post-game host.
* Trevor Thompson: Television pre-game and post-game host and reporter.
* Natalie Kerwin: Digital reporter. 
* Ken Kal: Radio play by play announcer.
* [[Paul Woods (ice hockey)|Paul Woods]]: Radio analyst.
* Daniella Bruce: Alternate radio analyst.
* Jeff Riger: Primary radio intermission and post-game host.
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===Honored broadcasters===
Four members of the Red Wings organization have received the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]]:
* [[Budd Lynch]]: TV and radio play by play and color – 1949–1975 (awarded 1985)<ref name=Lynch>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Beam|title=Red Wings mourn the loss of longtime play-by-play voice and public address announcer Budd Lynch|url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/red-wings-mourn-the-loss-of-longtime-play-by-play-voice-and-public-address-announcer-budd-lynch/c-643106|publisher=National Hockey League|date=October 9, 2012|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001213210/https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/red-wings-mourn-the-loss-of-longtime-play-by-play-voice-and-public-address-announcer-budd-lynch/c-643106|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Martyn]]: Radio play by play – 1964–1995 (awarded 1991)<ref name="Hewitt Award">{{cite web|title=Foster Hewitt Memorial Award|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|website=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142146/https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mickey Redmond]]: TV color commentary – 1979–1981, 1986–present (awarded 2011)<ref name=Redmond>{{cite web|first=Ansar|last=Khan|title=Red Wings TV analyst Mickey Redmond will receive Foster Hewitt Award|url=https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2011/06/red_wings_tv_analyst_mickey_re.html|website=MLive|date=June 2, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2011|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118114027/https://www.mlive.com/redwings/2011/06/red_wings_tv_analyst_mickey_re.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dave Strader]]: TV play by play – 1985–1996 (awarded 2017)<ref name=Strader>{{cite web|title=Dave Strader wins Foster Hewitt Memorial Award|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dave-strader-to-be-honored-at-hockey-hall-of-fame/c-288862754|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212435/https://www.nhl.com/news/dave-strader-to-be-honored-at-hockey-hall-of-fame/c-288862754|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lynch called the first locally televised game at Olympia for the original [[WDIV-TV|WWJ-TV]] in 1949.<ref name=Lynch/> He remained with the organization for 63 years, serving as director of publicity from 1975 to 1982, and was the [[public address]] announcer from 1982 until his death in 2012.<ref name=Lynch/> From 2008 to 2012, a second PA announcer was added to work alongside him, first John Fossen, then Erich Freiny.<ref>{{cite web|first=George|last=Malik|title=Lynch splitting duties with 'the new guy'|url=https://www.mlive.com/snapshots/2009/02/lynch_splitting_duties_with_th.html|website=MLive|date=February 16, 2009|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001002621/https://www.mlive.com/snapshots/2009/02/lynch_splitting_duties_with_th.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Freiny>{{cite web|first=George|last=Sipple|title=Beloved but unknown: Behind-the-scenes JLA faces|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/04/08/joe-louis-arena-history/100229372/|website=Detroit Free Press|date=April 8, 2017|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214625/http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/04/08/joe-louis-arena-history/100229372/|url-status=live}}</ref> Freiny took over as the sole PA announcer following Lynch's death.<ref name=Freiny/>