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==Broadcasting== {{main|List of Arizona Coyotes broadcasters}} ===Television=== Prior to the cessation of the team's operations, the following television stations carried the team's games: * [[KASW]] (Independent, Phoenix) * [[KGUN-TV|KGUN-DT2]] ([[Laff (TV network)|Laff]], Tucson) * [[KUPX-TV]]/[[KSTU|KSTU-DT2]] (Independent/Antenna TV, ProvoβSalt Lake City) ** As KUPX also aired [[Vegas Golden Knights]] games on their main channel, games were split between KUPX-TV and KSTU-DT2, depending on the latter's own game scheduling [[KNXV-TV]] (Independent, Phoenix) would also be involved earlier in the team's final season of play, but would drop out in covering games live shortly after the season began.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nhl/coyotes/2023/10/05/arizona-coyotes-bally-sports-tv-deal/71071505007/|title=Arizona Coyotes land TV deal with Scripps Sports|last=Ortiz|first=Jenna|date=October 5, 2023|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|access-date=October 5, 2023|archive-date=March 23, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323062725/https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nhl/coyotes/2023/10/05/arizona-coyotes-bally-sports-tv-deal/71071505007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2023 |title=Arizona Coyotes moving to new home with Scripps Sports |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-moving-to-new-home-with-scripps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116172109/https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-moving-to-new-home-with-scripps |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=Arizona Coyotes}}</ref> On October 5, 2023, the Coyotes reached a new multi-year broadcast agreement with [[Scripps Sports]], with games airing on Scripps-owned broadcast stations in the Coyotes' designated market. As part of the agreement, the Coyotes planned to launch a [[direct-to-consumer]] streaming service. In Phoenix, [[KNXV-TV]]'s [[Antenna TV]]-affiliated subchannel 15.2 initially served as flagship station; due to network programming commitments with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[The CW]], KNXV or sister station [[KASW]] could not carry the games on their main channels, but were still scheduled to air team-produced ancillary programming.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nhl/coyotes/2023/10/05/arizona-coyotes-bally-sports-tv-deal/71071505007/|title=Arizona Coyotes land TV deal with Scripps Sports|last=Ortiz|first=Jenna|date=5 October 2023|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|last=McCarter|first=Rebecca|date=October 5, 2023 |title=Arizona Coyotes & Scripps Sports Form Broadcast Partnership |url=https://scripps.com/press-releases/arizona-coyotes-scripps-sports-form-multi-year-broadcast-partnership/ |access-date=October 5, 2023 |website=Scripps.com}}</ref> In November 2023, Scripps announced that KASW would become the [[independent station]] Arizona 61 on November 20, taking over as the flagship station of the Coyotes television network. The CW would concurrently move to KNXV-DT2.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dachman |first=Jason |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Arizona Coyotes Move to New Scripps Sports OTA Station |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2023/11/17/arizona-coyotes-move-to-new-scripps-sports-ota-station/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=Sports Video Group}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2023 |title=Arizona Coyotes Moving to New Home with Scripps Sports |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-moving-to-new-home-with-scripps |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=Arizona Coyotes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122211824/https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-moving-to-new-home-with-scripps |archive-date=November 22, 2023}}</ref> With the team's cessation in 2024, the Coyotes' deal would end prematurely, but it would be replaced with the [[Utah Hockey Club]] taking on the team's original contractual rights with Scripps Sports instead. On February 16, 2024, the Coyotes launched '''Coyotes Central''', a [[direct-to-consumer]] [[streaming service]] that featured all locally televised games in partnership with [[Kiswe (company)|Kiswe]]. At launch, the service cost $11.99 per month and $24.99 for the remainder of the 2023β24 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vorkunov |first=Mike|date=February 16, 2024 |title=Coyotes release direct-to-consumer app for fans to stream broadcasts of games |url=https://theathletic.com/5281027/2024/02/16/coyotes-direct-to-consumer-app/ |access-date=February 16, 2024|website=[[The Athletic]]}}</ref> The service would shut down following the Coyotes' suspension period turned into an abandoned revival project starting on April 18, 2024. From its move to Phoenix in [[1996β97 NHL season|1996]] to the end of the [[2007β08 NHL season|2007β08 season]], the regional television rights for Arizona Coyotes were split between Fox Sports Arizona<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox and Liberty Outline Plans for New Cable Venture|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1995/11/1/Sports-Media/FOX-AND-LIBERTY-OUTLINE-PLANS-FOR-NEW-CABLE-VENTURE.aspx?hl=Liberty%20Media&sc=1|website=[[Sports Business Journal]]|date=November 1, 1995|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> and [[Terrestrial television|over-the-air]] broadcasters including [[KTVK]] and KASW (1996β2006)<ref name="Ariz960918">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72001538/coyotes-tv-stations-finalize-agreement/|date=September 18, 1996|page=D3|title=Coyotes, TV stations finalize agreement to broadcast games|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 21, 2022|archive-date=December 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221031637/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72001538/coyotes-tv-stations-finalize-agreement/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ariz050921">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114945107/coyotes/|date=September 21, 2005|page=C1|title=Coyotes|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 21, 2022|archive-date=December 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221031636/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114945107/coyotes/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[KAZT-TV]] (2006β2008).<ref name="Ariz060714">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114945020/seidenberg-sjostrom-agree-to-2-year-dea/|date=July 14, 2006|page=C8|first=David|last=Vest|title=Seidenberg, Sjostrom agree to 2-year deals|newspaper=Arizona Republic|location=|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 21, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110045236/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114945020/seidenberg-sjostrom-agree-to-2-year/|url-status=live}}</ref> From the 2007β08 NHL season until the 2023 NHL preseason period, [[Bally Sports Arizona]] (formerly Fox Sports Arizona) was the exclusive regional television rightsholder for all Arizona Coyotes games not broadcast nationally by [[NHL on NBC|NBCSN, NBC]], [[NHL on ESPN|ESPN, ABC]], or [[NHL on TNT|TNT]].<ref name="Arizona Sports">{{cite news |title=Bally Sports Arizona asks out of agreement to broadcast Coyotes games|url=https://arizonasports.com/story/3535555/bally-sports-arizona-asks-out-of-agreement-to-broadcast-coyotes-games/|access-date=October 5, 2023 |work=[[KTAR-FM|Arizona Sports]]|date=October 4, 2023}}</ref> As part of Bally Sports' bankruptcy proceedings, on October 4, 2023, Diamond Sports rejected Bally Sports Arizona's contract with the Coyotes.<ref name="Arizona Sports"/> For the 2023β24 NHL season, [[Scripps Sports]] became the new exclusive regional television rightsholder for all Arizona Coyotes games not broadcast nationally. ===Radio=== 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 (AM)|KTAR]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Arizona Coyotes announce new radio partnership with Bonneville|url=https://arizonasports.com/story/2823566/arizona-coyotes-announce-new-radio-partnership-with-bonneville-phoenix/ |access-date=October 28, 2023 |work=Arizona Sports |date=September 22, 2021}}</ref> In 2023, the Arizona Coyotes extended the deal with Bonneville Phoenix by one-year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coyotes Announce Radio Partnership Extension with Bonneville Phoenix |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-extend-partnership-bonneville-phoenix |access-date=October 28, 2023 |work=NHL |date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028212620/https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-extend-partnership-bonneville-phoenix |archive-date=October 28, 2023}}</ref> * 98.7/[[KMVP-FM]]: [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] * 620/[[KTAR (AM)|KTAR]]: Phoenix (when there was a conflict on KMVP-FM) * 92.3/[[KTAR-FM]]: [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]] (when there was a conflict on KTAR and KMVP-FM)
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