Editing New York Islanders (section)

==Television and radio==
{{main|List of New York Islanders broadcasters}}
Most Islanders games are shown locally on sports channels [[MSG Sportsnet]] and MSGSN 2. [[Brendan Burke (sportscaster)|Brendan Burke]] is the team's [[Sports commentator#Main/Play-by-play commentator|play-by-play announcer]], while former Islanders player [[Butch Goring]] is their [[Sports commentator#Analyst/Color commentator|color analyst]]. Shannon Hogan joined the broadcast team for the 2014–15 season as their studio host.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/media/shannon-hogan-to-cover-islanders-for-msg-1.9146595|title=Shannon Hogan to cover Islanders for MSG|last=Best|first=Neil|date=August 25, 2014|access-date=January 19, 2015|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref>

Islanders' radio broadcasts originate on flagship station [[WRHU]] (88.7 FM) in [[Hempstead (village), New York|Hempstead]]. In New York City itself, most games air on [[WEPN (AM)|WEPN]], with some airing on [[WRCN-FM]] in [[Riverhead, New York|Riverhead]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/schedule/radio-schedule|title=New York Islander – Radio Schedule|website=New York Islanders}}</ref> WRHU is the student radio station of [[Hofstra University]]; its signal covers the western section of Long Island and Nassau County. WRCN serves the middle section and Suffolk County. The play-by-play is done by longtime Islanders broadcaster Chris King, and color commentary is provided by Greg Picker. Picker and Cory Wright co-host the radio pregame and intermission shows. Hofstra students provide reporting for all home games and several away games and are also involved in producing and engineering the broadcasts from on- and off-site.

In New York City itself, [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] picked up Islanders games from 2016–17 to 2018–19, when it shifted most of its broadcasts to internet streaming on [[Audacy]] (formerly Radio.com), which also partnered with the team on other exclusive ancillary content.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/180532/wfan-new-york-new-jersey-devils-new-york-islanders|title=WFAN/New York, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders Ink Deals To Stream Games Via Radio.com|work=All Access|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> Previously, public radio station [[WNYE (FM)|WNYE]] had been the main Islanders outlet for New York City and its inner suburbs.

The Islanders are unusual among professional sports teams in their use of a noncommercial radio station as its primary outlet. However, the team does not maintain a traditional radio network due to the other New York/New Jersey area teams filling the available tri-state radio stations covering sports. This causes complications with advertising and commercial breaks that do not make a traditional radio network feasible.

[[WCBS (AM)|WCBS]] began airing Islanders games starting with the 2016 playoffs, returning the team to a major market New York signal.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=878653 |title= WFAN And WCBS Newsradio 880 To Broadcast Islanders Playoff Games |publisher=NHL.com}}</ref> The games moved to [[WNYM]] and [[WMCA (AM)|WMCA]] in 2017 before being consolidated on WEPN in 2019.