Editing Washington Commanders (section)

==Broadcasting==
{{Main|List of Washington Commanders broadcasters}}
[[File:Washington Redskins radio affiliates.png|thumb|Map of radio affiliates]]

The Commanders' [[flagship station]] is [[Big 100]] (WBIG-FM), which acquired the rights in 2022 as part of an agreement with [[iHeartMedia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jhabvala |first=Nicki |date=April 12, 2022 |title=Commanders announce new radio deal to air games on BIG 100 FM |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/12/commanders-iheart-radio-broadcast-partner/ |access-date=April 13, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> [[Frank Herzog]] served the team's lead [[play-by-play]] announcer from 1979 until 2004, when he was replaced by Larry Michael.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Michael: D.C.'s most versatile voice |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/01/31/Sports/Larry.Michael.D.c.s.Most.Versatile.Voice-846364.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529234914/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/01/31/Sports/Larry.Michael.D.c.s.Most.Versatile.Voice-846364.shtml |archive-date=May 29, 2008 |access-date=December 27, 2007 |website=GW Hatchet}}</ref> Herzog was joined from 1981 by former Redskins [[Sonny Jurgensen]] and [[Sam Huff]].<ref name="Pals">{{cite news |last1=Farhi |first1=Paul |date=March 23, 2010 |title=Pals reunite on-air with Frank Herzog, 'the voice' of the Redskins |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/22/AR2010032202556.html |accessdate=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722011332/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/22/AR2010032202556.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Robert "Sam" Huff: Academy of Distinguished Alumni |url=http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1990/robert_huff/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522131242/http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1990/robert_huff |archive-date=May 22, 2008 |access-date=June 28, 2008 |work=West Virginia University}}</ref><ref name="Allen">{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Scott |date=February 16, 2017 |title=Redskins games will be back on WMAL for first time since last Super Bowl win |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2017/02/16/redskins-games-will-be-back-on-wmal-for-first-time-since-last-super-bowl-win/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403015047/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2017/02/16/redskins-games-will-be-back-on-wmal-for-first-time-since-last-super-bowl-win/ |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |access-date=April 3, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> Michael retired in 2020 and was replaced by [[Bram Weinstein]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Les |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Larry Michael, longtime radio voice of Washington's NFL team, retires |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/15/larry-michael-retires-washington-nfl-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716020340/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/15/larry-michael-retires-washington-nfl-team/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=July 15, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carpenter |first=Les |date=August 11, 2020 |title=Bram Weinstein, DeAngelo Hall to join Washington Football Team's revamped radio broadcast |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/11/bram-weinstein-deangelo-hall-join-washington-football-teams-revamped-radio-broadcast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812134600/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/11/bram-weinstein-deangelo-hall-join-washington-football-teams-revamped-radio-broadcast/ |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Weinstein is joined by color commentators and former players [[London Fletcher]] and [[Logan Paulsen]]. [[Julie Donaldson]] served as host from 2020 to 2023 and was the first woman to be an on-air broadcaster for an NFL team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Manning |first1=Bryan |date=April 22, 2022 |title=DeAngelo Hall stepping away from Commanders radio broadcast team |url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2022/04/21/deangelo-hall-stepping-away-from-the-washington-commanders-radio-broadcast-team-redskins-nfl-cornerback/ |access-date=April 29, 2022 |website=Washington Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2020 |title=Julie Donaldson to Become First Regular Female Member of an NFL Radio Broadcast |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/julie-donaldson-to-become-first-regular-female-member-of-an-nfl-radio-broadcast/2367681/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904091416/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/julie-donaldson-to-become-first-regular-female-member-of-an-nfl-radio-broadcast/2367681/ |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=NBC 4 Washington}}</ref>

[[WSBN|WMAL]] served as the team's flagship station from 1942 to 1956 and from 1963 through 1991.<ref name="Pals" /><ref name="Allen" /> From 1992 to 1994, [[WTEM]]—which had become DC's first all-sports radio station—became the Redskins' flagship station after which they moved to [[WJFK-FM]].<ref name="Allen" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Shapiro |first=Leonard |date=March 11, 1995 |title=WJFK-FM Lands Redskins |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/03/11/wjfk-fm-lands-redskins/03dd9d1b-dc07-4def-9c1f-b48748f70244/ |access-date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> In 2006, after WJFK and [[CBS Radio]] declined to renew its rights to the team, the Redskins moved to [[WWXT]], [[WWXX]], and [[WTNT (AM)|WXTR]]. The stations had recently been bought by [[Red Zebra Broadcasting]]—a group co-owned by Snyder—and had become a sports radio [[trimulcast]] known as "Triple X [[ESPN Radio]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Farhi |first1=Paul |last2=Heath |first2=Thomas |date=July 18, 2006 |title=Snyder Is Getting Radio Active |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701313.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216054635/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701313.html |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> Red Zebra Broadcasting would eventually acquire WTEM in 2008, making it the originating station of the simulcast.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=July 17, 2008 |title=Snyder's Simulcast Plans Center on WTEM |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602425.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626131811/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/16/AR2008071602425.html |archive-date=June 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Allen" />

In 2017, [[Cumulus Media]] reached an agreement to carry the team's radio broadcasts on WMAL, marking its return to the station for the first time since 1991. As part of the agreement, WTEM remained the team's official flagship.<ref name="Allen" /> In 2018, WTEM was sold to [[Urban One]], but maintained its rights to the team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Urban One Acquires 980 WTEM Washington From Redskins |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168506/urban-one-acquires-980-wtem-washington-from-redskins/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813072318/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168506/urban-one-acquires-980-wtem-washington-from-redskins/ |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |access-date=May 23, 2018 |website=RadioInsight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paras |first=Matthew |date=May 21, 2018 |title=Dan Snyder sells The Team 980 to Urban One |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/21/dan-snyder-sells-team-980-urban-one/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726175319/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/21/dan-snyder-sells-team-980-urban-one/ |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=May 21, 2018 |website=Washington Times}}</ref> In June 2019, WMAL flipped to sports radio itself as [[WSBN]], taking over the local ESPN Radio affiliation from WTEM; WMAL's previous [[conservative talk]] format moved exclusively to its [[WMAL-FM|FM simulcast station]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=June 14, 2019 |title=ESPN and Cumulus will launch a new D.C. ESPN Radio station |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/espn-cumulus-dc-sports-radio-redskins.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615115453/https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/espn-cumulus-dc-sports-radio-redskins.html |archive-date=June 15, 2019 |access-date=June 14, 2019 |website=Awful Announcing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2019 |title=WMAL-A-F/Washington, D.C. To Split Simulcast, AM To Flip To Sports As ESPN 630, The Sports Capitol |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/187183/wmal-a-f-washington-d-c-to-split-simulcast-am-to-f |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702014601/https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/187183/wmal-a-f-washington-d-c-to-split-simulcast-am-to-f |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |access-date=June 14, 2019 |website=All Access}}</ref>

Telecasts of preseason games were previously carried by [[NBC Sports Washington]] in the [[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic]] region. Sister [[NBC]] owned-and-operated station [[WRC-TV]] was the team's "official" broadcast television station, simulcasting the preseason games and airing other team-produced programs during the season.<ref name="Sports Business Journal-2023">{{Cite web |last=Ourand |first=John |date=March 20, 2023 |title=SBJ Media: 'Intense' RSN negotiations |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Newsletter-Media/2023/03/20.aspx |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2009 |title=Redskins Expand Partnership With NBC4 |url=https://www.commanders.com/news/redskins-expand-partnership-with-nbc4-3446735 |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Washington Redskins |language=en-US}}</ref> With the sale of NBC Sports Washington by [[NBCUniversal]] to [[Washington Capitals]] and [[Washington Wizards]] owner [[Ted Leonsis]], the network declined to renew its rights to the team.<ref name="Sports Business Journal-2023" /> Most regular season Commanders games are carried by ''[[NFL on Fox]]''. In June 2024, the team and [[WUSA (TV)|WUSA]] announced a partnership to broadcast the team's preseason games as well as some original content.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2024 |title=Official television station of the Washington Commanders: WUSA9 announces new partnership |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nfl/washington-commanders/wusa9-is-the-dmvs-official-television-station-of-the-washington-commanders/65-f5ae1e94-a823-4677-9e92-ebad20fcf3b8 |access-date=June 7, 2024 |website=WUSA9 |language=en |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608071930/https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nfl/washington-commanders/wusa9-is-the-dmvs-official-television-station-of-the-washington-commanders/65-f5ae1e94-a823-4677-9e92-ebad20fcf3b8 |url-status=live }}</ref>