Editing New Orleans Saints (section)

==Radio and television==
{{See also|New Orleans Saints Radio Network}}
[[File:New Orleans Saints radio affiliates.png|thumb|right|Map of radio affiliates.]]
The Saints' [[flagship]] station is [[WWL (AM)|WWL]] (870 AM/[[WWL-FM|105.3 FM]]), one of the oldest radio stations in the city of New Orleans and one of the nation's most powerful as a [[clear-channel station]] with 50,000 watts of power.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Orleans Saints Radio Network Affiliates|url=https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/broadcasting|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NewOrleansSaints.com|access-date=June 30, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509113512/https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/broadcasting|url-status=live}}</ref> Longtime [[WWL-TV]] reporter and anchor Mike Hoss is the play-by-play announcer, with former Saints running back [[Deuce McAllister]] as color commentator.<ref name="i928">{{cite web | title=Mike Hoss named play-by-play announcer for New Orleans Saints game day broadcasts on WWL | website=NewOrleansSaints.com | date=2021-06-23 | url=https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/saints-wwl-radio-play-by-play-announcer-mike-hoss-deuce-mccallister-gameday#:~:text=Audacy%20Broadcasting%20announced%20Mike%20Hoss,Deuce%20McAllister%20in%20the%20booth. | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref><ref name="c738">{{cite web | last=Walker | first=Rod | title=Passed over once, Mike Hoss seizes opportunity as voice of the Saints: 'It's such a blast' | website=The Advocate | date=2021-09-16 | url=https://www.theadvocate.com/passed-over-once-mike-hoss-seizes-opportunity-as-voice-of-the-saints-its-such-a/article_8262f31e-172c-11ec-845e-cb4a0a7fb88e.html | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref> Hoss succeeded former Saints guard [[Zach Strief]] when Strief was named to the Saints' coaching staff in the spring of 2021.<ref name="z026">{{cite web | last=Sigler | first=John | title=Zach Strief leaves WWL Radio to join Saints coaching staff | website=Saints Wire|publisher=USA Today | date=2021-02-19 | url=https://saintswire.usatoday.com/2021/02/19/nfl-saints-zach-strief-radio-news/#:~:text=There%20will%20be%20a%20familiar,Radio%20coverage%20of%20Saints%20games. | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref>

Strief succeeded longtime play-by-play announcer [[Jim Henderson (Sportscaster)|Jim Henderson]] in 2018, and McAllister succeeded another former Saints running back, [[Hokie Gajan]], in the role after Gajan's death on April 11, 2016, from [[liposarcoma]].<ref name="s356">{{cite web | title=Former Saints player Zach Strief officially becomes 'Voice of the Saints' | website=WDSU | date=2021-02-26 | url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/former-saints-player-zach-strief-officially-becomes-voice-of-the-saints/22553302 | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Triplett|first1=Mike|title=Hokie Gajan, ex-Saints fullback, radio voice, dies at 56 of cancer|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/15188089/new-orleans-saints-lose-another-ex-fb-radio-voice-hokie-gajan|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=April 12, 2016|date=April 12, 2016|archive-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415004740/http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15188089/new-orleans-saints-lose-another-ex-fb-radio-voice-hokie-gajan|url-status=live}}</ref> Henderson was the play-by-play announcer for Saints radio broadcasts continuously from 1993 to 2017, and previously held the position from 1986 to 1989 after serving as a color commentator from 1981 to 1985, and again in 1992, when Dave Garrett was play-by-play announcer. Previous color commentators include former Saints players [[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]] (RB, 1967), [[Steve Stonebreaker]] (LB, 1967–68), [[Danny Abramowicz]] (WR, 1967–73), [[Archie Manning]] (QB, 1971–82) and [[Stan Brock (American football)|Stan Brock]] (OT, 1980–91).

Most preseason games are televised by [[WVUE-DT|WVUE]] (Channel 8), a station which until its outright 2017 sale to [[Raycom Media]] (and subsequent sale in 2019 to [[Gray Television]]) was owned by a [[consortium]] led by Saints owner Tom Benson since mid-2008 (that consortium, now led by Gayle Benson, continues to hold a minority stake in the station).<ref name="l657">{{cite web | last=LaRose | first=Greg | title=WVUE Fox 8 part of $3.6 billion Gray purchase of Raycom | website=NOLA.com | date=2018-06-26 | url=https://www.nola.com/news/business/wvue-fox-8-part-of-3-6-billion-gray-purchase-of-raycom/article_8188769d-8118-5b0a-aba0-185daa8fed62.html | access-date=2024-08-07}}</ref> As the Fox affiliate for New Orleans, it carries the majority of Saints games; WVUE also carries a heavy complement of coach and player shows. [[Tim Brando]] and [[Jon Stinchcomb]] call the preseason games for the Saints.<ref name="y945">{{cite web | last=Terrell | first=Katherine | title=New Orleans Saints veterans haze rookies on eve of preseason game: notebook | website=NOLA.com | date=2013-08-08 | url=https://www.nola.com/sports/saints/new-orleans-saints-veterans-haze-rookies-on-eve-of-preseason-game-notebook/article_d7946adb-8b97-53dc-be8e-b26b640de256.html | access-date=2024-08-20}}</ref>

Saints preseason games were previously produced by [[Cox Sports Television]]. Beginning in the 2015 season, owing to Raycom's management of the station on behalf of Tom Benson's ownership group, production of preseason telecasts were taken over by [[Raycom Sports]] under a new multi-year deal, and syndicated to Raycom stations and others around the team's footprint.<ref name=saints-raycomsports>{{cite news|title=New Orleans Saints, Raycom Media announce partnership|url=https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/new-orleans-saints-raycom-media-announce-partnership-15078080|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NewOrleansSaints.com|date=December 24, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2019|archive-date=June 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630222417/https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/new-orleans-saints-raycom-media-announce-partnership-15078080|url-status=live}}</ref> Regular season games are also aired on WWL-TV, the local CBS station whenever they host an AFC opponent (and games vs. NFC opponents cross-flexed from Fox to CBS) and NBC affiliate [[WDSU-TV|WDSU]] via ''Sunday Night Football'', with the latter also syndicating ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' games for local airing from sister operation [[ESPN]].