Primary NFL television stations

A primary, flagship or home television station refers to the local affiliates that carry a majority of the regular season telecasts for a said National Football League (NFL) team. This list only concentrates on television coverage since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. This list however, does not include "official station" partnerships, where a station that only carries off-network pre-season games also carries team programming throughout the season such as coach's shows, player shows or interview segments during station sportscasts. It also does not include individual player show agreements with stations in a team's market.

As the NFL assigns telecast rights based on the conference affiliation of the road team, the stations listed below would be assigned all of the team's road games (unless they were played at night). They would also carry those home games against teams in the same conference that did not fall under the league's blackout rules. Home games against teams from the other conference, if not blacked out, would be carried on another station. Night games are aired locally either on NBC if Sunday night (or the Thursday Kickoff Game), or on any local station if it is a simulcast of a game on a cable network (as per NFL rules, and subject to blackout; ESPN-aired games are often simulcast on the affiliate of sister network ABC, especially on ABC's O&Os and Hearst Corporation-owned stations—ESPN is an 80/20 joint venture of the Walt Disney Company [ABC's parent] and Hearst).

Note: Teams listed in italics are teams that have since relocated.

American Football Conference

From 1970–1997, NBC held the American Football Conference (AFC) package. Since 1998, CBS has held the AFC package.

Team	Stations	Years
Baltimore Colts	WBAL 11 (Later CBS, now NBC again) WMAR 2 (Now ABC)	1970–1980 1981–1983
Baltimore Ravens	WBAL 11 WJZ 13¹	1996–1997 1998–present
Buffalo Bills	WGRZ 2 (known as WGR from 1970–1983) WIVB 4 CITY 57 (for Bills Toronto Series)	1970–1997 1998–present 2008–2013
Cleveland Browns	WKYC 3 WOIO 19	1970–1995 1999–present
Cincinnati Bengals	WLWT 5 WKRC 12	1970–1997 1998–present
Denver Broncos	KCNC 4 (known as KOA from 1970–1983)¹ KUSA 9	1970–1995 (Week 1 only); 1998–present 1995 (beginning in Week 2)–1997
Houston Oilers	KPRC 2	1970–1996
Houston Texans	KHOU 11	2002–present
Indianapolis Colts	WTHR 13 WISH 8 (Now CW) WTTV 4	1984–1997 1998–2014 2015–present
Jacksonville Jaguars	WTLV 12 WJXT 4 (Now Independent) WJAX 47 (known as WTEV-TV from 2002–2014)	1995–1997 1998–2001 2002–present
Kansas City Chiefs	WDAF 4 (Now Fox) KSHB 41 KCTV 5	1970–Week 2 of 1994 season Week 3 of 1994 season–1997 1998–present
Las Vegas Raiders	KLAS 8	2020–present
Los Angeles Raiders	KNBC 4³	1982–1994
Los Angeles Chargers	KCBS 2¹	2017–present
Miami Dolphins	WSVN 7 (Now Fox) (known as WCKT from 1970–1983) WTVJ 6 (Channel 4 from 1989–Week 1 of 1995 season) WFOR 4¹	1970–1988 1989–1997 1998–present
New England Patriots	WBZ 4¹ WHDH 7 (Now Independent)	1970–1994; 1998–present 1995–1997
New York Jets	WNBC 4³ WCBS 2¹	1970–1997 1998–present
Oakland Raiders	KRON 4 (Now MyNetworkTV) KPIX 5¹	1970–1981; 1995–1997 1998–2019
Pittsburgh Steelers	WPXI 11 (known as WIIC from 1970–1981) KDKA 2¹	1970–1997 1998–present
San Diego Chargers	KGTV 10 (Now ABC) KNSD 39 (known as KCST from 1977–1988)³ KFMB 8	1970–1976 1977–1997 1998–2016
Seattle Seahawks	KING 5 KIRO 7	1977–1997 1998–2001
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	WFLA 8	1976
Tennessee Oilers/Titans	WMC 5 (Memphis) WTVF 5	1997 1998–present

Before the AFL-NFL merger

Date	Teams	Time (EST)	Station	Play-by-play	Color commentators
9/10/60	Texans-Chargers	11:00	WFAA-Dallas/Ft. Worth	Charlie Jones	Fred Benners
9/17/60	Patriots-Titans	8:00	WHDH-Boston	Jim Simpson	Frank Leahy
9/23/60	Bills-Patriots	8:00	Local to BUF
12/10/60	Broncos-Chargers	4:00	KBTV-Denver	Lee Giroux	Ron Waller
11/23/62	Bills-Patriots	8:00	Local to Buffalo
9/27/64	Oilers-Broncos	4:30	Local to HOU
10/11/64	Bills-Oilers	9:00	WKBW-Buffalo	Rick Azar
10/17/64	Oilers-Jets	8:00	Local to HOU
11/6/64	Oilers-Patriots	8:00	Local to HOU
9/9/67	Oilers-Chiefs	9:00	Local to HOU (B/W)
9/10/67	Broncos-Raiders	4:30	KWGN-Denver (B/W)	Fred Leo
10/1/67	Broncos-Oilers	2:00	KOA-Denver (B/W)
10/1/67	Dolphins-Jets	2:00	WCKT-Miami (B/W)
10/1/67	Chargers-Bills	2:00	Local to SD (B/W)	Lou Boda
10/5/69	Bills-Oilers	4:00	WGR-Buffalo
10/5/69	Chiefs-Broncos	4:00	KCMO-Kansas City
10/11/69	Chargers-Dolphins	8:00	KCST-San Diego	Bob Chandler

National Football Conference

From 1970–1993, CBS held the National Football Conference (NFC) package. Since 1994, the Fox Broadcasting Company has held the NFC package.

Team	Stations	Years
Atlanta Falcons	WAGA 5² WATL 36 (Later WB; now MyNetworkTV)	1970–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15)
Carolina Panthers	WHNS 21 (Greenville (Clemson), South Carolina) WCCB 18 (Now CW) WJZY 46²	1995 1996–2012 2013–present
Chicago Bears	WBBM 2¹ WFLD 32² WCCU 27 (Champaign, Illinois)	1970–1993 1994–2001; 2003–present 2002
Dallas Cowboys	KDFW 4² KDAF 33 (Later WB; now CW)	1970–1993; 1995–present 1994
Detroit Lions	WJBK 2² WKBD 50 (Later UPN; now CW)	1970–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15)
Green Bay Packers	WBAY 2 (Now ABC) WFRV 5 WGBA 26 (Now NBC) WLUK 11 WISN 12 (Now ABC) (Milwaukee) WITI 6 (Milwaukee) WCGV 24 (Later UPN; now MyNetworkTV) (Now WVTV-DT2) (Milwaukee)	1970–1991 1992–1993 1994 1995–present 1970–1976 1977–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 15)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-14)
Los Angeles Rams	KCBS 2 (known as KNXT from 1970–1983)¹ KTTV 11²	1970–1993 1994; 2016–present
Minnesota Vikings	WCCO 4¹ WFTC 29 (Later UPN; now MyNetworkTV) (known as KITN in September 1994) KMSP 9²	1970–1993 1994–2001 2002–present
New Orleans Saints	WWL 4 WNOL 38 (Later WB; now CW) WVUE 8 WGMB 44 (Baton Rouge)/KABB 29 (San Antonio)	1970–1993 1994–1995 1996–2004; 2006–present 2005
New York Giants	WCBS 2¹ WTIC 3 (Now WFSB) (Hartford) WNYW 5²	1970–Week 3 of 1973 season; 1975–1993 Week 4 of 1973 season–1974 1994–present
Philadelphia Eagles	WCAU 10 (Now NBC)³ WTXF 29²	1970–1993 1994–present
Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals	KSAZ 10 (known as KTSP from 1988–1993)² KNXV 15 (Now ABC)	1988–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15)
San Francisco 49ers	KPIX 5¹ KTVU 2²	1970–1993 1994–present
Seattle Seahawks	KIRO 7 (Later UPN; now CBS again) KCPQ 13	1976 2002–present
St. Louis Cardinals	KMOV 4 (known as KMOX from 1970–1986)	1970–1987
St. Louis Rams	KTVI 2	1995–2015
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	WTVT 13² WFTS 28 (Now ABC)	1977–1993; 1994 (beginning in Week 16)–present 1994 (Weeks 1-15)
Washington Redskins	WUSA 9 (known as WTOP from 1970–1978 and WDVM from 1978–1986) WTTG 5²	1970–1993 1994–present

¹CBS owned television station.

²Fox owned television station.

³NBC owned television station.

See also

Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States

U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994

At the time of Fox's bid to claim the NFC package from CBS, most of its affiliates were lower-powered UHF stations. As Fox put together its new sports division to cover the NFL, it wanted to affiliate with VHF stations that had lower channel numbers (channels 2 to 13), more established histories, and carried more value with advertisers.

In the spring of 1994, months after completing the NFL contract, Fox agreed to purchase a 20 percent stake in New World Communications in a multimillion-dollar deal. The key to the deal was that Fox upgraded its affiliate stations in several markets. Before the deal, of the 14 NFC teams at the time, only four—the Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Washington Redskins—were co-located with VHF Fox affiliates. The Fox stations in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. are three of the network's original six owned-and-operated outlets. The San Francisco affiliate, KTVU, was owned by Cox Enterprises from 1964 until bought by Fox in the summer of 2014.

Most of the stations involved in the New World deal were located in markets with teams from the NFC, which for television purposes is considered the more valuable (in terms of television) of the two NFL conferences for a variety of reasons, mainly as nine of the ten largest television markets at the time had an NFC team. The lone exception being Boston, whose only NFL team, the New England Patriots, plays in the AFC. Also, most of the NFC teams existed before the formation of the old AFL in 1960, and therefore contain longer histories, rivalries and traditions. During this time, the NFC was also in the midst of a 13-game winning streak against the AFC in the Super Bowl.

Many of the stations slated that switched to Fox were CBS affiliates in markets where NFC teams were located, thus fans would continue to see at least their team's road games (and in many cases, Sunday afternoon home games against other NFC teams) on the same VHF stations that had been carrying the local NFL games since (in some instances) 1956.

In 1995, a year after the Fox switches, St. Louis received an NFC team when the Rams relocated from Los Angeles following the 1994 season, making KTVI the eighth station (and sixth in an NFC market) among the stations involved in the switchover and bringing the total number of NFC teams with VHF Fox affiliates to nine. That same year, the Carolina Panthers joined the NFL as an expansion team, which made WGHP another satellite "home" station for an NFL team as the Panthers are based in Charlotte, which is directly south of the Piedmont Triad region where WGHP is situated.

Because of the time it took for the FCC to approve the NewsCorp investment in New World (as well as waiting for affiliation contracts to expire), that some, "lame duck" affiliates actually carried the NFL on Fox games for most of the 1994 season. For example, most Cowboys games were on KDAF in Dallas and KBVO in Austin, and the Lions were seen on WKBD-TV, while WCGV-TV in Milwaukee carried Packers games until WITI's affiliation deal with CBS ended at the start of December 1994, the only break in WITI's carriage of team games since 1977, when that station took CBS affiliation. As late as the 1995 season, New Orleans Saints games were on WNOL, not WVUE.

Ironically, the New World deal actually led to the Kansas City Chiefs losing its primary station, WDAF-TV. The Chiefs would be relegated to UHF for four years on KSHB, before returning to VHF in 1998, with their games on KCTV.

The network affiliate switches also saw some longtime NBC affiliates move to CBS, and thus two of these stations would regain "home station" status when the AFC package moved to CBS in 1998 – these stations being WBZ-TV in Boston, and KCNC-TV in Denver (both now owned and operated by the CBS network).

Before the AFL-NFL merger

Per the Pro Football Handbook, edited by Don Schiffer, this was the CBS affiliate line-up for each team in 1959:

Baltimore Colts (away games only):

WMAR - Baltimore
WHP - Harrisburg, Pa.
WBOC - Salisbury, Md.

Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals (home games only):

WBBM - Chicago (though almost always blacked out)
KGGM - Albuquerque, NM
KFOA - Amarillo, TX
KTBC - Austin, TX
WAFB - Baton Rouge, LA
KFOM - Beaumont, TX
KOOK - Billings, MT
KBOI - Boise, ID
KBTX - Bryan, TX
KFVS - Cape Girardeau, MO
KSPR - Casper, WY
WMT - Cedar Rapids, IA
WCIA - Champaign, IL
KFBC - Cheyenne, WY
KKTV - Colorado Springs, CO
KZTV - Corpus Christi, TX
KRLD - Dallas, TX
KLZ - Denver, CO
KRNT - Des Moines, IA
KROD - El Paso, TX
WEHT - Evansville, IN
KNAC - Fort Smith, AR
WANE - Fort Wayne, IN
KBLR - Goodland, IN
KREX - Grand Junction, CO
KFBB - Great Falls, MT
KGBT - Harlingen, TX
KGWL - Houston, TX
KID - Idaho Falls, ID
WISH - Indianapolis, IN
WDXI - Jackson, TN
KRCG - Jefferson City, MO
KODE - Joplin, MO
KCMO - Kansas City, MO
KHOL - Kearney, NE
WFAM - Lafayette, IN
KLFY - Lafayette, LA
KTAG - Lake Charles, LA
KGNS - Laredo, TX
KSWO - Lawton, OK
WKYT - Lexington, KY
KOLN - Lincoln, NE
KTHV - Little Rock, AR
WHAS - Louisville, KY
KDUB - Lubbock, TX
KGLO - Mason City, IA
WREC - Memphis, TN
KNOE - Monroe, LA
WWL - New Orleans, LA
KOSA - Odessa, TX
KWTV - Oklahoma City, OK
WOW - Omaha, NE
KTVO - Ottumwa, IA
WMBD - Peoria, IL
KOOL - Phoenix, AZ
KHQA - Quincy, IL
KOTA - Rapid City, SD
KWRB - Riverton, IL
WHBF - Rock Island, IL
WREX - Rockford, IL
KSL - Salt Lake City, UT
KCTV - San Angelo, TX
KENS - San Antonio, TX
KSLA - Shreveport, LA
KVTV - Sioux City, IA
KELO - Sioux Falls, SD
WSBT - South Bend, IN
KTTS - Springfield, MO
KFEQ - St Joseph, MO
KMOX - St Louis, MO
KPAR - Sweetwater, TX
WTHI - Terre Haute, IN
KCMC - Texarkana, TX
WIBW - Topeka, KS
KOLD - Tucson, AZ
KOTV - Tulsa, OK
KLIX - Twin Falls, ID
KWTX - Waco, TX
KTVH - Wichita, KS
KYSD - Wichita Falls, TX

Cleveland Browns:

WJW - Cleveland (no home games)
WBEN - Buffalo, NY
WKRC - Cincinnati, OH
WBNS - Columbus, OH
WHIO - Dayton, OH
WSEE - Erie, PA
WHTN - Huntington, WV
WTAP - Parkersburg, WV
WVET - Rochester, NY

Detroit Lions:

WJBK - Detroit (no home games)
WWTV - Cadillac, MI
WKZO - Kalamazoo, MI
WJIM - Lansing, MI
WKNX - Saginaw, MI
WTOL - Toldeo, OH (no home games)

Green Bay Packers:

WBAY - Green Bay (no home games)
KBMB - Bismarck, ND
KDIX - Dickinson, ND
KDAL - Duluth, MN
WKBT - LaCrosse, WI
WISC - Madison, WI
WDMJ - Marquette, MI
WITI - Milwaukee, WI (no Milwaukee games)
WCCO - Minneapolis, MN
KCJB - Minot, ND
KXJB - Valley City, ND
WSAU - Wausau, WI

Los Angeles Rams - San Francisco 49ers (A/k/a CBS Pacific Coast Network):

KNXT - Los Angeles (no Rams home games)
KPIX - San Francisco (no 49ers home games)
KBAK - Bakersfield, CA
KVOS - Bellingham, WA
KHSL - Chico, CA
KBAS - Ephrata, WA
KIEM - Eureka, CA
KFRE - Fresno, CA
KULR - Kalispell, MT
KLAS - Las Vegas, NV (no Rams home games)
KLEW - Lewiston, ID
KBES - Medford, OR
KMSO - Missoula, MT
KEPR - Pasco, WA
KOIN - Portland, OR
KOLO - Reno, NV
KBET - Sacramento, CA (no 49ers home games)
KSBW - Salinas, CA (no 49ers home games)
KFMB - San Diego, CA (no Rams home games)
KIRO - Seattle, WA
KXLY - Spokane, WA
KIMA - Yakima, WA
KIVA - Yuma, AZ (no Rams home games)

New York Giants:

WCBS - New York (no home games)
WTEN - Albany, NY
WLBZ - Bangor, ME
WNBF - Binghamton, NY
WNAC - Boston, MA
WCAX - Burlington, VT
WCNY - Carthage, NY
WTIC - Hartford, CT
WGAN - Portland, ME
WAGM - Presque Isle, ME
WPRO - Providence, RI
WDAU - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA (when Eagles play at home)
WHYN - Springfield, MA
WHEN - Syracuse, NY

Philadelphia Eagles (away games only):

WCAU - Philadelphia
WGAL - Lancaster, PA
WDAU - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Pittsburgh Steelers (away games only):

KDKA - Pittsburgh
WFBG - Altoona, PA
WBOY - Clarksburg, WV
WARD - Johnstown, PA
WSTV - Steubenville, OH
WKBN - Youngstown, OH

Washington Redskins:

WTOP: Washington (no home games)
WAIM - Anderson, SC
WAGA - Atlanta, GA
WROW - Augusta, GA
WBRC - Birmingham, AL
WCSC - Charleston, SC
WBTV - Charlotte, NC
WDEF - Chattanooga, TN
WNOK - Columbia, SC
WRBL - Columbus, GA
WCBI - Columbus, MS
WMSL - Decatur, AL
WTVY - Dothan, AL
WTVD - Durham, NC
WOWL - Florence, AL
WBTW - Florence, SC
WINK - Fort Myers, FL
WFMY - Greensboro, NC
WNCT - Greenville, SC
WSVA - Harrisonburg, VA
WJTV - Jackson, MS
WJXT - Jacksonville, FL
WJHL - Johnson City, TN
WBIR - Knoxville, TN
WMAZ - Macon, GA
WTOK - Meridian, GA
WTVJ - Miami, FL
WKRG - Mobile, AL
WCOV - Montgomery, AL
WLAC - Nashville, TN
WTAR - Norfolk, VA
WDBO - Orlando, FL
WRVA - Richmond, VA
WDBJ - Roanoke, VA
WTOC - Savannah, GA
WSPA - Spartanburg, SC
WTVT - Tampa, FL

Notes

Many of the stations listed here had multiple network affiliation. For example, WGAL in Lancaster, Pennsylvania mostly carried NBC programming in 1959, but did offer CBS programming at other times, such as Eagles games.

1959 only, the Browns dropped - or perhaps supplemented - their Carling/Sports Network (SNI) arrangement by signing up with CBS. The Browns-SNI arrangement (1956-1958) was national in scope. For 1960 and 1961, the Browns-SNI network was reduced to a Midwest regional network.

In 1960, the Cardinals moved to St. Louis and the Dallas Cowboys played their first season. So the 1959 Chicago network, easily the biggest in 1959, would be reduced dramatically.
- In 1960, NBC signed contracts to carry the Colts and Steelers. They would carry the Colts and Steelers in 1960 and 1961.

In 1961, the Minnesota Vikings would enter the NFL and would slice into the Packers network.

In 1966, the Atlanta Falcons would cut heavily into the Redskins network.

In 1967, the New Orleans Saints would likely cut into the Cowboys network and perhaps some of the Falcons network.

Regular season games broadcast by local stations

Date	Teams	Time (EST)	Station	Play-by-play	Color commentators
9/28/52	Redskins-Cardinals	9:30	WMAL-Washington	Jim Gibbons
10/4/52	Giants-Eagles	8:00	WABD-New York	Harry Wismer	Kal Ross
10/3/53	Lions-Colts	8:30	WJBK-Detroit	Van Patrick	Bob Reynolds
10/11/53	Colts-Bears	2:00	WMAR-Baltimore	Jimmy Dudley	John MacLean
11/15/53	Colts-Eagles	2:00	WMAR-Baltimore	Jimmy Dudley	John MacLean
9/26/54	Redskins-49ers	5:00	WMAL-Washington	Bob Wolff	Dutch Bergman
10/2/54	Redskins-Steelers	8:00	WMAL-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Morrie Siegel
10/2/54	49ers-Rams	5:00	KOVR-San Francisco	Fred Hessler	Frankie Albert
11/14/54	49ers-Lions	2:00	KOVR-San Francisco	Fred Hessler	Frankie Albert
11/28/54	Redskins-Eagles	2:00	WMAL-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Morrie Siegel
10/8/55	Colts-Packers (Milwaukee)	8:30	WAAM-Baltimore WMAL-Washington	Ernie Harwell	Bailey Goss
10/15/55	Eagles-Steelers	7:30	WFIL-Philadelphia	Byrum Saam
11/5/55	Colts-Lions	7:30	WAAM-Baltimore WMAL-Washington	Ernie Harwell	Bailey Goss
11/5/55	Steelers-Cardinals	8:00	WDTV-Pittsburgh	Joe Tucker	Red Donley
12/4/55	Colts-Rams	5:00	WBAL-Baltimore	Ernie Harwell	Bailey Goss
12/11/55	Colts-49ers	5:00	WMAR-Baltimore	Ernie Harwell	Bailey Goss
10/6/56	Redskins-Eagles	8:00	WTTG-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Maury Siege
10/4/58	Redskins-Cardinals	9:15	WTOP-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Eddie Gallaher
9/23/60	Cardinals-Rams	11:15	KMOX-St Louis	Jack Drees	Terry Brennan
10/23/60	Colts-Lions	2:30	WMAR-Baltimore	Chuck Thompson	Bailey Goss
10/30/60	Colts-Cowboys	3:30	WMAR-Baltimore	Chuck Thompson	Bailey Goss
12/11/60	Colts-Rams	4:30	WMAR-Baltimore	Bill Symes	Gil Stratton
9/23/61	Bears-Rams	11:00	Local to CHI	Red Grange	George Connor
10/8/61	Colts-Packers	2:00	WBAL-Baltimore	Chuck Thompson
11/26/61	Colts-Redskins	2:00	WBAL-Baltimore	Vince Bagli
9/16/62	Redskins-Cowboys	2:30	WTOP-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Eddie Gallaher
10/28/62	Redskins-Giants	2:00	WTOP-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Eddie Gallaher
9/14/63	Cardinals-Cowboys	10:00	KTVI-St Louis
11/3/63	Redskins-Cowboys	2:30	WTOP-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Eddie Gallaher
11/10/63	Redskins-Cardinals	2:00	WTOP-Washington	Jim Gibbons	Eddie Gallaher
9/12/64	Cardinals-Cowboys	9:00	Local to STL	Jack Drees	Bill Fischer
9/25/64	Redskins-Giants	8:30	WTOP-Washington	Bill McColgan	Joe Walton
9/28/64	Packers-Lions	8:00	WBAY-Green Bay & WISN-Milwaukee	Earl Gillespie	Tony Canadeo
10/12/64	Cardinals-Colts	8:00	KMOX-St Louis	Jack Drees	Bill Fischer
10/4/65	Cowboys-Cardinals	9:00	KRLD-Dallas (joined in progress at approximately 9:50)	Frank Glieber	John Roach
10/9/65	Giants-Vikings	9:00	WCBS-New York	Jack Whitaker	Frank Gifford
9/16/66	Bears-Rams	11:15	WBBM-Chicago	Bruce Roberts	George Connor
9/30/66	49ers-Rams	11:00	KTVU-Bay Area	Bob Fouts	Gordy Soltau
10/8/66	Steelers-Browns	8:00	WIIC-Pittsburgh	Joe Tucker	Lowell Perry
10/7/67	Steelers-Browns	8:00	KDKA-Pittsburgh (B/W)	Joe Tucker	Frank Glieber and Bill Burns
10/5/68	Steelers-Browns	8:00	KDKA-Pittsburgh	Stu Nahan	Dick Stockton
10/13/69	Eagles-Colts	7:30	WPHL-Philadelphia	Al Meltzer	Tom Brookshier

After the AFL-NFL merger

Date	Teams	Time (EST)	Station	Play-by-play	Color commentators
9/18/70	Cardinals-Rams	11:00	KMOX-St. Louis	Bob Wilson	Ollie Raymond and Jim Bolen
9/19/70	Bears-Giants	8:00	WBBM-Chicago	Brent Musburger	Jerry Kramer
10/3/70	Raiders-Dolphins	8:00	KNEW-San Francisco	Don Klein	Dave Kocourek
10/3/70	Steelers-Browns	9:00	WIIC-Pittsburgh	Sam Nover	Otto Graham and Red Donley
10/10/70	Dolphins-Jets	8:45	WCKT-Miami
10/11/70	Bills-Steelers	1:00	WBEN-Buffalo	Chuck Healy	Dick Rifenburg
10/11/70	Bengals-Browns	1:00	WCPO-Cincinnati	Jack Moran
10/11/70	Steelers-Browns	9:00	WIIC-Pittsburgh	Sam Nover	Otto Graham and Red Donley
10/10/71	Colts-Bills	1:00	WBFF-Baltimore	Jim Karvellas	Kyle Rote
10/10/71	Oilers-Redskins	1:00	KTRK-Houston	Bill Enis	Paul Maguire
10/10/71	Dolphins-Bengals	1:00	WPLG-Miami	Joe Croghan	Dave Kocourek
10/10/71	Steelers-Browns	1:00	WTAE-Pittsburgh	Jay Randolph	Ed Conway
10/17/71	Colts-Giants	1:00	WBFF-Baltimore	Jim Karvellas	Kyle Rote
10/17/71	Bills-Jets	1:00	WBEN-Buffalo	Chuck Healy	Dick Rifenburg
10/17/71	Patriots-Dolphins	1:00	WNAC-Boston	Bill Enis	George Ratterman
10/23/71	Bills-Chargers	Midnight	WKBW-Buffalo	Rick Azar	Paul Maguire
10/15/72	Oilers-Steelers	1:00	KTRK-Houston	Dan Lovett	Jim Norton
10/15/72	Chargers-Dolphins	1:00	KCST-San Diego	Jerry Gross	Mike Smith
10/22/72	Colts-Jets	1:00	WBFF/WJZ-Baltimore	Jim Karvellas	Dave Kocourek
10/22/72	Bills-Dolphins	1:00	WKBW-Buffalo	Rick Azar	Paul Maguire
10/22/72	Patriots-Steelers	1:00	WCVB-Boston	Ken Coleman	Alan Miller
10/22/72	Chargers-Lions	1:00	KCST-San Diego	Bill Enis	Kyle Rote
10/22/72	Browns-Oilers	2:00	WKBF-Cleveland	Jay Randolph	Willie Davis
11/12/72	Saints-Falcons	1:00	Local to New Orleans	Don Criqui	Irv Cross and Andy Musser
11/12/72	Packers-Bears	2:00	WBAY-Green Bay	Roy Broyles	John Campbell
10/14/73	Raiders-Chargers	4:00	KTVU-San Francisco	Don Klein	Gary Park
10/21/73	Patriots-Bears	2:00	WLVI-Boston WGN-Chicago	Ken Coleman	Sam DeLuca
10/21/73	Chiefs-Bengals	4:00	Local	Bill Enis	Kyle Rote
10/6/74	Broncos-Chiefs	4:00	Local to Denver	Ross Porter	Willie Davis
10/13/74	Bills-Colts	2:00	Local to Buffalo
10/13/74	Steelers-Chiefs	2:00	KDKA-Pittsburgh	Dick Stockton	Bill Curry
10/13/74	Raiders-Chargers	4:00	KHBK-San Francisco	Don Klein	Al Lo Casale
10/5/75	Raiders-Chargers	4:00	KHBK-San Francisco
10/12/75	Bills-Colts	1:00	WKBW-Buffalo	Rick Azar	Paul Maguire
10/12/75	Broncos-Steelers	1:00	KBTV-Denver	John Rayburn	Bob Kurtz and Fred Gehrke
10/12/75	Oilers-Browns	1:00	KDOG-Houston	Charlie Jones	Sam DeLuca
10/12/75	Jets-Vikings	1:00	WCBS-New York WCCO-Minneapolis	Gary Bender	Johnny Unitas
10/25/75	Cardinals-Giants	1:00	KSD-St. Louis	Jay Randolph	Ron Jacober
10/23/76	Falcons-49ers	10:00	WAGA-Atlanta	Bill Hartman	Wayne Walker
9/24/77	Vikings-Buccaneers	8:00	WTCN-Minneapolis	Roger Buxton	Johnny Sauer
9/2/78	Giants-Buccaneers	8:00	WCBS-New York	Steve Albert	Nick Buoniconti
9/9/78	Lions-Buccaneers	8:00	WJBK-Detroit	Ray Lane	Charley Neal
10/15/78	Bills-Oilers	2:00	WKBW-Buffalo	Rick Azar	Paul Maguire
10/15/78	Jets-Colts	2:00	WPIX-New York	Jim Simpson	Paul Warfield
10/15/78	Chiefs-Raiders	4:00	Local to K.C.	Jay Randolph	Mike Haffner
9/1/79	Lions-Buccaneers	8:00	WJBK-Detroit	Ray Lane	Ron Kramer and Charley Neal
10/7/79	Chiefs-Bengals	4:00	KCMO-Kansas City	Jack Harry	Ed Budde and Nick Monroe
10/19/80	Chiefs-Broncos	2:00	KCMO-Kansas City KOA-Denver	Don Fortune Larry Zimmer	Paul Maguire Ron Zappolo
9/5/81	Vikings-Buccaneers	8:00	KSTP-Minneapolis WTOG-Tampa	Jim Thacker	John Dockery and Bob Bruce
10/9/83	Chiefs-Raiders	4:00	KCTV-Kansas City	Don Fortune	Len Dawson
10/14/84	Bills-Seahawks	4:00	WKBW-Buffalo KING-Seattle	Rick Azar Phil Stone	Marv Levy Reggie Rucker

Local preseason television coverage

Although several exhibition games are broadcast on television nationally, most exhibition games are in-house productions of the individual teams (often in association with a local broadcaster, typically with the rights to Thursday and Monday night games during the regular season; under the NFL's anti-siphoning policy, all away games and sold-out home games featuring the local team scheduled to air on the NFL Network or ESPN have the cable channel in question blacked out in the local market of that team, and the NFL sells the games to local broadcast stations only via broadcast syndication), and syndicated to other local stations in the region, which usually includes a coach's show package during the regular season. NFL Network also airs coverage of exhibition games, either live or tape delayed, switching between the home and visiting team feeds after halftime.

Exhibition games are almost exclusively played at night due to hot summer weather, and are frequently scheduled based on local convenience (e.g. games on the west coast tend to start at 7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m. ET). The league's blackout restrictions apply, although stations are allowed to play the game on a tape delay if the game does not sell out (unlike the regular season policy, when rights revert to NFL Films). Many more exhibition games fail to sell out than do regular-season games.

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