Thursday, September 8, 2022

Westwood One Launches 36th Season As NFL Radio Partner


CUMULUS MEDIA’s Westwood One will provide play-by-play coverage of the National Football League’s entire primetime regular season package as well as every postseason game. This season marks the 36th consecutive season that Westwood One is the exclusive primetime network radio partner of the NFL and will be the 50th time that the network will broadcast the Super Bowl to a national audience. For the first time, Westwood One’s NFL game broadcasts will be available to fans on affiliated stations’ primary digital platforms, the NFL App, and westwoodonesports.com.

Westwood One Sports will provide play-by-play coverage of the NFL’s 2022-2023 national regular season primetime games including Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, and Sunday Night Football plus Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Night, Christmas Day, NFL International Games, and the entire postseason, including the Wild Card and Divisional Playoffs, the AFC and NFC Conference Championship Games, and Super Bowl LVII, scheduled to be played on February 12, 2023, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

The 2022-2023 NFL regular season will kick off on Thursday, September 8, when the Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills. The weekly Sunday Night schedule begins September 11 when the Dallas Cowboys host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Monday Night Football starts September 12 when the Denver Broncos battle the Seattle Seahawks. Thursday Night Football starts on September 15, when the Los Angeles Chargers meet the Kansas City Chiefs. Coverage for all games begins at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Kevin Harlan, two-time NSMA Sportscaster of the Year, and Hall of Fame Quarterback and NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner will once again be the lead broadcast crew, calling opening night, Monday Night Football and Super Bowl LVII for the network. This will be Harlan’s 13th full season behind the Westwood One microphone and Warner’s ninth season as an analyst for the network. NFL Network’s Rich Eisen returns to anchor the pregame and halftime shows of Monday Night Football.

Ryan Radtke and Mike Golic will be the primary announcers for Sunday Night Football, while Ian Eagle and Hall of Famer Tony Boselli return as the main broadcast team for Thursday Night Football. Kevin Kugler and recently retired NFL defensive back and co-host of NFL Network’s Good Morning Football Jason McCourty will broadcast select games on Thursday Night Football.

Tom McCarthy, Brandon Gaudin, Spero Dedes, and Bill Rosinski will also serve as play-by-play announcers. Other game analysts this season will include Hall of Famer James Lofton, Ross Tucker, Mike Mayock, Ryan Harris, Ryan Leaf, Ben Leber, and Derek Rackley. Scott Graham will return for his 14th season to be the host for the pregame/halftime/postgame portions of all the remaining games in the national radio package.

For more information on Westwood One Sports' NFL programming, contact Rich Burg or (212) 824-2994.

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