Where will Vancouver Canucks games air on radio next season?
It’s a sad day for Vancouver sports fans, as the city’s last all-sports radio station has been pulled off the air.
Sportsnet 650 has been shut down, along with five other Rogers-owned radio stations in Canada, due to “declining audience and revenue trends.”
It leaves Vancouver Canucks radio broadcasts in limbo.
The Canucks won’t be following the Vancouver Whitecaps and BC Lions, who now air their games on Corus-owned CKNW. That’s because Rogers owns the exclusive broadcast rights to the Canucks on television and radio until 2033.
A Rogers Sports & Media spokesperson confirmed to Daily Hive on Tuesday that Canucks games will move to another Rogers-owned radio station in the city. Hopefully that means we’ll continue hearing Brendan Batchelor and Randip Janda call games.
“Sportsnet will move the radio production of Canucks games to another Rogers Sports & Media owned station in the market. More details to come,” a Rogers spokesperson told Daily Hive.
News 1130 was also shut down on Tuesday, leaving just two Rogers-owned stations left in Vancouver: Jack 96.9 and Kiss Throwbacks (104.9 FM). That could mean that Canucks games end up on FM radio for the first time ever.
We don’t yet know what will happen to Vancouver Canadians and Vancouver Giants broadcasts. Both teams aired games on Sportsnet 650 before it shut down.
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