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London Knights games will have a new home on the radio this season.<\/p>\n
The Knights announced Wednesday that Blackburn Media Inc. and Brand One Digital will become the team’s exclusive local radio and streaming media partners. The move ends a decade-long partnership with Corus radio station AM980.<\/p>\n
Classic Rock 98.1 FM will broadcast all evening home and away games during the upcoming Ontario Hockey League season, along with pre-game coverage, intermissions and post-game highlights.<\/p>\n
Mike Stubbs, who has called Knights games for about 29 years, will continue as the team’s play-by-play voice.<\/p>\n
“This is incredible,” Stubbs told CBC News. “You don’t ever want to stop and step off that ride.”<\/p>\n
Stubbs said the move from AM radio to the FM band will provide a different listening experience, while Blackburn’s plans for podcasts, digital content and a new Knights app could make coverage more accessible to fans.<\/p>\n
“I think fans are going to be able to find coverage however they like to find coverage,” he said. <\/p>\n
Knights vice president and general manager Mark Hunter said the organization is proud to enter a new era of broadcast and digital media with Blackburn Media Inc.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to work with a locally-owned company and to continue the great tradition of delivering London Knights hockey to our fans in London and the surrounding area,” Hunter said in a news release.<\/p>\n
Games will also be streamed through the station’s website and the iHeartRadio app. A new London Knights radio app is expected to launch in 2027.<\/p>\n
Stubbs said fans can expect the same enthusiasm and coverage they’ve come to expect from Knights broadcasts when the team takes to the new airwaves.<\/p>\n
“I just love what I’m able to do,” he said. “I’m lucky, and I’m excited.”<\/p>\n
The Knights have not yet announced the full broadcast schedule or who will provide colour commentary alongside Stubbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-612504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}