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Scripps Sports to start broadcasting Arizona Coyotes games

The Arizona Coyotes have reached a four-year deal with Scripps Sports, becoming only the second NHL team to broadcast its regular games over the air.

Scripps will broadcast all non-national Coyotes games to approximately 3 million people in Arizona and Utah according to a deal announced Thursday.

This makes the Coyotes the third local franchise to seek an alternative to Diamond Sports Group and its subsidiary Bally Sports Arizona. The Phoenix Suns and the Arizona Diamondbacks are using other platforms. 

Diamond Sports agreed to end its telecast rights agreement with the Coyotes this week and is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

All but one game will be available on the Antenna TV Network and Cox Cable starting next Friday.

Greg Hahne started as a news intern at KJZZ in 2020 and returned as a field correspondent in 2021. He learned his love for radio by joining Arizona State University's Blaze Radio, where he worked on the production team.