BROADCAST COVERAGE
Radio Network
All 68 regular season Flint Firebirds games can be heard live on the FM radio dial throughout Mid-Michigan on US 103.1 FM WQUS.
The multi-year deal with Townsquare Media will bring Firebirds’ hockey live to the FM radio dial for all regular season home and away games and OHL playoff games, on 103.1 FM WQUS (coverage map). The broadcast agreement includes extended pre-game and post-game shows before and after every game, giving fans the most coverage of Flint Firebirds Hockey all season long. Flint Firebirds Hockey fans can also listen to 103.1 FM WQUS live anywhere in the world at www.us103.com or by downloading the US 103 App here. US 103.1 FM is also available on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices.
In his sixth season behind the microphone in hockey and first with the Flint Firebirds, play-by-play announcer Jack Sznewajs will call the game action all season long for Firebirds’ fans on the radio on 103.1 FM WQUS, online on the “OHL Live” video stream and on television province-wide throughout Ontario on the OHL Action Pak.
OHL Television Coverage
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) has more than 550, or 80% of its games televised every year through its broadcast partners Comcast 900/Xfinity in Michigan, Rogers TV, TVCogeco/YourTV, Eastlink, Shaw TV and Sportsnet all in Ontario and the NHL Network in the United States.
Recognized as a leader in television coverage, the OHL is the only hockey league outside the NHL that has its own live television subscription package. OHL fans in Ontario have the opportunity to add the “OHL Action Pak” to their television subscription to watch almost every OHL game on TV, home and away, throughout the season, similar to the NHL Center Ice and MLB Extra Innings TV packages. During the 2018-19 season, 65 of the 68 Flint Firebirds games had live television coverage. See the live television listings table below.All Flint Firebirds home and away games throughout the 2019-20 season can be watched anywhere in the world online on ‘OHL Live‘ and on the ‘OHL Live’ App. ‘OHL Live’ is a league video streaming platform that delivers high quality live and on-demand coverage of all regular season and playoff games annually. The cost is $6.99 per game, $69.99 for Flint Firebirds away games only, $179.99 for all 68 home and away Firebirds games and $279.99 for all 1,360 OHL games throughout the 2019-20 season. The OHL is not only a leader in television coverage but also online streaming quality. All Flint Firebirds games are streamed live using the home team’s HD television feed, which means fans can watch all Firebirds’ games in high quality with multiple camera angles, instant replays, score & time graphics, etc. as if they were watching an NHL game on television.
OHL Television Coverage
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) has more than 550, or 80% of its games televised every year through its broadcast partners Comcast 900/Xfinity, Rogers TV, TVCogeco, Eastlink, Shaw TV, Sportsnet and the NHL Network.
Recognized as a leader in television coverage, the OHL is the only hockey league outside the NHL that has its own television subscription package. OHL fans in Ontario have the opportunity to add the “OHL Action Pak” to their television subscription to watch almost every OHL game on TV, home and away, throughout the season, similar to the NHL Center Ice and MLB Extra Innings TV packages.
All Flint Firebirds home and away games throughout the 2016-17 season can be watched anywhere in the world online on OHL Live and on the OHL Live App. OHL Live is a league video streaming platform that delivers high quality live and on-demand coverage of all regular season and playoff games annually. The cost is $6.99 per game, $69.99 for Flint Firebirds away games only, $179.99 for all 68 home and away Firebirds games and $279.99 for all 1,360 OHL games throughout the 2016-17 season.
About the Ontario Hockey League:
The Ontario Hockey League is a proud member of the Canadian Hockey League which is the world’s largest development hockey league with 60 teams in nine Canadian provinces and four American states. In addition to the OHL, the CHL is made up of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. The CHL supplies more players to the National Hockey League and U SPORTS than any other league.
About The Flint Firebirds:
The Flint Firebirds are a proud member of the prestigious 20-team Ontario Hockey League. The OHL is one of three leagues that constitute the 60-team Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which is known as the world’s premiere player development league for the NHL. On NHL opening day rosters in October, 70% of NHL players were CHL alums. Since the Firebirds’ inception in Flint, Michigan five seasons ago, the team has produced 22 NHL signed or drafted players. More than 250 scouts representing all 31 NHL clubs attended a Firebirds game in Flint during the 2019-20 season. The Firebirds average nearly 3,000 fans per game at the newly renovated Dort Financial Center, reaching over 100,000 fans each OHL season.
