List of historical NBA over-the-air television broadcasters
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Television broadcasting started around the 1950s and has continued to grow and become more sophisticated. When the National Basketball Association broadcasts first aired, they were broken down into four categories including; pre game, halftime, post game, and game coverage. Pregame casting usually covered a summary of predictions, key factors, and injuries. Halftime covered what happened in the first half, and the post game covered the game as a whole and the outcome. The game broadcast was a live game announcing that gave a play by play.[1]
Local[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters
- Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States
1ABC owned television station.
2CBS owned television station.
3Fox owned television station.
4NBC owned television station.
5Superstation (bold indicates former superstation).
Former teams[edit]
| Team | Stations | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Bullets | WJZ-TV 13 (ABC) | 1963–1973 |
| Buffalo Braves | WBEN 4 (CBS; now WIVB) CFTO 9 (Toronto) | 1970–71–1977–78 1971–72–1974–75 |
| Capital Bullets | WDCA 20 (Ind) | 1973–74 |
| Chicago Packers/Zephyrs | WGN 9 (Ind) | 1961–1963 |
| Kansas City Kings | KMBC-TV 9 (ABC) KBMA 41 (Ind; now KSHB) KZKC 62 (Ind; now KSMO) | 1972–75 1975–84 1984–85 |
| Minneapolis Lakers | KSTP-TV 5 (NBC) | 1959–60 |
| New Orleans Jazz | WGNO 26 (Ind) | 1978–79 |
| Philadelphia Warriors | WCAU 10 (CBS) | 1951–1962 |
| Rochester/Cincinnati Royals | WHAM 8 (NBC; now WROC; Rochester) WCPO-TV 9 (ABC/CBS; Cincinnati) | 1950–1957 1957–1972 |
| Seattle SuperSonics | KTNT 11 (Ind; now KSTW) KIRO-TV 7 (CBS) KONG-TV 16 (Ind) KING-TV 5 (NBC)/KSKN 22 (WB; Spokane) | early 1970s-1975 1975–78 2000–01–2001–02 2001–02 |
| St. Louis Hawks | KPLR-TV 11 (Ind) | 1959–68 |
| Syracuse Nationals | WHEN 5 (CBS; now WTVH) | 1949–1963 |
| Vancouver Grizzlies | CHAN-TV 8/CHEK 6 | 1995–2001 |
National[edit]
| Network | Years |
|---|---|
| DuMont | 1953–1954 |
| NBC | 1954–55 to 1961–62 1990–91 to 2001–02 |
| SNI | 1962–63 to 1963–64 |
| ABC | 1964–65 to 1972–73 2002–03 to present (at least through 2024–25) |
| CBS | 1973–74 to 1989–90 |
International[edit]
| Region | Broadcaster | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Philippines | Solar Entertainment[2] | 2001–2019 |
| ABS-CBN[2][3] | 2012–2019 | |
| CNN Philippines[2] | 2019 |
See also[edit]
- Historical Major League Baseball over-the-air television broadcasters
- Historical NHL over-the-air television broadcasters
- List of American Basketball Association broadcasters
References[edit]
- ^ Sarmento, Mario R. (December 1998). "The NBA on Network Television: A Historical Analysis": 6–8. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.26.1281.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c "SOURCES: NBA paying CNN Philippines P500k to air games". Tiebreaker Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "NBA extends partnership with Solar Entertainment and ABS-CBN". The Philippine Star. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2023.