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TV Coverage for this weeks game

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6 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I do think though that the NFL has some deal with the networks or some kind of arrangement to show the local teams.  

If they didn't, we would always see Cowboy/Green Bay/Steeler games.  

It's gotten more complicated with the change of CBS and FOX no longer being exclusive AFC/NFC partners

From a home team perspective, the NFL requires the home market (which is typically the broadcast reach of the station airing the game) to carry the game. For times where there is a conflict (let's say, FOX Charlotte is airing some major news event) then the broadcast will go to a local station that FOX Charlotte has an arrangement with -- like the CW, maybe.  Only in super-rare instances would local FOX throw the game over to a major competitor like to WSOC/ABC. But it could happen

This is how games that are "exclusive" to streaming will end up being broadcast by a local channel in those home team markets -- because the NFL wants the local market to be able to see the game.  Amazon TNF games will always be available on some local channel in those teams' markets, for example. Or the upcoming Netflix games

For TV markets that do not have a local team, then the local station gets to choose from what's available. Ideally, they'd choose a regional game or one that is close in the conference.  In Atlanta, for example, we would typically get one of the NFC South matchups for times when the Falcons aren't playing.
 

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Home markets are determined by DMA categorization. There are over 200 unique DMAs.

A single broadcaster should be able to cover a single DMA area, so it's easiest to just say "a station's coverage area" rather than get into the specifics of how DMAs work. But here we are.

Based on 2022-2023 data, Charlotte is #21  (ahead of Indy, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Nashville, Kansas City....), so definitely not "small market" compared to other NFL towns

Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson is #37 
Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem is #47
Greenville/New Bern/Washington NC is #102

It'd be weird for a single DMA to split NFL broadcast coverage. There'd have to be a place where stations would overlap (two FOX stations in the same house assigned to a single DMA region))

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22 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

Home markets are determined by DMA categorization. There are over 200 unique DMAs.

A single broadcaster should be able to cover a single DMA area, so it's easiest to just say "a station's coverage area" rather than get into the specifics of how DMAs work. But here we are.

Based on 2022-2023 data, Charlotte is #21  (ahead of Indy, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Nashville, Kansas City....), so definitely not "small market" compared to other NFL towns

Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson is #37 
Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem is #47
Greenville/New Bern/Washington NC is #102

It'd be weird for a single DMA to split NFL broadcast coverage. There'd have to be a place where stations would overlap (two FOX stations in the same house assigned to a single DMA region))

Nice info but it would be more helpful if you provided the total number of markets as well for comparison sake.

Nevermind, I looked it up. It's 210 if anyone else is curious.

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10 hours ago, Paa Langfart said:

The Panthers ought to just stream the game on their site.

The NFL won't allow broadcast partners to stream the games on their own.

ie any local FOX station that does a streaming simulcast of their local programming has to blackout the NFL game from their stream configuration as they don't own the streaming rights for that content

Can only imagine that the same rule applies to the teams themselves

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And... a correction to almost everything I said earlier in the thread

According to 506 Sports:  the Fox network made the initial decision to air PHI-WSH. The way I understand it (and I may be wrong), the Greensboro and Greenville stations found out about it early enough to raise hell and get it changed. Raleigh and Wilmington did not. But the network makes the final decision.

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