By SVG Staff
Thursday, January 16, 2025 – 7:40 am
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The Charlotte Hornets, Cox Media Group’s WSOC-TV Channel 9, sister station TV 64, and FanDuel Sports Southeast are partnering to simulcast five games this season, providing fans with more ways than ever to watch Hornets basketball. This agreement marks the first time Hornets basketball has aired on local, free over-the-air television since the 2007-08 NBA season. By partnering with WSOC-TV and TV 64, the five Hornets games will be available to an estimated 1.3 million homes in the Charlotte region.
“We’re thrilled to partner with WSOC-TV and TV 64 to make our FanDuel Sports Southeast broadcasts available for free and over-the-air for the first time since the 2007-08 season,” says Hornets President of Business Operations Shelly Cayette-Weston. “We are dedicated to enhancing the fan experience, strengthening the connection with our passionate fanbase and expanding the reach of our broadcasts. This is a great opportunity to bring our games to a wider audience and increase the exposure of our games.”
The five over-the-air games will be split between WSOC-TV (two games) and TV 64 (three games). The five-game over-the-air television schedule is below:
“This partnership brings together two iconic brands that have community at their core,” says Cox Media Group Charlotte VP/GM Cedric Thomas. “We’re proud to make these entertaining games accessible to everyone we reach in the Carolinas.”
WSOC-TV and TV 64 will simulcast FanDuel Sports Southeast’s production of the games. The Hornets broadcast team consists of play-by-play announcer Eric Collins, analyst and Hornets legend Dell Curry and host/sideline reporter Shannon Spake. These games are made available for local, over-the-air distribution as part of the NBA’s agreement with Main Street Sports Group (previously Diamond Sports Group), the owner of FanDuel Sports Southeast. WSOC-TV Channel 9 and TV 64 are available over-the-air and on all major cable and satellite systems, including Spectrum, DIRECTV and YouTube TV.
The Hornets will announce additional over-the-air broadcast stations and distribution for these five games throughout North Carolina and South Carolina at a later date.
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