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Will The Stanley Cup Finals Be Anywhere On Toronto Radio?
There are no local teams (as Leaf fans all too sadly know) but the Stanley Cup Finals are inarguably one of the biggest sports events in all of Canada. Will the games air anywhere on local radio here?
The Fan590 would be the obvious choice, but their commitment is to the Jays every night. And it's not likely they'd interrupt 680 News for a game involving out-of-town teams.
Then there's TSN1050, but would they even be allowed the games, given arch-rival Sportsnet controls the rights? And the finals are likely to be smack dab in the middle of World Cup Soccer, which I imagine would get priority, since Bell controls those broadcast rights.
I can't quite remember what happened last year, but 2026 features a host of unique challenges that make this one very different.
Still, you'd think the end of the race for the Stanley Cup would be big enough to earn a spot on the local radio dial. The question is where?
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I don’t think that any of the local Toronto radio stations will be carrying the Stanley Cup this season as hockey has pretty much been dropped broadcast wise since we have no skin in the game, and might not for the foreseeable future the way things are looking! Which is odd as last night, 590 had the Jays game and 1050 had a US talk show I believe when I tuned in for a few minutes during the Habs game.
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If the Habs make it to the Final [hopefully not] TSN690 would likely carry the games. Carolina: 99.9 WCMC The Fan. Vegas: 94.7 KKGK. Colorado: 850/94.1 KOA. Realistically, I think streaming is the only radio option for GTA listeners.
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The NHL app provides live streams of both the home and away team’s radio broadcasts for every game. Its been interesting to listen to the different play by play announcers.
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Rogers only controls the TV rights, not the radio rights. A broadcast will be available for 1050 should they want it.
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In Ottawa, TSN1200 has been carrying all games in the division finals, with the exception of local sports conflicts. I thought they would join the Habs network for their games. TSN690 gets into Ottawa, but the signal is fair to poor. TSN1200 carries all games via the Sports USA network.
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Ale Ont wrote:
In Ottawa, TSN1200 has been carrying all games in the division finals, with the exception of local sports conflicts. I thought they would join the Habs network for their games. TSN690 gets into Ottawa, but the signal is fair to poor. TSN1200 carries all games via the Sports USA network.
That's interesting. Does 690 have a null towards Ottawa?
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It appears the answer to the original question is yes - sort of.
After the Jays post game ended on Tuesday night, the Fan590 cut to the third period of the Hurricanes-Golden Knights game. Not the full thing but I suppose better than nothing for those not near a TV.
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The Stanley Cup game on Sunday night was being broadcast by the Fan 590. I found it interesting that it was NOT on CKGL in Kitchener, which usually follows the Toronto flagship's lead when it's not doing news.
They were airing Westwood One sports instead. Why wouldn't they take the game over a basically strongly U.S.-oriented talk show? (One of their topics was the best ESPN anchors of all time - almost useless for Canadian listeners who would probably not know the old ESPN people.)
I'm pretty sure the NHL would have been a bigger draw.
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Freddie Anderson gets a ring, Mitch Marner doesn't.