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The inter-conference home games aired on KCTV starting in 1973 (when the NFL allowed local telecasts of home games). Prior to the 1994 season, WDAF was the primary station for the Chiefs as an NBC affiliate (they aired on KMBC when ABC had the AFL package through 1964), since NBC had the AFC package. KMBC Channel 9 ( ABC) has aired Monday Night Football games locally since 1970. KSHB also serves as the main broadcast provider of the team's pre-season games. KSHB Channel 41 ( NBC) broadcasts all games in which the Chiefs play on NBC Sunday Night Football or NBC's NFL playoffs coverage. WDAF Channel 4 ( Fox that station is unrelated to WDAF-FM) broadcasts games in which the Chiefs host an NFC opponent. KCTV Channel 5 ( CBS) broadcasts most Chiefs regular-season games, with exceptions as following. The NFL on CBS banner hangs in view of the broadcast cameras, on the sideline. The Chiefs hosting the Browns in the 2021 season opener. The network's personnel, outside those exclusively contracted to Cumulus, are expected to be retained with the new Entercom contract. With the start of the 2020 season, Audacy, Inc.'s WDAF-FM (106.5 FM) became the flagship of the Chiefs network, with sister station KCSP (610 AM) carrying surrounding analysis and team interview programming as well as selected simulcasts of live games, and the Audacy app streaming coverage of all games online on desktops/laptops only. The Chiefs Radio Network extends throughout the six-state region of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, with 61 affiliate stations. The Chiefs and KCFX was the longest FM radio broadcast partnering tenure in the NFL. Former Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson served alongside Holthus for color commentary but starting in the 2016 season, Dawson's role was slowly minimized as he announced his retirement from broadcasting. Since 1994, Mitch Holthus has served as play-by-play announcer.
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"101 The Fox", broadcast all Chiefs games on FM radio under the moniker of The Chiefs Fox Football Radio Network, one of the earliest deals where an FM station served as the flagship station of a team radio network. Radio Kansas City Chiefs radio play-by-play announcers 1960–1962įrom 1989 until the end of the 2019 season, Cumulus Media's KCFX (101.1), a.k.a.