Charlotte Hornets team up with Gray Media to simulcast five games on free-to-air television across the Carolinas Investing.com
ATLANTA, Jan. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Charlotte Hornets, Gray Media, Capitol Broadcasting and FanDuel Sports Southeast are partnering to simulcast five games this season to be distributed in various markets throughout North Carolina and South Carolina via Palmetta Sports & Entertainment Network and other Gray affiliates. Capitol Broadcasting Company will distribute the games in the Raleigh, NC market. This deal marks the first time Hornets basketball has been broadcast on local, free-to-air television since the 2007-08 NBA season. and will give fans more ways than ever to watch Hornets basketball.
The five-game televised schedule is the same schedule originally announced last week and will be distributed in the Charlotte market by WSOC-TV Channel 9 and TV 64. The schedule is below:
| Date | Opponent | Time | ||
| January 27 | Los Angeles Lakers | 19 hours | ||
| January 31 | Los Angeles Clippers | 19 hours | ||
| February 5 | Milwaukee Bucks | 19 hours | ||
| February 27 | at the Dallas Mavericks | 20:30 hours | ||
| March 3 | Golden State Warriors | 19 hours | ||
“We are excited to partner with Gray Media’s Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network to bring our FanDuel Sports Southeast broadcasts to a wider audience across the Carolinas,” said Hornets President of Business Operations Shelly Cayette-Weston. As an organization, we remain committed to growing our fan base, expanding the reach of our TV audience and making our shows more accessible to everyone.
We are thrilled to introduce the Charlotte Hornets to viewers across the Carolinas, said Sandy Breland, Gray’s Chief Operating Officer. Gray and Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network are committed to giving viewers the live sports they want.
The following is a list of all the markets and stations that will simulcast the five Hornets games. Along with local radio stations, all five games will also be available on FanDuel Sports Southeast.
| Market | Station/Network | channel(s) | ||
| Colombia | Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network | WIS 10.4 & WTES 16.2 | ||
| Charleston | Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network | WZCH 35.3 | ||
| Greenville-New Bern | MyNet | WITN 7.2 | ||
| Greenville-Spartanburg | Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network | WHNS 21.2^^^ | ||
| Asheville-Anderson^^^ | ||||
| Myrtle Beach | Palmetto Sports & Entertainment Network | WMBF 32.3 | ||
| Raleigh+++ | MeTV | WRAZ 50.2+++ | ||
| Wilmington | Bounce | WECT 6.2 |
Game Jan. 27 vs. Los Angeles Lakers at WCSC 5.2 (Reject)
^^^ Game Jan. 27 vs. Los Angeles Lakers on WHNS 21.6 (365)
+++Owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company; will broadcast all games except January 31 against the Los Angeles Clippers
Gray Media will simulcast FanDuel Sports Southeast production of the games. The Hornets broadcast team consists of play-by-play announcer Eric Collins, analyst and Hornets legend Dell (NYSE:) Curry and anchor/sideline reporter Shannon Spake. These games are available for local, over-the-air distribution as part of the NBA’s deal with Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group), owner of FanDuel Sports Southeast.
About Hornets sports and entertainment
Hornets Sports & Entertainment owns the Charlotte Hornets and the Greensboro Swarm (NBA G League) and operates the Spectrum Center, the premier sports and entertainment destination in the Carolinas. Carolina’s first major professional sports franchise, the Charlotte Hornets, celebrated the 35th anniversary of their inaugural season during the 2023-24 NBA campaign. HSE creates spectacular entertainment and memories that delight the more than 1.2 million people who visit the Spectrum Center annually, and positively impacts Carolina through community programming and the Charlotte Hornets Foundation. For more information, visit hornets.com, gsoswarm.com or spectrumcentercharlotte.com.
About Gray Media
Gray Media, Inc. (NYSE: GTN), is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is the nation’s largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that together reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the highest-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-ranked television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency that provides national and local clients with digital marketing strategies with cutting-edge digital products and services. Additional Gray media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios, and the production facilities of Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. Gray owns a majority stake in Swirl Films. For more information, visit www.graymedia.com.
About FanDuel Sports Network South / Southeast
FanDuel Sports Network South and FanDuel Sports Network Southeast “two regional sports networks owned by Main Street Sports Group” are the local TV and streaming homes of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators. Together, FanDuel Sports Network South and FanDuel Sports Network Southeast present more live local sports programming than any other network in the region, serving fans in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. For more information and content, visit ¯www.fanduelsportsnetwork.com.
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For more information, contact:
Mike Cristaldi, mcristaldi@hornets.com
Brian Travis, btravis@hornets.com
McKayla Hernandez, mhernandez@hornets.com
Jack Brandsgard, jbrandsgard@hornets.com
Gray contact:
Robby ThomasVice President and General Manager of WIS, robby.thomas@graymedia.com
Source: Gray Media
