Nashville have done something no other NHL club has: put nearly the whole season on free television. Eighty-five Nashville Predators games — four preseason and 81 of the 84 regular-season games — air free over the air on The Spot, Nashville 28, under a multi-year deal with Scripps Sports. If you live in Middle Tennessee, a $20 antenna now covers almost every game.
Which channel are Predators games on?
WNPX-TV, channel 28, branded The Spot – Nashville 28. Selected games are also simulcast on WTVF NewsChannel 5, the Scripps CBS affiliate in Nashville — at least four of them this season. Both are free over the air, and both are carried by local cable and satellite providers as well.
Do I need a subscription?
No, not for the broadcast itself. That is the whole point of this deal. If you are outside the free signal, the club streams the games itself. The Nashville Predators app carries the 81 local games for $74 for the whole regular season — the club’s own line is “less than $1 per game” — and there is no monthly option. It runs on the web at PredsTV.com and on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.
Subscriptions are on sale now. The club launched the service on 30 September, and you buy the $74 season pass in the Nashville Predators app or at PredsTV.com. It covers the 81 locally broadcast games, starting with the home opener against Minnesota on 1 October. There is no monthly option. The app runs on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV, and three further regular-season games are exclusive to ESPN+.Is every single game free?
Nearly. Eighty-one of 84 regular-season games are on The Spot. The remaining three are exclusive to the national broadcasters — ESPN, ABC or TNT — and are not carried locally. Locally produced first-round playoff games not taken nationally are also included in the Scripps deal.
What if I live outside Nashville?
The Predators’ territory runs across five states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. Free over-the-air reception is not limited to Nashville. Beyond WNPX in Middle Tennessee, the games air free on Memphis WMC 5.3 · Knoxville WWLT 8.2 · Chattanooga WTVL 49.2 · Jackson WBBJ 7.5 · Louisville WDRB 41.2 · Lexington WTVQ 36.2 · Huntsville WAFF 48.3 · Atlanta WAGA 5.3 and 5.1 — nine markets in all. No station is licensed in Mississippi; northern Mississippi is served from Memphis, so the five-state territory does not mean five separate stations.
Who calls the games?
Willy Daunic on play-by-play, in his twelfth season, with Chris Mason on colour. Hal Gill is the studio analyst, Lyndsay Rowley hosts pregame and postgame, and Kara Hammer moves to full-time rinkside. Every local broadcast comes with a 30-minute pregame and postgame show. Radio stays on 102.5 The Game with Pete Weber at home and Max Herz on the road.
What changed from last season?
FanDuel Sports Network South is gone, and with it the need to buy anything at all. If you were paying for a cable package or the FanDuel app mainly to watch the Nashville Predators, you can now stop. That is a genuinely unusual outcome — every other club that lost FanDuel replaced it with something you still have to pay for.
| Local channel | The Spot – Nashville 28 (WNPX-TV), free over the air |
|---|---|
| Also on | WTVF NewsChannel 5 for at least four simulcasts, plus eight markets beyond Nashville |
| Price | $74 for the regular season, on sale now in the Predators app or at PredsTV.com; 81 local games; free over the air |
| Games available locally | 85 — four preseason, 81 of 84 regular season |
| Blackout territory | Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia |
| Radio | 102.5 The Game — Pete Weber, Max Herz, Hal Gill, Brent Peterson |
| TV team | Willy Daunic, Chris Mason, Lyndsay Rowley, Kara Hammer |
| Opening night | Thu 1 October, home v Minnesota |
Updated 1 Oct: Predators season pass now on sale, $74. Prices and carriage change — see our guide to watching every NHL team in 2026-27 for the national packages and how blackouts work.
