WWJ did the radio broadcast for the Detroit Red Wings' opener in 1926-27 with Foster Hewitt on commentary.
By 1985–86, the Red Wings also were on the Pro-Am Sports System pay-TV channel, which broadcast about 20 games a year.
On December 12, 2006, Daniels broadcast a game between the Red Wings and the Ottawa Senators from ice-level between the benches, while color commentator Redmond remained in the booth.
[3] On June 4, 2008, Daniels filled in for regular Detroit radio broadcast announcer Ken Kal for Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals between the Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
However following the 2005–06 NHL season, Verbeek left the job as a broadcaster to become a scout for the Red Wings and Murphy took over full-time on west coast road trips.
[4] On February 14, 2019, it was announced Murphy would return as a studio analyst for the Red Wings on Fox Sports Detroit for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.
[5] Four members of the Red Wings organization have received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award: Lynch called the first locally televised game at Olympia for the original WWJ-TV in 1949.
[12] The Red Wings' exclusive local television rights are held by FanDuel Sports Network.
[13] The channel shared professional team coverage rights with some Detroit area broadcast television stations until the spring of 2008.
In March 2008, the channel signed new long-term contracts with the Pistons, Red Wings and Tigers to broadcast more games than in previous years, becoming the exclusive local home of all three teams for the first time until at least 2018.