NHL on RKO General relates to a small, syndicated network of stations owned by RKO General[1][2][3][4] which broadcast National Hockey League games.
In the United States, the clinching game of the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals on the evening of Thursday, May 5 aired on RKO General's stations, such as WOR-TV in New York City and WHCT in Hartford, Connecticut.
Although the TV listings page of the May 5, 1966 edition of the Boston Globe indicated that RKO-owned WNAC-TV in Boston would not carry the game,[5] the then-ABC-affiliated station did clear the broadcast at the last minute.
Due to other programming commitments,[6] the 1966-67 regular-season games were subleased to RKO General, which aired a series of Sunday afternoon broadcasts[7][8] at 4 p.m. Eastern Time during the last eight weeks[9] of the regular season, starting on February 12, 1967.
WHBQ-TV is notable for having pre-empted ABC's coverage of the "Miracle on Ice" gold medal championship game during the 1980 Winter Olympics.