TV Coverage for this weeks game

[Yup]

Updated Map.

[PantherInTheBullCity]

14 minutes ago, Yup said:

Updated Map.

We did it!

[Panthercougar68]

We might be down but we ain’t out 

[PanthersATL]

6 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

I do think though that the NFL has some deal with the networks or some kind of arrangement to show the local teams.  

If they didn't, we would always see Cowboy/Green Bay/Steeler games.  

It's gotten more complicated with the change of CBS and FOX no longer being exclusive AFC/NFC partners

From a home team perspective, the NFL requires the home market (which is typically the broadcast reach of the station airing the game) to carry the game. For times where there is a conflict (let's say, FOX Charlotte is airing some major news event) then the broadcast will go to a local station that FOX Charlotte has an arrangement with -- like the CW, maybe.  Only in super-rare instances would local FOX throw the game over to a major competitor like to WSOC/ABC. But it could happen

This is how games that are "exclusive" to streaming will end up being broadcast by a local channel in those home team markets -- because the NFL wants the local market to be able to see the game.  Amazon TNF games will always be available on some local channel in those teams' markets, for example. Or the upcoming Netflix games

For TV markets that do not have a local team, then the local station gets to choose from what's available. Ideally, they'd choose a regional game or one that is close in the conference.  In Atlanta, for example, we would typically get one of the NFC South matchups for times when the Falcons aren't playing.
 

[PNW_PantherMan]

17 hours ago, Yup said:

Updated Map.

We are so back

[HaricotVert]

Home markets need to be defined by this"

And not by this

https://www.tvfool.com/maps/?call=WJZY

[PanthersATL]

Home markets are determined by DMA categorization. There are over 200 unique DMAs.

A single broadcaster should be able to cover a single DMA area, so it's easiest to just say "a station's coverage area" rather than get into the specifics of how DMAs work. But here we are.

Based on 2022-2023 data, Charlotte is #21  (ahead of Indy, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Nashville, Kansas City....), so definitely not "small market" compared to other NFL towns

Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson is #37 
Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem is #47

It'd be weird for a single DMA to split NFL broadcast coverage. There'd have to be a place where stations would overlap (two FOX stations in the same house assigned to a single DMA region))