Bally Sports Detroit To Broadcast All 82 Regular-Season Games And Three Preseason Contests
97.1 FM The Ticket (Audacy) To Broadcast All Games
DETROIT – October 8, 2024 – The Detroit Pistons announced today their 2024-25 local television and radio broadcast
schedule in conjunction with Bally Sports Detroit and 97.1 FM The Ticket. Bally Sports Detroit will televise all 82 regular
season contests and three preseason broadcasts. 97.1 FM The Ticket will broadcast all games on its family of stations.
Bally Sports Detroit regular-season coverage begins Oct. 23 with the season opener at Little Caesars Arena. A special one-
hour “Pistons Live” Pregame Show starts at 6 p.m. before the Pistons tipoff at 7 p.m. against the Indiana Pacers.
George Blaha, the “Voice of the Pistons” and Michigan and the NBA’s longest-tenured local play-by-play announcer,
returns for his 49th season with the broadcast team to handle play-by-play duties. A 2008 inductee into the Michigan
Sports Hall of Fame, Blaha will be joined by former Piston and Michigan State Spartan Greg Kelser, who begins his 28th
season as television analyst for Detroit. “Pistons Live” will be anchored by Mickey York, with former Pistons Grant Long
and Lindsey Hunter, former head coach Dwane Casey and Tim McCormick serving as studio analysts. Johnny Kane and
Natalie Kerwin return as reporters and hosts.
Radio broadcasts for Pistons games will be held on 97.1 The Ticket or WWJ 950 AM with select games on WDZH 98.7 FM.
The longtime tandem of Mark Champion (play-by-play) and “Bad Boy” Rick Mahorn (analyst) will handle broadcast duties.
Champion enters his 31st season as the radio voice of the Detroit Pistons while Rick Mahorn enters his 23rd season in the
radio booth.
The 2024-25 television and radio broadcast schedule is listed below:
PRESEASON
October TV RADIO
6 Sunday vs. Bucks 8:00 PM BSD/ESPN 97.1 FM
8 Tuesday vs. Suns 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
11 Friday @ Suns 10:00 PM N/A 97.1 FM
13 Sunday @ Warriors 8:30 PM N/A 950 AM
16 Wednesday vs. Cavaliers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
REGULAR SEASON
October TV RADIO
23 Wednesday vs. Pacers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
25 Friday @ Cavaliers 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
26 Saturday vs. Celtics 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 or 98.7 FM
28 Monday @ Heat 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
30 Wednesday @ 76ers 7:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
November TV RADIO
1 Friday vs. Knicks 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
3 Sunday @ Nets 3:30 PM BSD 950 AM
4 Monday vs. Lakers 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
6 Wednesday @ Hornets 7:00 PM BSD 950 AM
8 Friday vs. Hawks 7:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
10 Sunday vs. Rockets 3:00 PM BSD 98.7 FM
12 Tuesday vs. Heat 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
13 Wednesday @ Bucks 8:00 PM BSD 98.7 FM
15 Friday @ Raptors 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
17 Sunday @ Wizards 6:00 PM BSD 950 AM
18 Monday vs. Bulls 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
21 Thursday @ Hornets 7:00 PM EXTRA/NBATV 950 AM
23 Saturday @ Magic 7:00 PM BSD 950 AM
25 Monday vs. Raptors 7:00 PM EXTRA 98.7 FM
27 Wednesday @ Grizzlies 8:00 PM BSD 98.7 FM
29 Friday @ Pacers 8:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
30 Saturday vs. 76ers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
December TV RADIO
3 Tuesday vs. Bucks 7:00 PM BSD 950 AM
4 Wednesday @ Celtics 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
7 Saturday @ Knicks 7:30 PM BSD 950 AM
10-13 TBD vs. TBD TBD TBD TBD
14-17 TBD vs. TBD TBD TBD TBD
19 Thursday vs. Jazz 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
21 Saturday @ Suns 9:00 PM BSD 950 AM
23 Monday @ Lakers 10:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
26 Thursday @ Kings 10:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
28 Saturday @ Nuggets 9:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
January TV RADIO
1 Wednesday vs. Magic 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
3 Friday vs. Hornets 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
4 Saturday vs. Timberwolves 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
6 Monday vs. Trail Blazers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
8 Wednesday @ Nets 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
9 Thursday vs. Warriors 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
11 Saturday vs. Raptors 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
13 Monday @ Knicks 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
16 Thursday vs. Pacers 7:00 PM BSD 98.7 FM
18 Saturday vs. Suns 5:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
20 Monday @ Rockets 2:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
22 Wednesday @ Hawks 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
25 Saturday @ Magic 7:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
27 Monday @ Cavaliers 7:00 PM BSD 950 AM
29 Wednesday @ Pacers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
31 Friday vs. Mavericks 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
February TV RADIO
2 Sunday vs. Bulls 3:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
3 Monday vs. Hawks 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
5 Wednesday vs. Cavaliers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
7 Friday vs. 76ers 7:30 PM BSD/ESPN 97.1 FM
9 Sunday vs. Hornets 1:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
11 Tuesday @ Bulls 8:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
12 Wednesday @ Bulls 8:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
21 Friday @ Spurs 8:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
23 Sunday @ Hawks 6:00 PM BSD 950 AM
24 Monday vs. Clippers 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
26 Wednesday vs. Celtics 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
28 Friday vs. Nuggets 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
March TV RADIO
1 Saturday vs. Nets 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM or 950 AM
3 Monday @ Jazz 9:30 PM BSD/NBATV 97.1 FM
5 Wednesday @ Clippers 10:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
8 Saturday @ Warriors 8:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
9 Sunday @ Trail Blazers 9:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
11 Tuesday vs. Wizards 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
13 Thursday vs. Wizards 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
15 Saturday vs. Thunder 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
17 Monday @ Pelicans 8:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
19 Wednesday @ Heat 7:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
21 Friday @ Mavericks 8:30 PM BSD 97.1 FM
23 Sunday vs. Pelicans 3:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
25 Tuesday vs. Spurs 7:00 PM EXTRA 97.1 FM
28 Friday vs. Cavaliers 7:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
30 Sunday @ Timberwolves 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
April TV RADIO
2 Wednesday @ Thunder 8:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM or 950 AM
4 Friday @ Raptors 7:30 PM EXTRA 950 AM
5 Saturday vs. Grizzlies 7:00 PM BSD 97.1 FM
7 Monday vs. Kings 7:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
10 Thursday vs. Knicks 7:00 PM EXTRA 950 AM
11 Friday vs. Bucks 7:00 PM TBD 98.7 FM
13 Sunday @ Bucks 1:00 PM BSD 950 AM
All times listed are Eastern.
*Schedule Subject to change.
About Bally Sports Detroit
All Pistons live and original programming airing on Bally Sports Detroit will stream live on the Bally Sports app and
on ballysports.com when viewers authenticate through their pay-tv service or subscribe directly to Bally Sports+. The Bally
Sports app is available on mobile and tablet devices, including iOS and Android, as well as the following connected devices:
Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku Players and Roku TV and Xbox One. Fans can also
download the app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Roku App Store, XBOX One App
Store and Windows App Store.
Bally Sports Detroit – a Diamond Sports Group-owned regional sports network – presents more live, local sports
programming than any other network or broadcast system in the market. Serving sports fans throughout the state of
Michigan and portions of Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana, the regional network produces over 300 live sporting
events every year. For more regional sports content, visit www.ballysports.com and follow @BallySportsDET on X,
@ballysportsdet on Instagram and BallySportsDetroit on Facebook.
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