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Originally Posted by getbak
TSN Radio broadcasts the Canucks games.
Edmonton is the only market with a TSN Radio affiliate that is not the radio broadcaster of its NHL team. Oilers games currently air on CHED, which is owned by Corus and is not a full-time sports station (it's Edmonton's equivalent of CHQR in Calgary). I'd say it's a safe bet that TSN will be going hard after the rights whenever they become available.
Calgary and Toronto are the only markets with Sportsnet Radio stations and Calgary is the only NHL market without a TSN Radio station.
Toronto is the only market in Canada that's likely big enough to support two all-sports radio stations. It helps that they share the broadcast rights to all MLSE-owned teams.
The Fan's ratings in Calgary are pretty bad, and that's with them owning the Flames' rights. I can't see Bell trying to launch a second all-sports station in Calgary to try to steal away listeners from one of the least listened-to stations in the city without the rights to the Flames.
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I have no doubt that any time the rights for any CFL or NHL become up for grabs in any Canadian city that TSN will be walking in with briefcases of money and it's hard to imagine Rogers after sinking all that money into the NHL deal that they will be able to outbid TSN.