The following is alist of broadcasters for theDetroit Lions, both past and present.

The Lions'flagship radio station isWXYT-FM 97.1. The broadcast team includesDan Miller onplay-by-play,Lomas Brown oncolor commentary, andT. J. Lang assideline reporter.^[1]

The team moved back to WXYT after having been onWJR since the2016 NFL season, which followed a 20-year relationship with WXYT. The decision to part with WXYT was reportedly instigated by a demand by the team for the station to fire on-air personalityMike Valenti—who has had a history of making comments critical of the Lions during his drive-time show—as a condition of any future renewal. A CBS Radio spokesperson stated that their refusal was meant to maintain the station's integrity.^[2][3]

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WXYT (AM) was the sole flagship station from 1998 - 2004.WKRK-FM (later WXYT (AM)) became the co-flagship in 2004.

Detroit'sWWJ was the team's flagship station prior to 1998 and continued tosimulcast WXYT (AM)'s broadcasts prior to the team's move to WKRK.^{[citation needed]} Prior to 1989, WJR had served as the Lions' radio flagship.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2015,WJBK is the flagship station. The announcers areJason Benetti,TJ Lang with color commentary, and Tori Petry with sideline reports. The late Fred McLeod was once a play-by-play TV broadcaster on Lions pre-season.

Regular season games are broadcast regionally onFOX, except when the Lions play anAFC team in Detroit, in which case the game airs regionally onCBS. Theannual Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit is televised nationally on either Fox or CBS, depending on who the visiting team is.

The Lions' official regular season show of record is Lions GameDay Live with Dan Miller hosting.

For regular season games vs. NFC opponents whenFox doesn't have a double header, WJBK produces a live postgame show.

ForThursday Night Football and NFL Network games, WJBK is the local broadcaster of record. For Monday Night Football,WXYZ is the authorised broadcaster unless they decline, which WJBK has often broadcast Monday games when WXYZ declines.

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WKBD was the preseason flagship station from 1992–1996 and from 2004-2007.WDIV andWJBK have served as flagships at various times.^{[clarification needed]}

WWJ-TV was the flagship station from 2008-2010.^[4]

WJBK (channel 2) has been the Fox affiliate in Detroit since December 1994, before that it was a CBS affiliate, and as such, WJBK for many years has served as the primary station for most Lions games. For much of 1994, while WJBK was waiting for its CBS affiliation contract to expire, the Lions games were shown onWKBD-TV (at the time owned byViacom, now owned by CBS as a sister to WWJ-TV), with the last game being the December 10 game against theNew York Jets, on WKBD's last day as a Fox affiliate.

Interconference home games were first televised in 1973 (when the NFL first imposed the 72-hour deadline), and for 25 years these were seen onNBC, withWDIV (channel 4, originally WWJ-TV) airing the games locally. The current WWJ-TV (originally on analog channel 62) has aired such games since 1998 when the AFC contract moved to CBS.

Fox Sports Detroit formerly produced a live postgame and Monday press conference show calledLions Live. It was canceled after the 2007 season.

The Lions' winless performance in2008 and 2–14 season in2009 led to several local broadcast blackouts, as local fans did not purchase enough tickets by the 72 hour blackout deadline. In 2008, five of the Lions' final six home games of the season did not sell out, with the Thanksgiving game being the exception. The first blackout in the 7-year history ofFord Field was the October 26, 2008, game vs. theWashington Redskins. The previous 50 regular season home games had been sellouts.

Games were also often blacked out at the Lions' previous home the (perhaps oversized) 80,000 seatPontiac Silverdome, despite winning seasons and the success and popularity of star players such asBarry Sanders.

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• Van Patrick called play-by-play from 1950 until his death in 1974.^[5]

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