The Michigan Stags' radio station was
WWJ 950. Gary Morrel was play-by-play announcer while Norm Plummer handled color commentary. (At least one broadcast had only two sponsors mentioned: Nolwood Chemical, a company owned by the Stags' owners, and the Stags themselves.) Michigan played just one game on local television: the season opener against the
Indianapolis Racers, broadcast live from
Indianapolis on
WXON Channel 20. Detroit radio icon Vince Doyle called
play-by-play and former Red Wing
Marty Pavelich was the
color commentator. The Stags won the game, 4-2, but few saw it; the Stags were up against game five of the
1974 World Series. Eight other games were scheduled to be televised but money became a problem by mid-November, especially after Michigan lost 11 of their next 12 following their season-opening win.
Games of the original Minnesota Fighting Saints were heard on
WLOL Radio (1330 AM) from 1972 to 1976, with Frank Buetel as play-by-play announcer. Buetel was the original TV voice of the NHL's
Minnesota North Stars from 1967 to 1970 on WTCN-TV (now
KARE-TV). Buetel's color commentators included Roger Buxton and Bob Halvorson, the Saints' first-season public relations director (1972–73), and Bill Allard (1973–76).
Al Hirt's version of "
When the Saints Go Marching In" was used as the theme song for WLOL's Fighting Saints broadcasts. No local radio station carried games of the New Fighting Saints (1976–77). Fighting Saints games were televised sporadically on WTCN from 1973 to 1975. The first WTCN game was a home contest versus Cleveland on December 23, 1973, with Buetel and Allard simulcasting. Buxton called subsequent games on WTCN. In the 1973–74 season, one Saints home game was carried on
KTCA-TV (PBS). No local TV station aired games of the New Fighting Saints.
The Michigan Stags' radio station was
WWJ 950. Gary Morrel was play-by-play announcer while Norm Plummer handled color commentary. (At least one broadcast had only two sponsors mentioned: Nolwood Chemical, a company owned by the Stags' owners, and the Stags themselves.) Michigan played just one game on local television: the season opener against the
Indianapolis Racers, broadcast live from
Indianapolis on
WXON Channel 20. Detroit radio icon Vince Doyle called
play-by-play and former Red Wing
Marty Pavelich was the
color commentator. The Stags won the game, 4-2, but few saw it; the Stags were up against game five of the
1974 World Series. Eight other games were scheduled to be televised but money became a problem by mid-November, especially after Michigan lost 11 of their next 12 following their season-opening win.
Games of the original Minnesota Fighting Saints were heard on
WLOL Radio (1330 AM) from 1972 to 1976, with Frank Buetel as play-by-play announcer. Buetel was the original TV voice of the NHL's
Minnesota North Stars from 1967 to 1970 on WTCN-TV (now
KARE-TV). Buetel's color commentators included Roger Buxton and Bob Halvorson, the Saints' first-season public relations director (1972–73), and Bill Allard (1973–76).
Al Hirt's version of "
When the Saints Go Marching In" was used as the theme song for WLOL's Fighting Saints broadcasts. No local radio station carried games of the New Fighting Saints (1976–77). Fighting Saints games were televised sporadically on WTCN from 1973 to 1975. The first WTCN game was a home contest versus Cleveland on December 23, 1973, with Buetel and Allard simulcasting. Buxton called subsequent games on WTCN. In the 1973–74 season, one Saints home game was carried on
KTCA-TV (PBS). No local TV station aired games of the New Fighting Saints.