
The St. Louis Blues has introduced Blue Note as the name of the new, exclusive multimedia home of the team's regional television broadcasts beginning this season. In addition to full-season streaming access via Prime Video, Blue Note will be accessible all season long on Spectrum, the largest cable provider in greater St. Louis, in a deal announced today.
The launch of Blue Note as the exclusive home for Blues games on local television marks the dawn of a new era of fan experience for our franchise, says Chris Zimmerman, Blues President and CEO of Business Operations. Having total ownership of our broadcast product will allow us to deliver Blues hockey with direct access to more fans in more places than ever before. We appreciate the ongoing patience and support of the Blues fanbase over the last few months as we work to build a local broadcast platform that is worthy of their passion for this team.
Blue Note is set to locally produce 73 games during the 2026-27 campaign, every regular season contest beyond the 11 nationally slated for exclusive NHL broadcast partners ABC, ESPN, ESPN /Hulu, and TNT. Featuring extensive pre and postgame shows, hockey fans across the club's five-state broadcast territory will have multiple options for watching Blues games, including:
Video Service Providers: In addition to the agreement with Spectrum, the Blues are continuing to negotiate with other cable, satellite, and digital distributors in St. Louis and throughout the broadcast territory to ensure fans can access Blue Note through their preferred service. Updates on distributor agreements and channel locations will be shared publicly as soon as possible.
Streaming: Blue Note will be available to stream on Prime Video within the team's broadcast territory via a free Amazon account and subscription for either $19.99 per month or $99.99 annually. Subscriptions are not yet available, but interested fans can sign up here to receive updates when they are active.
This offseason the Blues invested in the construction of a cloud-connected control room within Enterprise Center where the Blue Note production team will locally produce all road games similarly to how they will produce home games. The team also invested in additional stationary and robotic cameras for home telecasts, along with other state-of-the-art technologies to support all game broadcasts. The Blue Note production team is receiving support from the NHL's centralized production group in the form of robust studio and show programming, premium game production, advanced graphics and replay capabilities and technical support. As a result of these significant investments by the Blues and the NHL, the quality of game production on Blue Note will be most advanced that Blues fans have ever seen on regional telecasts.
Today's introduction of Blue Note is the culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work within our organization as well as strong collaboration with our partners at the NHL and our fellow clubs, says Steve Chapman, Blues Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer. Our collective goal is to build a sustainable broadcast ecosystem that will allow Blues fans several different ways to access Blues game broadcasts and content in the way that they want, while ensuring operational and financial success in the long term.
Blue Note game broadcasts will continue to feature the team of play-by-play announcer Chris Kerber (26 years) and analyst Joey Vitale (8 years) who will enter their eighth season together. Pre and postgame shows will also feature a familiar talent lineup, including studio host Andy Strickland (14 years), analyst and Hall of Famer Bernie Federko (26 years), and analyst and former Blues defenseman Jamie Rivers (15 years), while former Blues enforcer Cam Janssen will make his broadcast debut as a guest analyst for several shows during the season.
All Blues games will continue to be broadcast across the St. Louis Blues Radio Network through the facilities of Hubbard Radio's 101 ESPN and on the Blues App. 101 ESPN is entering its eighth year as the Blues flagship radio station, each of which has featured Kerber as the play-by-play voice and Vitale as the game analyst. Returning for his eighth year as the studio host for pre and postgame and intermission reports is Alex Ferrario. The Blues Radio Network features eight affiliates across Missouri and Illinois.
Specific Blue Note (pronounced Blue Note Plus ) channel locations on Spectrum and other distribution partners and launch dates will be listed at stlouisblues.com/watch as soon as they are available.
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