Business of Sports

Blues and Gray Media agree to 10-game free-to-air television package

Selected Blue Note+ broadcasts will air on First Alert ABC and stations in ten other markets, beginning October 22.

Blues broadcasters Chris Kerber and Joey Vitale wearing headsets in the broadcast booth
Chris Kerber, left, and Joey Vitale in the Blues broadcast booth. File photo supplied with the team's July 2025 broadcast announcement. · Credit: St. Louis Blues

The St. Louis Blues and Gray Media have agreed to a multiyear partnership that will put ten selected Blue Note+ broadcasts on free-to-air television this season.

The Thursday Night Blues package begins October 22 with St. Louis hosting Vegas. Games will air on First Alert ABC, Channel 32 in St. Louis, and Gray stations in ten additional markets across the Blues’ five-state broadcast territory.

The team said the distribution area covers more than 4.8 million television households. Fans will be able to receive the broadcasts through an antenna as well as participating cable, satellite and streaming providers.

Gray will carry the Blue Note+ game production, with Chris Kerber calling play-by-play and Joey Vitale providing analysis. The simulcasts will not include Blue Note+’s pregame or postgame shows, which remain exclusive to that platform.

The agreement also includes the return of a Blues Weekly program and a weekly feature on First Alert 4 news broadcasts.

The ten-game schedule runs through March 25. Viewers outside St. Louis should check their local station listings for channels and broadcast windows.

Sources and notes

  1. St. Louis Blues: Blue Note+ to simulcast ten games on First Alert ABC: https://www.nhl.com/blues/news/blue-note-plus-to-simulcast-10-games-on-first-alert-abc