Off The Air? Several Golden Knights Games In April Might Not Be On TV

Sitting back and watching Dave Goucher, Shane Hnidy and the rest of the Vegas Golden Knights broadcast team on AT&T Sportsnet may soon be a thing of the past.

Warner Bros Discovery, the media conglomerate behind the Knights television home, is warning the team (and others across the country) that they'll be out of the regional sports network game soon. That's according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal and other sources.

The company is giving a March 31st deadline for the teams to sell the rights to their teams to another broadcaster. If they don't do so by the deadline, that will mean the bill will come due for AT&T Sportsnet to pay for the rights, and that may force the company to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. According to Sports Business Journal, the company will allow teams and their new partners to continue using existing staff and equipment.

In the off chance they are unable to come to an agreement with a new television home, four Knights games may go untelevised locally:

Games on April 4th, 8th and 13th are expected to be televised on ESPN and/or ABC and shouldn't be affected by the network shutdown.

In total, Warner Bros Discovery is looking to offload three different regional sports networks that carry 7 teams. They include the Vegas Golden Knights, Pittsburgh Penguins, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies.

Operating a regional sports network has become less and less advantageous in recent years. Networks pay a pretty penny to carry local sports teams, which then pass that cost on to consumers who pay for that network on cable. But with more people cutting the cord, and fewer paying to watch the network, some like Bally Sports have already gone on to declare bankruptcy.

Thankfully many of the familiar faces you know and love are employees of the team, not the network. So Dave, Shane, Ashali, Daren, Gary and others should remain with whatever production does continue.

There could be a chance that we get access to Golden Knights games... over the air. Channel 13 is the official television station of the Vegas Golden Knights, who carry the team's pre-season games. However their parent company, E.W. Scripps, has begun rumbling that they'd like to bring a national sports network, with locally customized programming. That would mean you can watch the Knights on cable again... and even over the air on free television.

Maybe the sports network-pocalypse isn't so bad after all. Fingers crossed... and go Knights go!

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The Vegas Golden Knights, just released four new ice cream flavors to the public that are sweeping over the Las Vegas Valley. And no, you don't have to attend a game at the T-Mobile Arena to try them!

Secret Creamery, the official VGK ice cream partner and also a Las Vegas based ice cream shop teamed up with the professional hockey team to create a sweet treat many could enjoy. Secret Creamery started in 2019 with a passion to make "the most popular desserts in the world." If you haven't tried their ice cream, today may be the day.

The four Vegas Golden Knights ice cream flavors include:

Vegas Born Brownie seems to be the most popular choice! The brownie-cookie combination seems to be unmatched. We are curious if the Victory Flamingo is super tart due to the lemonade.

The ice cream comes in a one pint container that costs $9.99 without tax. The flashy containers are sparkly and golden with bold fonts to catch your eye. Each of the ice cream containers highlight a Vegas centric theme that shows hometown pride.

Whether your a huge hockey fan or an ice cream connoisseur you can purchase the four new flavors at your local Green Valley Grocery locations. Customers can also purchase the Vegas Golden Knights ice cream flavors at Secret Creamery located at 3449 Sammy Davis Jr. Dr. which is right behind the Fashion Show Mall.

You may also purchase the ice cream online on SecretCreamery.com. They ship to over 60 different locations in and around the U.S. 

We are in support of the Knights and can't wait to see which ice cream flavor they come out with next.

It feels like every other week is a four day week! Aimee+Shawn had Monday off for President's Day, but they got a lot in the rest of the week!

Shawn scours the internet for absolutely ridiculous stories to share with the show... and one story out of Texas caught his attention. It comes from a small town several miles out of Fort Worth, Texas where a 3rd grader found a gun in their school's bathroom. From there it got absolutely asinine... and Shawn had Aimee guess what went down.

Aimee decided to call in a pizza order at her local Little Caesars and it turned out to be way more of an ordeal than she bargained for. How ordering five pizzas can create major bureaucracy...

Winds were HOWLING in Las Vegas this week. Shawn's dad (who is visiting town) called Shawn from upstairs. Why? He was worried the wind might make the tree in Shawn's front yard collapse onto his car. Shawn was baffled as he has no control over the tree or the wind, and wonders if others are asked silly "what do you want me to do" questions too.

Aimee was on a hike and saw a doting husband checking on his wife's every step to make sure she didn't trip while heading down the mountain. Meanwhile Aimee's husband was behind her because he didn't want her to fall into him.

With all that exercise, you'd think Aimee would be ready and rearing to go for Scale The STRAT this weekend. But her most common refrain won again: her son has a football tournament and she can't go. Shawn didn't let her get off the hook that easily though, and Aimee lived up to it! She climbed every step live on the air at the station.

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After realizing how competitive he gets catching flying shrimp at hibachi restaurants, Shawn has decided he could set the record for catching them.

Aimee failed to realize that while Little Caesars' slogan is "Pizza Pizza", it is indeed not "Pizza Pizza Pizza Pizza Pizza".

It's already horrifying enough that a 3rd grader stumbled across a gun at their school. Then you find out what the teacher said after being told by the student. Then you find out WHOSE GUN it was. Wow.

You know, we used to be team Harry & Meghan, but then they got upset with "South Park". Now... we are over them.

Heading downstairs for some coffee early in the morning, Aimee stumbled into a co-worker she's seen for years, but this time they actually conversed! Shawn recalls working at Channel 13 and being frozen with fear after years of working with certain people and never remembering their name.

The winds were howling the night before, and Shawn's dad decided to call him from upstairs to share his wind-anxiety with him. Could Shawn do anything? No.

Pagers. VCRs. Dial-up modems. There are certain things that "younger people" will never have to deal with. Some of that is great, but others we are actually sad for them.

On a recent hike, Aimee realized her husband wasn't walking in front of her as they traveled down the mountain. When she asked why, she got a response that made her both laugh and be offended.

Somehow, yet again, Aimee can't make an event because her son has a football tournament. This time it's Scale The STRAT. It seems like there is a football tournament EVERY WEEKEND. Shawn won't let her get out of talking 1,455 stairs though... more on that later.

Shawn's first job was at Sam Goody. Gone. Most of the grocery store check out clerks? Vanished. Now AI is coming after our radio jobs!

Swinging through the drive thru in Taco Bell the night before, the woman in the speaker asked Shawn if he wanted to donate to "children's education". She had no idea what charity it was. Shawn is charitable... but hates donating to "ideas".

The tryouts were just announced, and our afternoon host Sammi has decided she wants to take a shot at being a Raiderette.

If she can't make Scale The STRAT, we'll bring the stair climb to her! Aimee agreed to do the entire stair climb in the 102.7 VGS stairwell and she lived up to her word!