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Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. Founded in 1960 as ...
' flagship radio station is
KFXN-FM KFXN-FM (100.3 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk radio format, format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and serves the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities market. KF ...
. The games are also heard on the "Vikings Radio Network" in
Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
,
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,
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,
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, and
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, as well as many other outlets.
Paul Allen Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American businessman, computer programmer, and investor. He co-founded Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which was followed by the ...
has been the
play-by-play announcer In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present tense. There are two main types of sports broadcast ...
since the
2002 NFL season The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league went back to an even number of teams with the addition of the Houston Texans; the league has remained static with 32 teams since. The clubs were ...
and
Pete Bercich Peter James Bercich (born December 23, 1971) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Notre Dame. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in th ...
is the analyst, who began his first season in 2007. WCCO was the flagship station from 1961 to 1969. Dick Enroth was the original announcer, succeeded by Ray Christensen.
KSTP (AM) KSTP (1500 kHz; ''SKOR North'') is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the flagship AM radio station of Hubbard Broadcasting, which owns dozens of television and radio stations in nine states. KSTP has a ...
held the rights from 1970 to 1975. WCCO again from 1976 to 1984. KSTP (FM) 1985–1987. WCCO 1988–1990. KFAN 1991–1995. WCCO 1996–2000. KFAN (
KFXN-FM KFXN-FM (100.3 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk radio format, format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and serves the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities market. KF ...
) since 2001. After Jim Morse called the 1970 games, Joe McConnell was the radio play by play announcer 1971–76, 1985–87.
Joe Starkey Joseph K. Starkey (born 1941) is an American sportscaster who served as the radio play-by-play announcer of California Golden Bears football from 1975 to 2022. He previously worked as the sports director of KGO radio in San Francisco, Californ ...
was the radio play by play announcer 1977. Ray Scott was the radio play by play announcer 1978–82. Tim Moreland was the radio play by play announcer 1983–84.
Brad Nessler Bradley Ray Nessler (born June 3, 1956) is an American sportscaster, who currently calls college football and college basketball games for CBS Sports. Career Early assignments Nessler began his professional broadcasting career sharing play– ...
was the radio play by play announcer 1988–89. John Carlson was the play by play announcer 1990. Dan Rowe was the radio play by play announcer 1991–2000. Terry Stembridge, Jr. was the radio play by play announcer 2001. Telecasts of preseason games not shown on national networks are aired on
KMSP-TV KMSP-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the Fox network through its Fox Television Stations division alongside WFTC (channel 9.2 ...
(Channel 9) in the Twin Cities with Paul Allen doing play-by-play as well.


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