NFL on Westwood One

The NFL on Westwood One is the brand name given to weekly National Football League games carried on the radio over the Westwood One network.

Westwood One's package includes two weekly Sunday afternoon games, the Sunday Night Football game, the Monday Night Football game, the Thanksgiving Day games, Thursday Night Football (beginning in 2006), any late-season Friday and Saturday night games, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, the season-opening NFL Kickoff Game, all playoff games, the Super Bowl, and the Pro Bowl. These games are distributed throughout the United States, Canada, and (via BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) the United Kingdom. (For special events such as the NFL International Series and the Super Bowl, the BBC uses its own announcers.

Relationship to CBS

Westwood One has had a long-standing relationship with CBS Radio, which owned the network for approximately ten years (1998–2008) and, through the CBS Radio Network, still maintains control of the production of certain programming, including NFL games. As such, there is often synergy between the NFL on Westwood One and its former sister outlet, the NFL on CBS.

The current theme music for Westwood One's pro football coverage is "Posthumus Zone" by E.S. Posthumus, the same as is that used on the NFL on CBS television coverage (Westwood One's sports coverage has always used the appropriate CBS television theme for their sport where applicable).

Some personnel is shared between the two units; for instance,...
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