The Detroit Pistons will head into the 2023-24 season with one agenda: To improve.
After four years of tanking and player development, the Pistons are finally hoping to compete in the Eastern Conference next season, but they’ll be up against a tall task, as just about every team in the East has improved and thinks they have a shot at the playoffs.
We won’t have to wait long to find out, as training camp starts in less than two weeks and the regular season just 22 days later.
You can see the Pistons’ full regular season schedule here.
Even though the Detroit Pistons have some exciting players, they won’t be featured much on national tv, with just four nationally televised games in the 2023-24 season.
And with the stupid blackout rules still in place for NBA League Pass and the league reportedly cracking down on illegal streams (good luck), fans of the Pistons may have to turn to the radio to get their fix.
How to listen to Detroit Pistons games on the radio in 2023-24
You can listen to most Detroit Pistons’ games on 97.1 FM The Ticket, which is the team’s flagship partner. But there are also plenty of local AM and FM affiliates that will carry Pistons’ games throughout the season:
- WMAX 96.1 FM – Holland
- WTKG 1230 AM – Grand Rapids
- WVFN 730 AM – Lansing
- WCCY 99.3 FM & 1400 AM – Houghton
- WPHM 1380 AM – Port Huron
- WLUN 100.9 FM – Saginaw
- WJML 1110 AM – Petoskey
- WJNL 101.1 FM & 1210 AM – Traverse City
- WGRY 101.1 FM – Grayling
- WKBZ 1090 AM – Muskegon
- WHAK 960 AM – Alpena & Rogers City
- WKHM 101.9 FM – Jackson
- WKNW 1400 AM – Sault Saint Marie
- WNBY 1450 AM – Newberry
- WCHT 600 AM – Escanaba
- WDMJ 1320 AM – Marquette
- WMIQ 1450 AM – Iron Mountain
Mark Champion and former Bad Boy Rick Mahorn will carry on as the broadcast duo for 97.1 FM, with Champion returning for his 26th season in the role.
It might be some time before the Detroit Pistons are a mainstay on national television again, but until then you have some local options on the radio to avoid the dreaded blackouts.