Westwood One Celebrates 40 Seasons of NFL Coverage and Kevin Harlan is a National Treasure

If you didn't catch the opening game of the NFL Season between the defending Super Bowl Champions Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on NBC, then you were listening to the game on Westwood One? You weren't? This is what you missed at the end of the fourth quarter-- the great Kevin Harlan.

Kevin Harlan on the call for Josh Jobe's interception to secure the win for the #SeattleSeahawks pic.twitter.com/9Yi4nhvzIQ

— Westwood One Sports (@westwood1sports) September 10, 2026

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Here's Westwood One's official release on the 2026 NFL Season:

Cumulus Media’s Westwood One, Official Network Audio Partner of the NFL, Celebrates 40th Consecutive Season and Reveals 2026 NFL Lineup and Programming Highlights, From NFL Kickoff to Super Bowl LXI

Cumulus Media’s Westwood One, one of the largest audio networks in the U.S. and the official network audio broadcast partner of the NFL, announces its 2026 NFL Season programming lineup, as it celebrates its 40th consecutive season delivering NFL’s matchups and minute-by-minute action and analysis. This season, Westwood One will deliver comprehensive NFL play-by-play coverage, with the NFL’s biggest stars and rivalries across Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, eight International Games, late-season Saturday games, and more. In addition, Westwood One will offer specialty programs this season including NFL Preview, NFL Insider, NFL Sunday, and NFL Fantasy Football Forecast.

Westwood One brings all the excitement of the new NFL season to football fans starting Wednesday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET, with a season-opening matchup between the New England Patriots vs. the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA.

Calling All the NFL Action From NFL Kickoff to Super Bowl LXI and More

The 2026 Westwood One NFL schedule includes all the excitement of the NFL Kickoff game, Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas, eight International Games, late-season Saturday games, and every NFL postseason game, culminating with Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. Westwood One will also feature weekly specialty programs including NFL Preview, NFL Insider, NFL Sunday, and NFL Fantasy Football Forecast.

All-Star Broadcast Team

Leading the broadcast crew for Westwood One are Kevin Harlan and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, calling Monday Night Football and Super Bowl LXI. This will be Harlan’s 17th full season behind the microphone and Warner’s 13th season as an analyst for the network.

Kevin Kugler will be the lead voice on Thursday nights, with Devin McCourty and Ross Tucker rotating as analysts for Thursday Night Football. Rounding out the week are Ryan Radtke and Mike Golic as the voices of Sunday Night Football.

Play-by-play announcers for the national package are Jason Benetti, Tom McCarthy, Noah Eagle, J.P. Shadrick, and John Sadak. Other game analysts this season will include Mike Mayock, Ryan Harris, Ryan Leaf, Derek Rackley and Hall of Famer James Lofton.

This season, Westwood One will offer pregame and halftime shows on Monday Night Football, anchored by Jamie Erdahl and Super Bowl LII winning coach Doug Pederson, with Scott Graham returning as host for the pregame/halftime/postgame portions of all the remaining games in the national radio package.

Where to Listen, Including Westwood One’s Easy-to-Use Website at https://www.westwoodonesports.com/

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