Coyotes announce partnership with Univision Arizona

The Arizona Coyotes announced a partnership with Univision Arizona to broadcast a Coyotes Game of the Week on radio in Spanish. As part of the agreement, KHOV 105.1 FM will broadcast 14 Coyotes games during the remainder of the 2021-22 NHL season beginning with the Coyotes versus Tampa Bay Lightning game on Dec. 23 at 7 p.m.

Current Arizona Cardinals Spanish Play-by-Play Announcer Luis Hernandez will call all the game action on KHOV 105.1 FM. Hernandez has worked for the Cardinals since 1998 in a variety of on-air and content creation roles. He has also worked for MLB in their Spanish social media department. He is a recognized journalist among the Spanish-language media in the United States having held an executive position in the news department of the MundoFox network and also served as a news correspondent for Televisa and EstrellaTV. Hernandez was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, MX.

“We are very excited about our new partnership with Univision Arizona,” said Coyotes President & CEO Xavier A. Gutierrez. “To expand our rabid fans base, we need to attract Latinos to our great sport and expose hockey to new communities. We also need to super-serve our Latino fans and fans in waiting. Our Spanish radio Game of the Week broadcast with Univision Arizona will help us engage with the Valley’s Hispanic market in an authentic way and promote growth, diversity and inclusion.”

“Univision Arizona is excited to begin our new partnership with the Arizona Coyotes,” said Joe Donnarumma, President & General Manager of Univision Arizona. “We look forward to our audience and community embracing the Coyotes. Broadcasting a weekly game of the week, in Spanish on KHOV, will further introduce the exciting product of NHL hockey to our loyal and engaged audience.”