Four Wild games coming to over-the-air TV this season

In this era of satellite and cable and streaming television, the Minnesota Wild are going old school for a quartet of games this season. On Friday the team announced that four upcoming games will be available not only on FanDuel Sports Network North, they will also be simulcast on over-the-air television.

The games available on free TV begin Thursday, Jan. 29 when the Wild host Calgary at 7 p.m. In addition to FanDuel, that game can be seen on KSTC-TV, which is channel 45 in the Twin Cities. Games on April 11 at Nashville and April 14 versus Anaheim will also be available on channel 45, while the Wild’s Feb. 27 game at Utah can be seen on KSTP-TV, channel 5.

The forur games will also be available on KSAX-TV in Alexandria, WDIO-TV in Duluth, KRWF-TV in Redwood Falls and KAAL-TV in Rochester – all of which are owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. This marks the first time since the 2010-11 NHL season that Wild games will be broadcast on over-the-air television.