Predators Announce Radio Broadcast Partnership with Nashville's El Jefe

Nashville, Tenn. (February 24, 2022) - The Nashville Predators announced today an exclusive partnership with Nashville-based El Jefe to broadcast eight of the team's remaining games in the 2021-22 regular season on the radio in Spanish. Nashville Predators games on El Jefe presented by Don Beto powered by ETHNIX GROUP will be carried on 96.7 FM, 105.3 FM and 810 AM.
The station's first broadcast is scheduled for tonight's 7 p.m. CT game against the Dallas Stars - Pekka Rinne's jersey retirement night - and it will carry every Tuesday night Predators home game in March and April.

"Between honoring Pekka Rinne and hosting the NHL Navy Federal Credit Union Stadium Series™, this is such an incredible week in our franchise's history, and we are so excited to add another incredible milestone to this week by welcoming El Jefe radio to the SMASHVILLE family," Predators President and CEO Sean Henry said. "Long known as the premier Spanish-language radio outlet in Middle Tennessee, we believe we've partnered with the perfect station to present Predators hockey in Spanish for the first time in team history. El Jefe's professionalism and broadcast reach will help us authentically bring SMASHVILLE to our community's ever-growing Hispanic and Latinx market in such a tangible way."
"Entre honrar a Pekka Rinne y ser el anfitrión de la Serie de Estadio Navy Federal Credit Union, esta es una semana increíble en la historia de nuestra franquicia. Estamos muy emocionados de añadir otro hito increíble a esta semana, al darle la bienvenida a la radio EL JEFE FM a la familia de SMASHVILLE," dijo el presidente y director ejecutivo de los Predators, Sean Henry. "Conocido durante mucho tiempo como el principal medio de radio en español en el centro de Tennessee, creemos que nos hemos asociado con la perfecta estación para presentar Predators hockey en español por primera vez en la historia del equipo. El profesionalismo y el alcance de transmisión de EL JEFE FM nos ayudarán a llevar SMASHVILLE auténticamente a la creciente población hispano y latina de nuestra comunidad en una manera tan tangible."
El Jefe has served all of Nashville and parts of Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky for nearly 30 years and is Middle Tennessee's only Spanish-speaking radio outlet with simulcast coverage and the ability to reach more than 150,000 listeners during all of its broadcasts. El Jefe covers several of the biggest events in Middle Tennessee's Hispanic community, including Hispanic Family Day, Fiestas Patrias, festivals, concerts and more.
The complete Nashville Predators on El Jefe presented by Don Beto powered by ETHNIX GROUP broadcast schedule is below:
- Feb. 24 vs. Dallas - March 8 vs. Dallas - March 15 vs. Pittsburgh - March 29 vs. Ottawa - April 5 vs. Minnesota - April 12 vs. San Jose - April 19 vs. Calgary - April 26 vs. Calgary