Where to Watch/Listen Kentucky Derby Week
Description:
NBC Sports Group will offer 15 1/2 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage leading up to the 140th edition of the first jewel of the Triple Crown, a record for the event.
The coverage begins Wednesday, April 30, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with the first of three Kentucky Derby Classics segments and includes live coverage on NBC of the Kentucky Derby on May 3, beginning at 6 p.m.
NBC's Kentucky Derby coverage, which has been honored with the Eclipse Award in the Television-Live Programming category for the past two years, includes 7 1/2 hours on Kentucky Derby day. This year’s broadcast will feature live coverage of 12 races on Friday and Saturday that includes every race in NBC/NBC Sports Network telecast windows.
Olympic figure skaters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinksi, who received critical acclaim for their figure skating analysis on NBCSN’s coverage of the 2014 Sochi Games, as well as for their conversational rapport on topics ranging from twizzles to tres chic attire, will join NBC Sports Group for its coverage of the 2014 Kentucky Derby.
Weir
Lipinski
Weir and Lipinski will work as fashion experts for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3 and the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, May 2. Weir, a three-time U.S. figure skating champion, and Lipinksi, the 1998 Olympic figure skating gold medalist, also were fashion critics for Access Hollywood’s coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards.
Weir and Lipinski will contribute to NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3 (4-7 p.m. on NBC and noon-4 p.m. on NBCSN) and the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, May 2 (3-6 p.m. on NBCSN).
NBC Sports Group’s live Kentucky Derby coverage begins Wednesday, April 30 with the Kentucky Derby post-position draw at 5 p.m. on NBCSN.
TV - Kentucky Derby week schedule
Date
Program
Time
Network
April 30
Pursuit of the Crown
noon
HRTV
April 30
Kentucky Derby Classics (2013)
4 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
April 30
Kentucky Derby Draw
5 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
May 1
Pursuit of the Crown
noon
HRTV
May 1
Kentucky Derby Classics (2012)
4 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
May 1
Kentucky Derby Access
5 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
May 1
Kentucky Oaks Handicappers' Preview
8 p.m.
TVG
May 2
Pursuit of the Crown
9:30 a.m.
HRTV
May 2
Race Day America
noon
HRTV
May 2
Kentucky Derby Classics (2009)
2 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
May 2
Kentucky Oaks
3 p.m.
NBC Sports Network
May 2
Pursuit of the Crown
8:30 p.m.
HRTV
May 2
Kentucky Derby Handicappers' Preview
9:30 p.m.
TVG
May 3
Pursuit of the Crown
9:30 a.m.
HRTV
May 3
Race Day America
10 a.m.
HRTV
May 3
Kentucky Derby Prerace
noon
NBC Sports Network
May 3
Kentucky Derby (Race approx 6:24 p.m.)
4 p.m.
NBC
May 3
Kentucky Derby Post-race Coverage
7 p.m
NBC Sports Network
May 3
Pursuit of the Crown
8 p.m.
HRTV
May 4
Pursuit of the Crown
noon
HRTV
Note: All Times listed are Eastern
RADIO - HRRN Kentucky Derby Week Schedule
Date
Program
Time
April 29
KTA/KTOB Derby Trainers Dinner
7:30 p.m.
April 30
Derby Countdown Show
8-10 a.m.
April 30
Derby 140 Post Position Draw
5-6 p.m.
May 1
Derby Countdown Show
8-10 a.m.
May 2
Derby Countdown Show
8-10 a.m.
May 2
Kentucky Oaks 140
3-6 p.m.
May 3
Kentucky Derby Undercard
2-4 p.m.
May 3
Kentucky Derby Prerace Show
4-5 p.m.
May 3
Kentucky Derby 140
5-7 p.m.
Note: All Times listed are Eastern