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Green flag at the 2015 Daytona 500, aired live on Fox.

The following is a list of the

major networks in the U.S., including ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox. In 1979, CBS covered the race live flag-to-flag
for the first time. The unprecedented broadcast was considered risky by network executives, but was a rousing success when a snowstorm blanketed much of the east coast, prompting a huge viewing audience. An exciting and shocking finish capped off a telecast that was considered a ground-breaking moment in the history of NASCAR, and one of the defining moments that helped elevate the sport into the mainstream.

Currently,

Xfinity Series race, and the respective practice sessions. Some of the ancillary events are aired on Fox companion channels FS1 and FS2
.

Early CBS and ABC's Wide World of Sports era (1959–1978)

The first known telecast of a NASCAR race was the 1960 Daytona 500, parts of which was presented as part of CBS Sports Spectacular, with announcer Bud Palmer.[3]

From 1962 to 1978, the Daytona 500 was shown on

Wide World of Sports.[citation needed] During the 1960s and early 1970s, the race was filmed and an edited highlight package aired the following weekend. In 1974, ABC began the first semi-live coverage (joined-in-progress) of the Daytona 500. Coverage was normally timed to begin when the race was halfway over. Brief taped highlights of the start and early segments were shown, then ABC joined the race live already in progress, picking up approximately the last 90 minutes of the race. This format continued through 1978
.

The

ABC). ABC carried 30 minutes of live coverage of the start of the race, then switched to the Olympics for 90 minutes to carry taped coverage of the final two competitive events (a cross-country ski race and the final runs in the bobsled
), held earlier that day. Then it was back to Daytona for about an hour-and-a-half for the finish.

During the period on Wide World of Sports, the booth announcers typically served as roving pit reporters during the running of the race, as well as interviewing in victory lane. The booth commentary was recorded in post-production.

Year Network
Lap-by-lap
 Color commentator(s)
Pit reporters
 Host
Ratings[4]
 Viewers[4]
1959 none  —  —  —  —  —  —
1960 CBS Sports Spectacular Bud Palmer Bud Palmer Bud Palmer
1961 none  —  —  —  —  —  —
1962
ABC's Wide World of Sports
 Jim McKay Stirling Moss Chris Economaki Jim McKay
1963[5][6] Bill Flemming Chris Economaki Bill Flemming
1964 Chris Economaki
Stirling Moss 		Chris Economaki
Stirling Moss
1965[7] Dan Gurney Bill Flemming
1966[8] Curt Gowdy Rodger Ward Chris Economaki Curt Gowdy
1967[9] Jim McKay Chris Economaki Jim McKay
1968[10] Bill Flemming Bill Flemming Bill Flemming
1969[11]
1970[12][13] Keith Jackson Chris Economaki Keith Jackson
1971[14]
1972[15]
1973 Jim McKay Jackie Stewart Jim McKay
1974[16] Keith Jackson Keith Jackson 10.9/29 12.5 million
1975 Bill Flemming Bill Flemming Bill Flemming 11.8/31 15.1 million
1976[17] Chris Economaki 12.8/37 18.3 million
1977 Jim McKay Jim McKay 12.9/35 16.0 million
1978[18] 11.8/33 20.9 million

CBS era (1979–2000)

In

Sports Emmy for "Outstanding Live Sports Special." Ken Squier served as play-by-play announcer from 1979 to 1997. In 1998, former pit reporter Mike Joy was promoted to play-by-play, while Squier moved to the host
position.

The

CBS lost major market affiliates
during the 1994-95 season.

During its entire run from 1979-2000, CBS also carried the

Goody's 300, while pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 was aired on ESPN
during much of the 1990s.

Since

television ratings for the Daytona 500 have been the highest for any auto race of the year, surpassing the traditional leader, the Indianapolis 500. The 2006 Daytona 500 attracted the sixth largest average live global TV audience of any sporting event that year with 20 million viewers.[23]

Year Network
Lap-by-lap
 Color commentator(s)
Pit reporters
 Host
Ratings[4]
 Viewers[4]
1979[24][25] CBS Ken Squier David Hobbs Ned Jarrett
Brock Yates 		Ken Squier 10.5/29 15.1 million
1980[26][27] 8.0/21 10.8 million
1981[28][29] 8.4/26 11.2 million
1982[30] Ned Jarrett
Larry Nuber 		Brock Yates 9.4/27 11.8 million
1983[31][32] Ken Squier 8.7/26 11.0 million
1984[33][34][35] Ned Jarrett
Chris Economaki
Mike Joy 		Chris Economaki 8.7/23 12.3 million
1985[36][37][38] David Hobbs
Ned Jarrett 		Chris Economaki
Mike Joy 		8.3/23 9.8 million
1986[39] 8.4/22 10.3 million
1987[40][41] Chris Economaki
Mike Joy
Dave Despain 		9.4/26 12.4 million
1988[42][43][44][45] Ned Jarrett
Chris Economaki 		Mike Joy
Dave Despain
David Hobbs 		7.4/18 10.0 million
1989[46][47] 8.1/21 12.0 million
1990[48][49][50] 7.3/20 10.5 million
1991[51][52][53] Ned Jarrett
David Hobbs 		Mike Joy
Dave Despain
Chris Economaki 		7.6/20 10.9 million
1992[54][55][56] Ned Jarrett
Neil Bonnett 		9.2/25 13.4 million
1993[57][58][59][60] Mike Joy
David Hobbs
Chris Economaki 		8.4/23 12.7 million
1994[61][62][63] Ned Jarrett
Chris Economaki 		Mike Joy
David Hobbs
Dick Berggren 		9.6/26 13.6 million
1995[64][65][66][67] Ned Jarrett
Richard Petty 		Ken Squier 7.8/20 11.4 million
1996[68][69][70][71] Ned Jarrett
Buddy Baker 		9.2/24 13.9 million
1997[72][73] Mike Joy
Dick Berggren
Ralph Sheheen 		8.6/23 12.8 million
1998[74][75][76] Mike Joy Dick Berggren
Ralph Sheheen
Bill Stephens 		8.6/23 13.0 million
1999[77][78][79][80] Greg Gumbel
Ken Squier 		9.6/25 12.9 million
2000[81][82][83] Ken Squier 8.4/22

Fox/NBC era (2001–2006)

From

Pepsi 400
in July followed the opposite pattern, going to the network not airing the Daytona 500 in the respective season.

Rights to other support events held during

Goody's Dash Series
race in 2002-2004, taking over from FX in 2001 (although in 2004 the Dash Series was no longer sanctioned by NASCAR).

In 2001, after CBS lost the rights to the Daytona 500, Ken Squier left the network and joined Fox for a one-race arrangement as special contributor and studio host.

Year Network
Lap-by-lap
 Color commentators
Pit reporters
 Pre-Race Host Pre-Race Analyst(s)
Ratings
 Viewers
2001[84][85][86][87] Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip
Larry McReynolds 		Dick Berggren
Steve Byrnes
Matt Yocum
Jeanne Zelasko 		Chris Myers
Jeff Hammond
Darrell Waltrip
Ken Squier
 10.0/24 17.1 million
2002[88][89] NBC[90] Allen Bestwick Benny Parsons
Wally Dallenbach 		Bill Weber
Marty Snider
Dave Burns
Matt Yocum 		Bill Weber Benny Parsons 10.9/26 18.8 million
2003[91][92] Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip
Larry McReynolds 		Dick Berggren
Steve Byrnes
Matt Yocum
Jeanne Zelasko 		Chris Myers
Jeff Hammond
Darrell Waltrip
 9.8/21 16.8 million
2004[93][94][95] NBC Allen Bestwick Benny Parsons
Wally Dallenbach 		Bill Weber
Marty Snider
Dave Burns
Matt Yocum 		Bill Weber Benny Parsons 10.6/24 17.8 million
2005[96][97] Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip
Larry McReynolds 		Dick Berggren
Steve Byrnes
Matt Yocum
Jeanne Zelasko 		Chris Myers
Jeff Hammond
Darrell Waltrip
 10.9/23 18.7 million
2006[98][99][100] NBC Bill Weber Benny Parsons
Wally Dallenbach 		Allen Bestwick
Marty Snider
Dave Burns
Matt Yocum 		Bill Weber Benny Parsons 11.3/23 19.4 million

Exclusive Fox era (2007–present)

Starting in 2007, Fox became the exclusive home of the Daytona 500 under the terms of NASCAR's new television package. Contract extensions signed in 2011 and 2012 extended the exclusive rights on Fox through the 2024 season.

Year Network
Lap-by-lap
 Color commentators
Pit reporters
 Rules analyst(s) Pre-Race Host Pre-Race Analyst(s) Location
Ratings[101]
 Viewers[101]
2007 Fox Mike Joy Darrell Waltrip
Larry McReynolds 		Dick Berggren
Steve Byrnes
Matt Yocum
Krista Voda 		— Chris Myers
Jeff Hammond
Darrell Waltrip
 On Site 10.1/20 17.5 million
2008 10.2/20 17.8 million
2009[102][103] 9.2/19 16.0 million
2010 7.7/16 13.3 million
2011[104][105] 8.7/20 15.6 million
2012[106]
John Roberts
 Michael Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip 		8.0/14 13.7 million
2013[107]
Jeff Hammond
 Chris Myers 9.9/22 16.7 million
2014[108][109] Steve Byrnes
Matt Yocum
Krista Voda
Jeff Hammond
 5.6/10 9.3 million
2015[110][111] Matt Yocum
Jamie Little
Chris Neville
Vince Welch 		Andy Petree Michael Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip 		7.7/17 13.4 million
2016[112] Darrell Waltrip
Jeff Gordon 		Larry McReynolds Jeff Gordon
Darrell Waltrip
Michael Waltrip 		6.6/12 11.4 million
2017[113] 6.6/15 12.0 million
2018[114] Matt Yocum
Jamie Little
Vince Welch
Regan Smith 		5.3 9.8 million
2019[115] 5.5 9.17 million
Shannon Spake Larry McReynolds
Bobby Labonte
Ricky Craven 		Fox Studios
2020 Jeff Gordon Chris Myers Jeff Gordon
Michael Waltrip 		On Site 4.4 7.33 million
Shannon Spake Jamie McMurray
Larry McReynolds 		Fox Studios
2021 Jeff Gordon
Clint Bowyer 		Jamie Little
Vince Welch
Regan Smith 		Chris Myers Jeff Gordon
Clint Bowyer
Michael Waltrip 		On Site 2.8 4.91 million
Shannon Spake Larry McReynolds
Bobby Labonte 		Fox Studios
2022 Clint Bowyer
Tony Stewart 		Chris Myers Clint Bowyer
Tony Stewart
Michael Waltrip 		On Site 4.7 8.86 million
Shannon Spake Jamie McMurray
Trevor Bayne
Larry McReynolds
Bobby Labonte 		Fox Studios
2023 Jamie Little
Regan Smith
Josh Sims 		Chris Myers Clint Bowyer
Tony Stewart
Jamie McMurray
Michael Waltrip 		On Site 4.4 8.17 million
Shannon Spake Trevor Bayne
Larry McReynolds
Bobby Labonte 		Fox Studios
2024 Clint Bowyer
Kevin Harvick 		Chris Myers Clint Bowyer
Kevin Harvick
Jamie McMurray
Michael Waltrip 		On Site 3.3 5.96 million
Shannon Spake Trevor Bayne
Larry McReynolds
Bobby Labonte 		Fox Studios

Notes

See also

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