{"id":458381,"date":"2025-12-19T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458381\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:21:14","slug":"flyers-suspend-radio-broadcaster-for-comments-made-during-hot-mic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458381\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers suspend radio broadcaster for comments made during hot mic moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Tim Saunders host a pregame ceremony honoring Steve Coates, 43-year career as member of the broadcast team for the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on April 1, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1480668694-1-1024x781.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. Len Redkoles \/ NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Flyers have suspended radio play-by-play broadcaster Tim Saunders for two games after he was caught on a hot mic making an inappropriate joke of a sexual nature on the team\u2019s flagship station, 97.5 The Fanatic.<\/p>\n<p>According to a team source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, Saunders was joking with his broadcast partner, Todd Fedoruk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LQywSJ958\">pic.twitter.com\/3LQywSJ958<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlyers\/status\/2002037612857500113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saunders will miss the Flyers-Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, and Monday\u2019s home game with the Vancouver Canucks. He will return on Dec. 23 for the Flyers-Blackhawks game in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Smith, the Flyers\u2019 director of broadcasting and content, will fill in, calling games with Fedoruk, according to a team source.<\/p>\n<p>Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. He joined the club in 1997 after spending two seasons with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the now-defunct International Hockey League. He also served as the television play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phantoms for eight seasons before the Flyers\u2019 American Hockey League affiliate was relocated.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. 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