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Where to watch, how to follow the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby

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Click below to view more coverage from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com previewing the 150th Kentucky Derby to be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

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Where to watch and how to follow Saturday’s $5 million, Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, the first leg of North American thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.

Post time is 6:57 p.m. (EDT) at Churchill Downs (seating capacity of approximately 165,000) in Louisville.

Television

Network: NBC

Announcers: Race call, Larry Collmus; hosts, Rebecca Lowe and Mike Tirico; analysts, Jerry Bailey, Matt Bernier, Randy Moss and Eddie Olczyk; reporters, Donna Brothers, Dylan Dreyer, Britney Euton, Ahmed Fareed, Steve Kornacki, Nick Luck, Kenny Rice and Zanna Roberts Rassi.

TV schedule: Kentucky Derby coverage on NBC will run from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. (EDT). Coverage of the early races on the Derby undercard will be on USA Network from noon to 2:30 p.m. (EDT).

Where to find NBC:

Over the air: Channel 18 (in Lexington)

Spectrum cable: Channel 8 (in Lexington)

DISH Network: Channel 18 (in Lexington)

DirecTV: Channel 18 (in Lexington)

U-verse: Channel 18 (in Lexington)

Where to find USA Network:

Spectrum cable: Channel 26

DISH Network: Channel 105

DirecTV: Channel 242

U-verse: Channel 124 (Channel 1124 High Definition)

Radio

Over the air: None in the Lexington market.

Satellite radio: XM Channel 85, Sirius Channel 85, Internet Channel 85

Trainer Todd Pletcher will seek his third Kentucky Derby triumph when he saddles Fierceness on Saturday for the 150th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Todd Pletcher will seek his third Kentucky Derby triumph when he saddles Fierceness on Saturday for the 150th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs. Silas Walker swalker@herald-leader.com

Internet

Live video: After signing in with your cable TV provider, you can livestream the Kentucky Derby at NBCSports.com, on Peacock or on the NBC Sports app.

Twitter: @johnclayiv; @markcstory; @JonHale_HL; @cdrummond97; @cmakauskas; @kentuckysports; @heraldleader

Facebook: Photos and links on Kentucky.com and KentuckySports.com pages

The Kentucky Derby entries: Click here

The odds: Click here

For postrace coverage: Kentucky.com

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This story was originally published April 29, 2024 at 7:57 AM.

Mark Story
Lexington Herald-Leader
Mark Story has worked in the Lexington Herald-Leader sports department since Aug. 27, 1990, and has been a Herald-Leader sports columnist since 2001. I have covered every Kentucky-Louisville football game since 1994, every UK-U of L basketball game but three since 1996-97 and every Kentucky Derby since 1994. Support my work with a digital subscription
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Kentucky Derby 150 preview

Click below to view more coverage from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com previewing the 150th Kentucky Derby to be held May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs in Louisville.