The Islanders have a new plan for their radio coverage in 2025-26, headlined by a new play-by-play voice in Alan Fuehring, the team confirmed on Wednesday after Newsday reported the news earlier in the day.
Fuehring will call around 70 games on radio, usually working solo but with occasional guest analysts and celebrities. For the other 12 or so, when he is filling in on MSG Sportsnet for Brendan Burke, Fuehring’s TV call will be simulcast on radio outlets.
While Fuehring will call the Oct. 9 opener at Pittsburgh, he mostly will work remotely off monitors for road games other than those of nearby opponents, including the Rangers. Islanders radio announcers largely stopped traveling two seasons ago.
When the news broke in April that the Islanders had let go their longtime radio team of