The Charlotte Hornets play in the National Basketball Association. NBA broadcasts split between national windows on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, and Amazon Prime Video — and regional sports networks for in-market games. NBA League Pass streams every out-of-market game live or on demand.
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Local Charlotte Hornets games stream on DAZN across Charlotte and the Carolinas. They air on WSOC-TV Channel 9 there too, which is also free over the air with an antenna. A Cox Media Group deal puts the games on WSOC-TV 9 and TV64 - the first time in 27 years Hornets basketball has been free over the air in the region.
To stream Charlotte Hornets local games, use DAZN. The same games that air on WSOC-TV Channel 9 stream on DAZN inside the team's broadcast territory, as a subscription. Games shown only on a national network are not part of it.
Fubo does not carry WSOC-TV Channel 9. Fubo's regional channel list, which is where its own carriage is published, has no Charlotte Hornets channel on it — so Fubo is the wrong subscription if local games are what you want. It is the right one for the national windows on ESPN, ABC and NBC, and it confirms your local channels by ZIP at signup.
Stream Charlotte Hornets local games on DAZN →Preseason tips off in October. Most Charlotte Hornets preseason games are regional broadcasts rather than national windows; anything with a national network is listed below.
| Date (ET) | Matchup | TV |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 6 · 7:00 PM ET | vs Brooklyn Nets | NBA TV / DAZN (YES) |
| Sun, Oct 11 · 7:00 PM ET | vs Milwaukee Bucks | MyMi / Bucks App |
| Wed, Oct 14 · 7:30 PM ET | at Boston Celtics | Local broadcast |
| Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 PM ET | at Memphis Grizzlies | DAZN MEM |
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The Charlotte Hornets open the 2026-27 regular season on the road against the Brooklyn Nets on Wed, Oct 21, airing on WSOC-TV Channel 9.
10 of the 80 Charlotte Hornets regular-season games listed below currently carry a national TV window — NBA TV (3), NBC (3), Prime Video (2), ESPN (1), NBCSN (1). The rest stream on DAZN and air on WSOC-TV Channel 9, also free over the air.
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National games on ESPN, ABC and NBC are not on DAZN. Fubo carries those.
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WSOC-TV Channel 9: Charlotte Hornets games without a national window stream on DAZN across Charlotte and the Carolinas and air on WSOC-TV Channel 9, which is also free over the air there.
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NBA broadcasts split between national networks and regional sports networks. National windows air on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, and Amazon Prime Video — open to anyone with the right cable package or live-TV streamer. In-market Charlotte Hornets games stream on DAZN across Charlotte and the Carolinas and air on WSOC-TV Channel 9, which is also free over the air there.
Out-of-market fans rely on NBA League Pass, which streams every regular-season game live and on demand (with limited blackouts on national windows and in-market local games). This season it is also sold as a channel inside Amazon Prime Video. The provider filters above will surface every upcoming Charlotte Hornets game available on your current subscriptions before you decide whether League Pass is worth adding.
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The exact channel for today's the Charlotte Hornets game is shown on the live game card above, pulled from the official NBA schedule. Charlotte Hornets broadcasts air across ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, and Amazon Prime Video. In-market games stream on DAZN in Charlotte and the Carolinas and air on WSOC-TV Channel 9, also free over the air.
Today's the Charlotte Hornets start time is shown on the game card above in your local time zone, synced live with the NBA schedule. If the Charlotte Hornets are off today, the next scheduled game is shown instead.
Use the provider filters above to mark the streaming services and cable packages you already pay for — the schedule then highlights every upcoming Charlotte Hornets game you can watch on your current plan. For games outside your local market, NBA League Pass (every out-of-market regular-season game) fills the gap.
No. Live-TV streaming services like Fubo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling, and DirecTV Stream carry most of the channels that broadcast Charlotte Hornets games. The local games are the exception: WSOC-TV Channel 9 is not on Fubo, but the same games stream on DAZN as their own subscription (WSOC-TV Channel 9 is also free over the air in Charlotte and the Carolinas). The provider filters above will show which upcoming Charlotte Hornets games are available on your current streaming setup.
The Charlotte Hornets open the 2026-27 regular season on Wed, Oct 21 at 7:30 PM ET, at the Brooklyn Nets, airing on NBA League Pass / DAZN (YES). The full schedule, with the TV network for every game the league has assigned one to, is on this page.
WSOC-TV Channel 9 in Charlotte and the Carolinas, and the same games stream on DAZN as a subscription. Fubo does not carry WSOC-TV Channel 9; it covers the national windows on ESPN, ABC and NBC. WSOC-TV Channel 9 is also free over the air with an antenna.