Q&A: Kate Scott on NHL all-women broadcast crew

To mark International Women’s Day, NBC Sports came up with an idea – a major NHL game between the St Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks that was set to be aired on the service would be broadcast entirely by women.

The game, which took place on 8 March, was aired on NBCSN. In total, roughly 30 women worked on the game for NBC, both behind the scenes and on-air.

Far from the ‘boys club’ of many sports organisations, NBC employs dozens of women who produce and broadcast sports content. However, they rarely work together.

In an interview with ESPN, NBC producer Kaitlin Urka, who pitched the idea to NBC executives in December, said…