This was the last Grey Cup to use the dual CBC/CTV commentator sets (with one network's crew calling one half, and the other's calling the other half), a practice that dated back to 1971. CTV ceased airing CFL games after this game and season (the CTV network ended a 24-year association with the league); in CTV's place came the Canadian Football Network, a syndication service run by the CFL itself, which operated from 1987–90 and aired the Grey Cup, but with their own commentator sets calling the games in their entirety separately from the CBC.