Chicago Cubs Radio Network
Appearance
The Chicago Cubs Radio Network comprises 30 stations in six states.[1]
play-by-play announcer since 1996. From 1996 to 2010, Hughes was partnered with Ron Santo. After Santo's death, Keith Moreland took over as color analyst, lasting three seasons (2011–13). Ron Coomer became the color analyst in 2014. Zach Zaidman
handles the Cubs Central pre- and post-game shows, and takes over the play-by-play for the fifth inning of most games.
All 162 regular season
postseason games are broadcast by the network, though not all affiliates distribute the entire slate. The games are transmitted to stations via C-Band
satellite service on AMC-8.
From 1925 to 2014 (continuously from 1958 to 2014), the Cubs'
Tribune Company (which for many years simultaneously owned the Cubs, TV station WGN-TV and its national superstation, and the local newspaper from which it gets its name, the Chicago Tribune). When it was part of the Tribune Radio Network, the network's non-sports programming included the National Farm Report, a farm news feature hosted by Orion Samuelson; Samuelson Sez (a weekly commentary hosted by Samuelson); and Farming America, a farm news feature hosted by Steve Alexander (previously by Max Armstrong
).
In 2015, the Cubs' broadcast rights moved to
WBMX
(104.3-HD2).
Affiliates
State | City | Station | Frequency |
---|---|---|---|
Illinois | Champaign | WGKC | FM 105.9 |
Chicago | WBMX-HD2 |
AM 670 (Flagship Station) FM 104.3-2 | |
Decatur | WDZ | AM 1050 | |
Lawrenceville | WAKO W257DW |
AM 910 FM 99.3 | |
Lawrenceville | WAKO-FM | FM 103.1 | |
Monmouth | WRAM | AM 1330 | |
Peoria | WHPI |
FM 101.1 FM 96.5 | |
Springfield | WFMB | AM 1450 | |
Sterling | WSSQ | FM 105.5 | |
Indiana | Boonville | WBNL | AM 1540 |
Lafayette | WASK | AM 1450 | |
Marion | WBAT | AM 1400 | |
Rockville | WAXI | FM 104.9 | |
Elkhart | WTRC | AM 1340 | |
Iowa | Boone | KWBG | AM 1590 |
Bloomfield | KUDV | FM 106.9 | |
Carroll | KCIM | AM 1380 | |
Cedar Falls | KCNZ | AM 1650 | |
Des Moines | KRNT | AM 1350 | |
Dubuque | WDBQ | AM 1490 | |
Elkader | KADR | AM 1400 | |
Fairfield | KMCD | AM 1570 | |
Harlan | KNOD | FM 105.3 (pending) | |
Iowa City | KXIC | AM 800 | |
West Burlington | KCPS | AM 1150 | |
Michigan | Kalamazoo | WTOU |
AM 1660 |
Petoskey | WJML | AM 1110 | |
Traverse City | WJNL | AM 1210 | |
Minnesota | Sauk Rapids | WBHR | AM 660 |
North Dakota | Fargo | WDAY (AM) | AM 970 |
Nebraska | Omaha | KIBM | AM 1490 |
South Dakota | Vermillion | KVTK | AM 1570 |
Wisconsin | Madison | WTSO[5] | AM 1070 |
See also
- List of XM Satellite Radio channels
- List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
References
- ^ "Affiliate List". cubs.com.
- ^ Marek, Lynne (May 30, 2014). "WGN America to drop Chicago sports". Chicago Business. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ "Cubs make their radio move to WSCR official". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Sherman, Ed (July 23, 2015). "Bulls, White Sox deals put WLS-AM back in the game in a big way". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Brewers games on Bally Sports Wisconsin will look similar, but some streaming services lack deals".