Chicago Cubs Radio Network

The Chicago Cubs Radio Network comprises 30 stations in six states.[1]

Pat Hughes has been the 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. Cubs television play-by-play announcer Len Kasper joins the radio network to call the fifth inning of nationally televised games featuring the team, such as Sunday Night Baseball and postseason contests.

All 162 regular season baseball games, some spring training games, and all 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' flagship station was WGN, 720 AM, the lone radio station of the 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 CBS Radio after Tribune Co. declined to renew its longstanding broadcast rights.[2] The 2015 season was broadcast by WBBM. After sister station WSCR's loss of radio rights to broadcast the Chicago White Sox games to WLS in July 2015, it was widely expected that the Cubs would move to WSCR as a replacement. This move was confirmed by CBS Radio on November 11, 2015 [3][4] and finalized before the start of the 2016 Cubs season. Through WSCR, the games also air on the FM dial via HD Radio through WSCR's subchannel on WBMX (104.3-HD2).

Affiliates
StateCityStationFrequency
Florida NaplesWNOGAM 1270
Illinois ChampaignWGKCFM 105.9
ChicagoWSCR
WBMX-HD2		AM 670 (Flagship Station)
FM 104.3-2
DecaturWDZAM 1050
LawrencevilleWAKO
W257DW		AM 910
FM 99.3
LawrencevilleWAKO-FMFM 103.1
MonmouthWRAMAM 1330
PeoriaWZPN
WHPI		FM 101.1
FM 96.5
QuincyWGEMAM 1440
SpringfieldWFMBAM 1450
SterlingWSSQFM 105.5
Tower HillWRANAM 1050
Indiana BoonvilleWBNLAM 1540, FM 97.7
LafayetteWASKAM 1450
MarionWBATAM 1400
PeruWARUFM 101.9
RockvilleWAXIFM 104.9
ElkhartWTRCAM 1340 FM 101.9
Iowa BooneKWBGAM 1590
BloomfieldKUDVFM 106.9
CarrollKCIMAM 1380
Cedar FallsKCNZAM 1650
DavenportESPNAM 1170
Des MoinesKRNTAM 1350
DubuqueWDBQAM 1490
ElkaderKADRAM 1400
FairfieldKMCDAM 1570
HarlanKNODFM 105.3 (pending)
Iowa CityKXICAM 800
West BurlingtonKCPSAM 1150
Michigan KalamazooWQLRAM 1660
PetoskeyWJMLAM 1110
Traverse CityWJNLAM 1210/101.1 FM
Minnesota Sauk RapidsWBHRAM 660, FM 95.7
Nebraska OmahaKIBMAM 1490, FM 104.1
South Dakota VermillionKVTKAM 1570

See also

References
  1. "Affiliate List". cubs.com.
  2. Marek, Lynne (May 30, 2014). "WGN America to drop Chicago sports". Chicago Business. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  3. "Cubs make their radio move to WSCR official". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. 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.
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