Ohio State IMG Sports Network

Ohio State IMG Sports Network

Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Headquarters	Columbus, Ohio
Broadcast area	Ohio West Virginia (limited)
Owner	IMG College
Affiliation	Ohio State Buckeyes RadiOhio, Inc.
Affiliates	68 (including 2 flagships)
Official website	OSU football affiliates OSU basketball affiliates

The Ohio State IMG Sports Network is an American radio network consisting of 68 radio stations which carry coverage of Ohio State Buckeyes football and men's basketball. WBNS/Columbus (1460 AM) and sister station WBNS-FM/Columbus (97.1 FM) serve as the network's 2 flagship stations. The network also includes 66 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio and West Virginia: 40 AM stations, 3 of which extend their signals with low-power FM translators; and 26 full-power FM stations.^[1]^[2]^[3] Paul Keels has served as play-by-play announcer for both football and men's basketball since 1998; former Ohio State offensive guard Jim Lachey currently serves as color analyst for football; and former Ohio State point guard Ron Stokes currently serves as color analyst for men's basketball.^[4]^[5]^[6]

History

In 2009, Ohio State announced it had sold its athletic program's media rights to IMG College and RadiOhio, Inc. (member of the Dispatch Broadcasting Group and owner of longtime network flagships WBNS and WBNS-FM); the "lucrative multiyear deal" was reportedly worth $110 million, and scheduled to last through 2019. At the time of the announcement, athletic director Gene Smith said Ohio State athletics would be in a better position to confront the then-ongoing economic downturn, referencing an unexpected $1.2 million deficit.^[7]^[8]

Programming

Besides gameday coverage, network programming includes: Buckeye Roundtable, a weekly discussion on Buckeyes football; The Urban Meyer Call-In Show, a weekly season-long update with the football head coach; and The Thad Matta Call-In Show, a weekly season-long update with the men's basketball head coach.^[9]^[10]

Station list

Callsign	Frequency	Band	City	State	Network status
WBNS	1460	AM	Columbus	Ohio	Flagship
WBNS-FM	97.1	FM	Columbus	Ohio	Flagship
WAKR	1590	AM	Akron	Ohio	Network affiliate
WMTR-FM*	96.1	FM	Archbold	Ohio	Network affiliate
WFUN	970	AM	Ashtabula	Ohio	Network affiliate
WBLL	1390	AM	Bellefontaine	Ohio	Network affiliate
WPKO-FM*	98.3	FM	Bellefontaine	Ohio	Network affiliate
WBNO-FM	100.9	FM	Bryan	Ohio	Network affiliate
WQCT	1520	AM	Bryan	Ohio	Network affiliate
WBCO	1540	AM	Bucyrus	Ohio	Network affiliate
WQEL	92.7	FM	Bucyrus	Ohio	Network affiliate
WILE-FM	97.7	FM	Cambridge	Ohio	Network affiliate
WHBC	1480	AM	Canton	Ohio	Network affiliate
WCSM	1350	AM	Celina	Ohio	Network affiliate
WCSM-FM	96.7	FM	Celina	Ohio	Network affiliate
WBEX	1490	AM	Chillicothe	Ohio	Network affiliate
W224BR	92.7	FM	Chillicothe	Ohio	n/a (simulcasts WBEX)
WDJO	1480	AM	Cincinnati	Ohio	Network affiliate
WKNR	850	AM	Cleveland	Ohio	Network affiliate
WWGK	1540	AM	Cleveland	Ohio	Network affiliate
WTNS-FM	99.3	FM	Coshocton	Ohio	Network affiliate
WING	1410	AM	Dayton	Ohio	Network affiliate
WDLR*	1550	AM	Delaware	Ohio	Network affiliate
WJER	1450	AM	Dover-New Philadelphia	Ohio	Network affiliate
WEOL	930	AM	Elyria	Ohio	Network affiliate
WFIN	1330	AM	Findlay	Ohio	Network affiliate
WFOB	1430	AM	Fostoria	Ohio	Network affiliate
WOHF	92.1	FM	Fremont	Ohio	Network affiliate
WSRW	1590	AM	Hillsboro	Ohio	Network affiliate
WIRO	1230	AM	Ironton	Ohio	Network affiliate
WYRO	98.7	FM	Jackson	Ohio	Network affiliate
WTCR	1420	AM	Kenova-Huntington	West Virginia	Network affiliate
WKTN*	95.3	FM	Kenton	Ohio	Network affiliate
WLOH	1320	AM	Lancaster	Ohio	Network affiliate
W257EQ	99.3	FM	Logan	Ohio	n/a (simulcasts WLOH)
WIMA	1150	AM	Lima	Ohio	Network affiliate
WMAN	1400	AM	Mansfield	Ohio	Network affiliate
WMOA	1490	AM	Marietta	Ohio	Network affiliate
WMRN	1490	AM	Marion	Ohio	Network affiliate
WQTT*	1270	AM	Marysville	Ohio	Network affiliate
WJAW-FM	100.9	FM	McConnelsville	Ohio	Network affiliate
WYVK	92.1	FM	Middleport	Ohio	Network affiliate
WKLM*	95.3	FM	Millersburg	Ohio	Network affiliate
WMVO	1300	AM	Mount Vernon	Ohio	Network affiliate
WNDH	103.1	FM	Napoleon	Ohio	Network affiliate
WSEO*	107.7	FM	Nelsonville	Ohio	Network affiliate
WCLT	1430	AM	Newark	Ohio	Network affiliate
WLKR-FM	95.3	FM	Norwalk	Ohio	Network affiliate
WABQ	1460	AM	Painesville	Ohio	Network affiliate
WKSD	99.7	FM	Paulding	Ohio	Network affiliate
WPTW	1570	AM	Piqua	Ohio	Network affiliate
W251BC	98.1	FM	Piqua	Ohio	n/a (simulcasts WPTW)
WNXT	1260	AM	Portsmouth	Ohio	Affiliate
WZZZ*	107.5	FM	Portsmouth	Ohio	Network affiliate
WLEC	1450	AM	Sandusky	Ohio	Network affiliate
WMVR-FM	105.5	FM	Sidney	Ohio	Network affiliate
WCDK*	106.3	FM	Steubenville	Ohio	Network affiliate
WLQR	1470	AM	Toledo	Ohio	Network affiliate
WTOD	106.5	FM	Toledo	Ohio	Network affiliate
WBTC	1540	AM	Uhrichsville	Ohio	Network affiliate
WYNT	95.9	FM	Upper Sandusky	Ohio	Network affiliate
WERT	1220	AM	Van Wert	Ohio	Network affiliate
WCHO**	1250	AM	Washington Court House	Ohio	Network affiliate
WCHO-FM*	105.5	FM	Washington Court House	Ohio	Network affiliate
WXIZ*	100.9	FM	Waverly	Ohio	Network affiliate
WVLY*	1370	AM	Wheeling	West Virginia	Network affiliate
WKVX	960	AM	Wooster	Ohio	Network affiliate
WQKT	104.5	FM	Wooster	Ohio	Network affiliate
WBBG*	106.1	FM	Youngstown	Ohio	Network affiliate
WNIO	1390	AM	Youngstown	Ohio	Network affiliate
WHIZ	1240	AM	Zanesville	Ohio	Network affiliate

Gray background indicates low-power translator

* football only

** men's basketball only

Network map(s)

COLUMBUS

Cleveland

Cincinnati

Huntington

Detroit

Map of network stations in Ohio and West Virginia

References

↑ Ohio State Buckeyes football (September 13, 2014). "Gameday Program - Kent State: Ohio State Sports Radio Network" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014. All Ohio State football games are broadcast by the Ohio State IMG Sports Network with WBNS Radio serving as the flagship station...
↑ Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball (2014). "2014-15 Men's Basketball Team Guide: Media Information" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014. All Ohio State men's basketball games are broadcast by the Ohio State IMG Sports Network.
↑ Finnan, Bob (September 24, 2013). "Cleveland Indians announcer Tom Hamilton recovering from knee surgery, will return Friday". MorningJournal.com. The Morning Journal. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. WKNR-850 AM and KNR2-1540 AM have signed a multiyear agreement with the Ohio State IMG Radio Network. ... '... we are very happy ESPN Cleveland will continue as the home for Buckeyes' football and basketball,' Ohio State IMG Sports Marketing general manager Ray DeWeese said in a statement.
↑ Kiesewetter, John (December 8, 2009). "Paul Keels Joins Reds TV Team". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Fans may recognize him as the play by play voice for Ohio State football and basketball on WBNS Radio in Columbus, where he has been since 1998.
↑ Livingston, Bill (November 29, 2013). "Ohio State's Ryan Shazier displays the fierce qualities of college football's greatest rivalry, plus stunning speed". The Plain Dealer via Cleveland.com. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. and Northeast Ohio Media Group. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2014. Said Jim Lachey, the Ohio State radio network analyst...
↑ Blade staff (April 4, 2010). "10 questions with Ron Stokes". ToledoBlade.com. The Toledo Blade. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014. ... and for the last 13 seasons the Canton native has been the expert analyst on the radio broadcasts of Ohio State basketball working with play-by-play announcer Paul Keels.
↑ Price, Rita (March 30, 2009). "College athletics: OSU getting richest multimedia contract". The Columbus Dispatch via Dispatch.com. The Dispatch Printing Co. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. The Buckeyes' athletics program is the nation's biggest, and so is its deal: IMG College and RadiOhio will pay OSU $110 million over the next 10 years in the largest multimedia-rights guarantee in collegiate sports. ... RadiOhio is a member of the Dispatch Broadcast Group, which includes the Ohio State Radio Sports Network, WBNS-AM and WBNS-FM...
↑ Pramik, Mike (March 31, 2009). "OSU athletics deal is future-focused; Marketing pact won't fix this year's shortfall, officials say". The Columbus Dispatch. Dispatch Printing Co. p. 10C - Business. Once money starts flowing from the university's $110 million deal with IMG College and RadiOhio, the athletic department will be better positioned to weather the economic downturn, OSU athletics director Gene Smith said. ... 'At the time we started the process five months ago, we were not in the position to know we'd have the $1.2 million (deficit),' Smith said.
↑ "Readers say Price was player of the week". Chillicothe Gazette. ChillicotheGazette.com. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Hosley was honored Monday by the Ohio State Radio Network and WBNS-FM (97.1) during the Buckeye Roundtable show in Chillicothe.
↑ Gerdeman, Tony (October 16, 2014). "Updates from the Oct. 16 Urban Meyer Call-In Show". TheOZone.net. O-Zone Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Urban Meyer sat down for his weekly one-hour call-in show on the Ohio State IMG Sports Network Thursday.

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