Fighting Illini Sports Network

The Fighting Illini Sports Network are radio stations in Illinois that broadcast Illinois Fighting Illini athletic events. The current, 44 radio station network is managed by Fighting Illini Sports Properties, whose offices are located in Champaign, Illinois.^[1]^[2]

Current radio affiliates[]

Station	Frequency	City	Format	Sports carried	Notes
WRMJ	102.3	Aledo, IL	Country	Football, basketball
WBGZ	1570, 69.9	Alton, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball	Serves Northern St. Louis & Metro-East area
WJBC	93.7 1230	Bloomington, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball	Serves Bloomington-Normal area
WBYS	1560	Canton, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball
WCXO	96.7	Carlyle, IL	Variety hits	Football, basketball
WDWS	1400	Champaign, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball	Owned by the News-Gazette
WHMS	97.5	Champaign, IL	Adult Contemporary	Football, basketball	Owned by the News-Gazette
WLS-AM	890	Chicago, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball	2020-21 was first year of a multi-year agreement.
WDAN	1490	Danville, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball
WDNL	102.1	Danville, IL	Adult Contemporary	Football, basketball
WFXN	1230	Moline, IL	Sports	Football, basketball	Serves Quad Cities area
WSOY	1340	Decatur, IL	Talk radio	Football, basketball
WDQN	1580	Du Quoin, IL	Country	Football, basketball
WGFA	94.1	Watseka, IL	Adult Contemporary	Football, basketball
WJEZ	98.9	Dwight, IL	Classic hits	Football, basketball
WCRC	95.7	Effingham, IL	Country	Football, basketball

Personalities[]

Brian Barnhart, football and men's basketball play-by-play
Martin O'Donnell, football color analyst
Deon Thomas, men's basketball color analyst
Doug Altenberger, men's basketball color analyst

External links[]

FightingIllini.com

References[]

^ "College & University Partners". LEARFIELD.
^ "General - News Archives". University of Illinois Athletics.

[1] "College & University Partners". LEARFIELD.

[2] "General - News Archives". University of Illinois Athletics.

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v t Illinois Fighting Illini football
Venues	Illinois Field (1890–1922) Memorial Stadium (1923–present) Soldier Field (1994-present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Michigan Missouri Northwestern (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Ohio State (Illibuck) Purdue (Purdue Cannon)
Culture & lore	Illinois Loyalty "Oskee Wow-Wow" Marching Illini Gene Honda Fighting Illini Sports Network Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal 2021 Penn State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

v t Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Venues	Kenney Gym (1906–1925) Huff Hall (1926–1963) State Farm Center (1963–present) Prairie Capital Convention Center (2015)
Rivalries	Indiana Iowa Missouri Northwestern
Culture & lore	Whiz Kids Flyin' Illini Orange Krush Fighting Illini Sports Network Oskee Wow-Wow Illinois Loyalty Chief Illiniwek 1960s slush fund scandal
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics