The Ohio State Sports Network from Learfield is an American radio network consisting of 62 radio stations which carry coverage of Ohio State Buckeyes football and men's basketball. Co-owned WBNS () and WBNS-FM (), both licensed to Columbus, Ohio, serve as the network's two flagship stations. The network also includes 60 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio and West Virginia: 33 AM stations, 22 of which extend their signals with low-power FM translators; 26 full-power FM stations; and one HD Radio digital subchannel which supplements its signal with a low-power FM translator.
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.
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 then-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.
On December 31, 2018, Learfield Communications, Inc., and IMG College merged and formed a new company, Learfield IMG College.
Programming Besides gameday coverage, network programming includes: Buckeye Roundtable, a two-hour weekly discussion on Buckeyes football, airs Monday evenings. The Ryan Day Call-In Show, a weekly season-long update with the football head coach, airs Thursdays at 12pm noon.
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 Affiliate W228EL 93.5 FM Akron Ohio WAKR relay WMTR-FM 96.1 FM Archbold Ohio Football only WREO-FM 97.1 FM Ashtabula Ohio Affiliate WATH 970 AM Athens Ohio Affiliate W247DR 97.3 FM Athens Ohio WATH relay WLYV 1290 AM Bellaire Ohio Affiliate WPKO-FM 98.3 FM Bellefontaine Ohio Football only WBCO 1540 AM Bucyrus Ohio Affiliate W298CC 107.5 FM Bucyrus Ohio WBCO relay WQEL 92.7 FM Bucyrus Ohio Affiliate WILE-FM 97.7 FM Cambridge Ohio Affiliate WHBC 1480 AM Canton Ohio Affiliate WCSM 1350 AM Celina Ohio Affiliate W262DC 100.3 FM Celina Ohio WCSM relay WCSM-FM 96.7 FM Celina Ohio Affiliate WDJO 1480 AM Cincinnati Ohio Affiliate W237FL 95.3 FM Cincinnati Ohio WDJO relay W258CI 99.5 FM Cincinnati Ohio WDJO relay W300CI 107.9 FM Cincinnati Ohio WDJO relay W270DW 101.9 FM Circleville Ohio WLOH relay WKNR 850 AM Cleveland Ohio Affiliate WTNS-FM 99.3 FM Coshocton Ohio Affiliate WING 1410 AM Dayton Ohio Affiliate WGTZ 92.9 FM Dayton Ohio Football only WJER 1450 AM Dover–New Phila. Ohio Affiliate W265DL 100.9 FM Dover–New Phila. Ohio WJER relay WFIN 1330 AM Findlay Ohio Affiliate W238CX 95.5 FM Findlay Ohio WFIN relay WFOB 1430 AM Fostoria Ohio Affiliate W289CP 105.7 FM Fostoria Ohio WFOB relay WMAN-FM 98.3 FM Fredericktown Ohio Affiliate WOHF 92.1 FM Fremont Ohio Affiliate WRAC 103.1 FM Georgetown Ohio Affiliate WVNU 97.5 FM Greenfield Ohio Affiliate WYRO 98.7 FM Jackson Ohio Affiliate WZWB 1420 AM Kenova–Huntington West Virginia Affiliate WKTN 95.3 FM Kenton Ohio Football only WLOH 1320 AM Lancaster Ohio Affiliate W283BO 104.5 FM Lancaster Ohio WLOH relay WIMA 1150 AM Lima Ohio Affiliate W257EQ 99.3 FM Logan Ohio WLOH relay WMAN 1400 AM Mansfield Ohio Affiliate WMOA 1490 AM Marietta Ohio Affiliate W267CQ 101.3 FM Marietta Ohio WMOA relay WMRN 1490 AM Marion Ohio Affiliate WDLR 1270 AM Marysville Ohio Football only W244DV 96.7 FM Marysville Ohio WDLR relay WJAW-FM 100.9 FM McConnelsville Ohio Affiliate WKLM 95.3 FM Millersburg Ohio Football only WQIO-HD2* 93.7-2 FM Mount Vernon Ohio Affiliate W265DJ 100.9 FM Mount Vernon Ohio WQIO-HD2 relay WNDH 103.1 FM Napoleon Ohio Affiliate WXCR 92.3 FM New Martinsville West Virginia Affiliate WCLT 1430 AM Newark Ohio Affiliate W254CT 98.7 FM Newark Ohio WCLT relay WLKR-FM 95.3 FM Norwalk Ohio Affiliate WOBL 1320 AM Oberlin Ohio Affiliate W299CJ 107.7 FM Oberlin Ohio WOBL relay WKSD 99.7 FM Paulding Ohio Affiliate WPTW 1570 AM Piqua Ohio Affiliate W251BC 98.1 FM Piqua Ohio WPTW relay WNXT 1260 AM Portsmouth Ohio Affiliate W239CQ 95.7 FM Portsmouth Ohio WNXT relay WJEH-FM 93.1 FM Racine Ohio Affiliate WMOV 1360 AM Ravenswood West Virginia Affiliate W228DJ 93.5 FM Ravenswood West Virginia WMOV relay W295DM 106.9 FM Point Pleasant West Virginia WMOV relay WLEC 1450 AM Sandusky Ohio Affiliate W228EN 93.5 FM Sandusky Ohio WLEC relay WMVR-FM 105.5 FM Sidney Ohio Affiliate W275CT 102.9 FM Somerset Ohio WLOH relay WCDK 106.3 FM Steubenville Ohio Football only WQQO-HD2* 105.5-2 FM Sylvania Ohio Affiliate W264AK 100.7 FM Toledo Ohio WQQO-HD2 relay WBTC 1540 AM Uhrichsville Ohio Affiliate W270CI 101.9 FM Uhrichsville Ohio WBTC relay WYNT 95.9 FM Upper Sandusky Ohio Affiliate WERT 1220 AM Van Wert Ohio Affiliate W282CF 104.3 FM Van Wert Ohio WERT relay WXIZ 100.9 FM Waverly Ohio Football only W261DH 100.1 FM Wheeling West Virginia WLYV relay WNIO 1390 AM Youngstown Ohio Affiliate WHIZ 1240 AM Zanesville Ohio Affiliate W272EE 102.3 FM Zanesville Ohio WHIZ relay
Asterisk (*) indicates HD Radio broadcast. Blue background indicates low-power FM translator.
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References
External links
IMGCollege.com: Ohio State University