IHSA Announcements

October 13, 2010

IHSA Announces Broadcast Coverage For 2010-11

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA), in conjunction with its broadcast partner When We Were Young Productions, has announced its television network coverage for the 2010-11 school year. For the first-time ever, all of the events broadcast on TV will also be available live on the internet via IHSA.TV.

The IHSA TV Network currently consists of seven over-the-air stations throughout the state, including WPWR (Chicago), WTVO (Rockford), KGCW (Quad Cities/Burlington, Iowa), WAOE (Peoria), WCFN (Springfield/Champaign/Decatur) and WFIE (Evansville, Indiana). In addition, several cable outlets will also carry the IHSA TV Network, as will the internet broadband portal IHSA.TV.

The IHSA TV Network will carry the IHSA Football Playoff Pairing Release Show (October 23) and 40 total contests during the 2010-11 school year, including the Football State Finals (November 26-27), the Girls Basketball State Finals (February 25-26, March 4-5) and the Boys Basketball State Finals (March 11-12, March 18-19).

In Chicagoland, Comcast 100 (CN-100) will once again carry the IHSA Football Playoff Pairing Show on Saturday, October 23, while the remaining IHSA TV Network events will air on WPWR in Chicagoland.

“With the combination of over-the-air broadcasts, cable, and Internet streaming, live coverage of IHSA state final events now reaches more viewers than ever before,” said IHSA Assistant Executive Director Matt Troha. “Building a television network to cover a state as large and diverse as Illinois is an intricate task to say the least. We are always working to add more coverage, but we are also excited that those without television coverage will be able to view the events on IHSA.TV live or on-demand.”

The IHSA is still seeking carriers for its television events this year. Local channels or cable channels interested in carrying the IHSA TV Network should contact Doug Brown (dbrown@wwwyproductions.com).

NOTE: Sport state finals not included in the IHSA TV Network schedule will also be Webcast on IHSA.TV. Most will be streamed live. Some, such as golf or cross country, will be edited into highlight shows and posted on IHSA.TV in the weeks that follow the state finals. Click here to visit IHSA.TV.

Map of IHSA TV Network Coverage

This map above is a representation of the areas that have television coverage. Many counties are covered by more than one over-the-air station or the county may be split between two bordering stations. Only select cities may have coverage in some highlighted counties, especially those covered by cable stations. In Chicagoland, CN100 will carry Football Playoff Pairing Show. All other IHSA TV Network events will be on WPWR. Viewers should check local listings or the city-by-city listing below. All viewers can watch IHSA TV Network events live at IHSA.TV. KEY TO COLORS Over-The-Air Stations WPWR — Chicago WTVO — Rockford KGCW — Quad Cities & Burlington, IA WAOE — Peoria WCFN — Springfield WFIE — Evansville, IN Cable Stations Adams Cable Avenue Cable Madison Cable New Wave Cable Wabash Valley Cable NOTES ON FOOTBALL COVERAGE WTVO (Fox) and WTVO-DT2 (MyTV) - MyTv is delaying 8A until Sunday at noon. WPWR (My50 Chicago) - Carrying all games WAOE  (Peoria's My 59) - Carrying all games WCFN  (TV49 Springfield) - Carrying all games KGCW (Quad Cities CW) - Carrying all games WFIE (newschannel 14.2) - Carrying all games Moultrie Communications - Carrying all games Madison Communications - Carrying all games Newwave Cable - Carrying all games Adams Communications - Carrying all games US Sonet - Carrying all games Cass Communications - Carrying all games Avenue Broadband - Carrying all games Oneida Cablevision - Carrying all games Mediacom (MC22) available for all Mediacom subscribers in Illinois - Carrying all games Newschannel 15 - Carrying all games Comcast Duquoin - Carrying all games The television broadcast will also be available free of charge on the internet live at www.ESPN3.com. The event marks the first time in history that ESPN will carry a state high school association state final event in any sport on any of its family of networks. ESPN3 is available through select internet service providers. Interested viewers can get more information here and are encouraged to test the site prior to the contests, as their internet provider may require a password or account number for verification purposes.

CITY LISTING OF IHSA TV Network Coverage

All events are available on the Internet on IHSA.TV.

Cities covered by broadcast and cable coverage are listed below.