Northern Iowa radio affiliates for the 2011 football season

The following is the radio affiliates for the 2011 Northern Iowa football season. This listing is taken from the Panthers Web Site.

KGYM (1600) Cedar Rapids
KCHA (1580) Charles City
KXNO (1460) Des Moines
KQCR (98.9) Hampton
KQMG (95.3) Independence
KRIB (1490) Mason City
KIJL (1130/105.5) Mt. Pleasant
KXEL (1540) Waterloo/Cedar Falls
KQWC (1570) Webster City

Iowa St. radio affiliates for the 2011 football season

The following is the radio affiliates for the 2011 Iowa St. football season. This listing is taken from the Cyclones Web Site.

KIIC (96.7) Albia
KLGA (92.7) Algona
KASI/KCCQ (1430 & 105.1) Ames
KSOM (96.5) Atlantic
KWBG (1590) Boone
KCIM (1380) Carroll
KCNZ (1650) Cedar Falls
KGYM (1600) Cedar Rapids
KCHA (95.9) Charles City
KCHE (92.1) Cherokee
KSIB (1520) Creston
KJOC (1170) Davenport
KDSN (107.1) Denison
KDRB (100.3) Des Moines
KMCD (1570) Fairfield
KIOW (107.3) Forest City/Mason City
KWMT (540) Ft. Dodge
KBKB (1360) Ft. Madison
KLMJ (104.9) Hampton
KHBT (97.7) Humboldt
KXIA (101.1) Marshalltown
KILJ (1130) Mt. Pleasant
KWPC (860) Muscatine
KCZE (95.1) New Hampton/Charles City
KDLS (1310) Perry
KMA (960) Shenandoah
KKYY (101.3) Sioux city
KICD (107.7) Spencer
KQWC (95.7) Webster City

TV Schedule, Saturday August 13

Auto Racing:

Nationwide Series: Zippo 200 Qualifying 8:30am on Speed Channel
Spring Cup Series: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips Qualifying 10:30am on Speed Channel
Nationwide Series: Zippo 200 1pm on ESPN
AMA Pro Motocross 450 2pm on NBC
Rolex Sports Car Series: Watkins Glen 200 5pm on Speed Channel
AMA Pro Motocross 250 10:30pm on Speed Channel (same day tape)
Boxing: 9pm on HBO

Diving: US Women’s Platform Championships 1pm on NBC

Extreme Sports: Dew Tour, Portland Invite 3:30pm on NBC

Golf:

PGA Championship, Third Round: 10am on TNT & 1pm on CBS
U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship: 2pm on Golf Channel

High School Baseball: Under Armour All-American Game 1pm on MLB Network

Horse Racing:

Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap 4pm on VERSUS
Arlington Million 5pm on WGN

Little League Baseball:

Great Lakes Regional Tinal Teams TBA 10am on ESPN
New England Regional Final Teams TBA 12pm on ESPN2
Northwest Regional Final Teams TBA 4pm on ESPN
Midwest Regional Final Teams TBA 6pm on ESPN
West Regional Final Teams TBA 8pm on ESPN

MLB Baseball:

Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees or Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee 3pm on FOX (check local listings)
Chicago Cubs @ Atlanta 6pm on WGN
Colorado @ St. Louis 6pm on FS Midwest
Kansas City @ Chicago White 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago & FS Kansas City
Minnesota @ Cleveland 6pm on FS North
Washington @ Philadelphia 6pm on MLB Network

NFL Preseason Football:

Green Bay @ Cleveland 6:30pm on NFL Network & KGCW (Davenport)
Buffalo @ Chicago 7pm KFXA (Cedar Rapids) & KLJB (Davenport)
Minnesota @ Tennessee 7pm on Vikings TV Network*

*Vikings TV Network Affiliates:

KGAN (Cedar Rapids)
KXVO (Omaha/Council Bluffs)
KPTH (Sioux City)
KAAL (Austin, MN/Mason City)
KCWI (Des Moines)
KSFY (Sioux Falls)

Soccer:

English Premier League: Everton @Tottenham 8:30am on ESPN2
English Premier League: Sunderland @ Liverpool 9am on FOX Soccer
English Premier League: Arsenal @ Newcastle 11:30am on FOX Soccer
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Portugal vs Argentina 4:45pm on ESPNU
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Mexico vs Colombia 7:45pm on ESPNU

Softball: Senior League World Series 1pm on ESPNU

Tennis:

ATP World Tour: Rogers Cup Semifinals 2pm & 7pm on ESPN2
WTA Tour: Rogers Cup Semifinal 4pm on ESPN2 (same day tape)

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackluts are likely for regional MLB telecasts outside of Iowa.

Fox Sports announces it's 2011 college football schedule

Fox Sports yesterday announced their 2011 college football schedule. Most of the schedule are games TBA, but you can see the various broadcast windows for the regional FSN's, FX, and Fox College Sports. You can get the complete schedule here.

TV Schedule, Friday August 12

ArenaBowl: Jacksonville @ Arizona 7:30pm on NFL Network

Boxing: Friday Night Fights 8pm on ESPN2

Golf:

PGA Championship (Second Round) 12pm on TNT
U.S. Women's Amateur Championship 2pm on Golf Channel

Horse Racing: Sword Dancer Invitational

Little League Baseball:

Mid-Atlantic Regional Semi-finals Teams TBA 10am & 2pm on ESPN
West Regional semi-finals Teams TBA 4pm & 10pm on ESPN2
Southeast Regional semi-finals Teams TBA 7pm on ESPN

MLB Baseball:

Minnesota @ Cleveland 6pm on FS North
Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees 6pm on MLB Network
Chicago Cubs @ Atlanta 6:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Colorado @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest
Kansas City @ Chicago White Sox 7pm on FS Kansas City & WHO-DT 13.3/Mediacom 114
Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee 7pm on FS Wisconsin

Minor League Baseball: Burlington vs Quad Cities 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

NASCAR:

Sprint Cup Series: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips Practice 11am on Speed
Channel
Nationwide Series: Zippo 200 Final Practice 1pm on Speed Channel
Sprint Cup Series: Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips Final Practice 3pm on Speed Channel

NFL Preseason Football: Tampa Bay @ Kansas Cithy 7pm on FOX

Soccer: Charlotte @ Charleston 7pm on FOX Soccer

Sports Radio on TV:

Mike & Mike in the Morning: 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick Show: 8am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
The Herd: 9am on ESPNU
Scott Van Pelt Show: 2pm on ESPNU

Tennis:

ATP World Tour: Rogers Cup quarterfinals 11am on ESPn2
WTA Tour: Rogers Cup quarterfinals 6pm on ESPN2

ESPNU announces it's fall weekday schedule

With the college football season right around the corner, ESPNU has announced it's fall schedule of football related programming and included in that schedule are three new shows.

According to a Press Release from ESPN the new shows include Palmer & Pollack hosted by Jesse Palmer & David Pollack will be a 3-hour Monday afternoon show reviewing the action from the past Saturday and looking ahead to the following week.  CFB Final Verdict is a spin-off of an College Football Final segment and can be seen Monday afternoon as well.  The final new show called Game Room breaking down film in a 30-minute show.

For more information, as well as returning shows for 2011 and a weekday schedule for ESPNU, please visit the Web Site linked above.

TV information for pre-season Minnesota Vikings games

The Minnesota Vikings first pre-season game of the 2011 season is this Saturday and with the exception of Eastern Iowa, all of Iowa will be able to catch Vikings preseason games on over the air TV.  I will first provide the schedule with all times Central and then the network affiliates.

August 13:  @ Tennessee 7pm

August 20:  @ Seattle 9pm

August 27:  Dallas 7pm

September 1:  7pm

KGAN (Cedar Rapids; game 3 on tape delay)

KXVO (Omaha/Council Bluffs)

KPTH (Sioux City)

KAAL (Austin, MN/Mason City)

KCWI (Des Moines)

KSFY (Sioux Falls)

Indy 500 will remain on ABC through 2018

Yesterday it was announced that ABC will remain as the TV home of the Indy 500 through 2018.  According to a Press Release from ESPN, beginning in 2012, for the first time ever, coverage will be expanded to include ABC's onboard  coverage on ESPN3.com

TV Schedule, Thursday August 11

ATP Tennis:  Rogers Cup 11am on ESPN2

Golf:

PGA Championship, First Round:  12pm on TNT
U.S. Women’s Amaetur, Day 2:  2pm on Golf Channel

Little League Baseball:

Midwest Regional Semi-final:  Teams TBA 1pm on ESPN & 5pm on ESPN2
Northwest Regional Semi-final:  Teams TBA 3pm & 9pm on ESPN2
Southwest Regional Semi-final:  Teams TBA 7pm on ESPN2

MLB Baseball:

San Diego @ NY Mets 11am on MLB Network
Washington @ Chicago Cubs 1:15pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Chicago White Sox @ Baltimore 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Detroit @ Cleveland 6pm on MLB Network (DirecTV channel 214)
Milwaukee @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest & FS Wiscosnin

NFL Preseason Football:

Seattle @ San Diego 7pm on ESPN
Baltimore @ Philadelphia 10pm on NFL Network (same day tape)

Sports Radio on TV:

Mike & Mike in the Morning:  5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick Show:  8am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
The Herd:  9am on ESPNU
Scott Van Pelt Show:  2pm on ESPNU

Disclaimer:  All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional MLB telececasts outside of Iowa.

BTN announces it's football roster of broadcast talent for 2011

The BTN (formerly known as Big 10 Network) as announced it's roster of broadcast talent for the 2011 college football season.

According to a Press Release from BTN, the broadcast talent for college football telecasts is:

Eric Collins (play-by-play), Chris Martin (analyst) and Dionne Miller (sidelines)
Tom Hart (play-by-play), Derek Rackley (analyst) and Lisa Byington (sidelines)
Matt Devlin (play-by-play), Glen Mason (analyst) and Rebecca Haarlow (sidelines)
and for two games, Gus Johnson (play-by-play), and Charles Davis (analyst)

In addition, play-by-play announcers Wayne Larrivee and Tom Werme, game analyst Danan Hughes, and sideline reporters Stacy Paetz and Jay Wilson all return as well.

New faces on BTB for studio shows and game broadcasts include Kelly Stouffer, Kevin Kugler, Russ Lande, and Andy Staples as well as former Michigan player Jon Jansen former Nebraska RB Ahman Green, former Michigan St. QB Tony Banks, and former Purdue coach Joe Tiller.

For a list of other returning studio show hosts and contributors, please visit the website linked above.