Weigel Broadcasting Co., IHSA & NFHS Network Announce Television Network Partnership
Weigel Broadcasting, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and its digital broadcast partner the NFHS Network have joined together on a new multi-year partnership for IHSA State Final Football and Basketball broadcasts. Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a Chicago-based media company. Broadcasts...
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Weigel Broadcasting Co., IHSA & NFHS Network Announce Television Network Partnership
Weigel Broadcasting, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and its digital broadcast partner the NFHS Network have joined together on a new multi-year partnership for IHSA State Final Football and Basketball broadcasts.
Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a Chicago-based media company. Broadcasts will air on Weigel’s Chicago flagship station WCIU CW26 along with WMEU The U in Chicago and on the company’s St. Louis station, KNLC Decades 24.5, along with other affiliates statewide in Illinois. Weigel is a long-time supporter and broadcaster of high school sports.
"We welcome the opportunity to highlight the best of high school football and basketball in Illinois on statewide broadcast television," said Steven Farber, Weigel Broadcasting Senior Vice President of Operations.
“We are beyond excited to partner with Weigel Broadcasting to continue the tradition of televising the IHSA Football, Girls Basketball, and Boys Basketball State Finals,” said IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson. “Weigel has deep roots in covering IHSA sports and clearly values the community aspects surrounding high school sports that make them so special. I am confident that Weigel’s vision will serve our viewers well and we are eager to kick off the partnership with the IHSA Football Playoff Pairing Show in October.”
"The NFHS Network and the IHSA have had a wonderful partnership over the last many years, and we're really excited to be adding Weigel Broadcasting to that mix. The NFHS Network's OTT platform for digital viewing combined with the Weigel Broadcasting powered IHSA TV Network, will blanket the state of Illinois in Football and Basketball Championship coverage," added Michael White, EVP, Content and Production for the NFHS Network.
The network debuts Saturday, October 22 with the Football Playoff Pairing Show live at 7 p.m. listing matchups of all statewide playoff games. Coverage continues Friday, November 25 with the Class 1A-4A Football Championship games, followed by the Class 5A-8A Football Championship games on Saturday, November 26, all live from Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Live coverage of the Girls and Boys Basketball Championships will air later in the school year.
IHSA Network affiliates in addition to the Weigel stations in Chicago and St. Louis include Gray stations WEEK NBC 25.1 and WEEK CW 25.3 Peoria-Bloomington, The Stateline CW WIFR 23.5 in Rockford, and WGEM Quincy CW 10.2 FOX 10.3, along with Nexstar stations WCIX 49 Springfield-Champaign-Decatur and The Quad Cities CW, channel 26.1. Paxton Media WPSD NBC 6.1/Local Classic 6.2 (Paducah, KY) is the network affiliate serving southern Illinois including Harrisburg/Carbondale.
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About Weigel Broadcasting Co.Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is the leader in the multicast television network space with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number-one rated and distributed multicast network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the DECADES Network, the H&I - Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, and Story Television. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Toon In With Me, Svengoolie, Collector’s Call and Through the Decades. Weigel's local stations include CBS, ABC, The CW, MyNet and Telemundo network affiliates. Weigel and its affiliate companies broadcast network and independent television stations serving New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Seattle, Denver, Portland, St. Louis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Hartford, Milwaukee, Des Moines, South Bend, Evansville and Rockford. Weigel is the creator of the nationally syndicated music format MeTV FM. For more information on Weigel, visit: https://www.weigelbroadcasting.com/.
About the NFHS Network
The NFHS Network is the leader in streaming live and on-demand high school sports. The NFHS Network covers 27 different regular season and postseason sports, as well as other high school activities, celebrating the accomplishments of student-athletes, student broadcasters, and high schools across the country. Partnered with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), 46 high school state athletic/activities associations, and PlayOn! Sports, the NFHS Network is a joint venture created to provide fans with the ability to stream high school sports on any device, from wherever they are. All NFHS Network events are available to watch online at www.NFHSnetwork.com and through the NFHS Network app for iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV and Google TV. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest and Tik Tok.
About the IHSA
Founded in 1900, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is a private, not-for-profit organization with more than 800-member high school schools in the Land of Lincoln. The IHSA’s mission is governing the equitable participation of over 400,000 high school students competing in over 40 sports and activities. Headquartered in Bloomington, the IHSA strives to promote academics, sportsmanship, safety, good citizenship, and the lifelong values that are the foundation of interscholastic participation. The Association also oversees the licensing and education of over 15,000 officials. Visit www.IHSA.org for more information or connect with the IHSA on social media and YouTube. The Future Plays Here!
