Ohio State Sports Network

The Ohio State Sports Network from Learfield
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Type	Radio network
Country	United States
Headquarters	Columbus, Ohio
Broadcast area	Ohio; West Virginia;
Owner	IMG College
Affiliation	Ohio State Buckeyes; Tegna, Inc.;
Affiliates	62, including 2 flagships
Official website	ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sportsnetwork/

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 (1460 AM) and WBNS-FM (97.1 FM), both licensed to Columbus, Ohio, serve as the network's 2 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.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.^[7]^[8]

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
WFUN	970	AM	Ashtabula	Ohio	Affiliate
WREO-FM	97.1	FM	Ashtabula	Ohio	Affiliate
WATH	970	AM	Athens	Ohio	Affiliate
W247DR	97.3	FM	Athens	Ohio	WATH relay
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
W258CI	99.5	FM	Cincinnati	Ohio	WDJO relay
W300CI	107.9	FM	Cincinnati	Ohio	WDJO 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	Affiliate
WJER	1450	AM	Dover–New Phila.	Ohio	Affiliate
W265DL	100.9	FM	Dover–New Phila.	Ohio	WJER relay
WEOL	930	AM	Elyria–Lorain	Ohio	Affiliate
W262DM	100.3	FM	Elyria–Lorain	Ohio	WEOL 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
WITO	1230	AM	Ironton	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
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
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
WVLY	1370	AM	Wheeling	West Virginia	Affiliate
W249DU	97.7	FM	Wheeling	West Virginia	WVLY relay
WKVX	960	AM	Wooster	Ohio	Affiliate
WQKT	104.5	FM	Wooster	Ohio	Affiliate
WNIO	1390	AM	Youngstown	Ohio	Affiliate
WHIZ	1240	AM	Zanesville	Ohio	Affiliate
W272EE	102.3	FM	Zanesville	Ohio	WHIZ relay

v t e Ohio State Buckeyes football
Venues	Recreation Park (1890–1897) Ohio Field (1898–1921) Ohio Stadium (1922–present) Woody Hayes Athletic Center (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Michigan (The Ten Year War) Penn State
Culture & lore	History Brutus Buckeye "Across the Field" "Buckeye Battle Cry" "Carmen Ohio" Neutron Man Marching band 1969 Michigan game 1973 Michigan game "Holy Buckeye" 2006 "Game of the Century" Block O "Hang On Sloopy" The Ten Year War WBNS-TV WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network
People	Head coaches All-Century Team Yearly statistical leaders 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
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Fairgrounds Coliseum (1918–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Nuthouse WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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