Where and How to Watch and Listen to Cubs Games in 2017 (Updated Affiliate Guide)
***Update***
It looks like a lot of you are finding this via internet searches even now in the 2018 season, which is awesome. The Cubs have not officially updated the information on TV and radio affiliates, but you can probably rest assured that most or all of the stations listed below have maintained their respective relationships. If they didn’t, it’s probably because you didn’t watch enough, so shame on you.
Please feel free to let us know if any of the stations are not longer carrying the Cubs and we’ll curate the list.
Without a doubt, the most frequent question that has drawn readers to Cubs Insider over the last few years has been “Where can I watch Cubs games?” We’ve covered MLB’s blackout rules to a great extent and it’s a topic that continues to drive intrigue. With the regular season upon us, it’s time to look once again at the various affiliate who’ve partnered with the Cubs to broadcast the games on TV and radio.
Rather than bore you with a bunch of my own commentary, I’ll just throw it over to the official press release.
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today announced an updated affiliate station guide to complement the 2017 television and radio schedule featuring broadcasts from CSN Chicago, WGN-TV, ABC 7 and 670 The Score.
ESPN will kick off the club’s season opener Sunday, April 2, at 7:35 p.m. at the St. Louis Cardinals. For the team’s second game of the season, CSN Chicago airs its first of 80 games Tuesday, April 4, at 7:15 p.m. at the Cardinals (this game is scheduled for CSN+). WGN-TV’s first of 45 broadcasts will take place Wednesday, April 5, at 12:45 p.m. for the series finale at the Cardinals. ABC 7 will televise the first of its 25 games Wednesday, April 12, at 7:05 p.m. vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. 670 The Score, the club’s radio rightsholder, will carry all regular and postseason games.
Beginning this season, all Cubs games on CSN will be accessible via live stream on CSNChicago.com and the NBC Sports app to authenticated CSN Chicago subscribers. Authenticated CSN Chicago subscribers also will have the ability to access live Cubs coverage, even when traveling outside of their region, provided they are within the United States.
Fans located in viewing and listening areas outside of CSN Chicago, WGN-TV, ABC 7 and 670 The Score markets can tune in to hear or watch Cubs games on the affiliate stations listed below. Information for each over-the-air game broadcasts also may be found on the broadcast information page at www.cubs.com.
Cubs fans living in markets whose service provider does not currently carry CSN are encouraged to contact their local providers to express an interest in viewing Cubs games. In markets that do not have a WGN-TV or ABC 7 affiliate station carrying the game or/and for those outside of the team’s home television territory, fans can purchase a TV subscription to MLB Extra Innings and/or mobile streaming on MLB.TV. Entering the 2017 season, Major League Baseball lessened broadcast blackout restrictions in order to provide more fans with the option of watching Cubs games via these subscriptions.
More about CSN Chicago and live streaming:
The CSN Chicago live streaming service is currently available to customers of Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse, Mediacom, RCN, WOW!, Spectrum and numerous other providers. Viewers can visit CSNChicago.com on their PC, or download the NBC Sports app. The NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Win10 and Xbox. For a full list of carriers and more information about CSN Chicago’s live streaming service, viewers can visit www.csnchicago.com/live-faq. Cubs games are available on CSN within the Cubs’ Home Television Network Territory in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin.
CUBS 2017 REGULAR SEASON TV AFFILIATE BROADCAST GUIDE
WGN-TV (45 GAMES)
| DMA | Network/Station |
| Cedar Rapids – Waterloo – Iowa City & Dubuque | KCRG -TV |
| Champaign – Springfield – Decatur | WBUI-TV |
| Chicago | WGN-TV |
| Davenport – Rock Island – Moline | WQAD-TV |
| Des Moines – Ames | KCWI/WOI-TV |
| Fort Wayne | WPTA-TV (16 GAMES) |
| Indianapolis | WNDY/WISH-TV |
| Lafayette | WPBI-TV ( 15 GAMES) |
| Peoria – Bloomington | WAOE-TV |
| Quincy – Hannibal – Keokuk | WGEM-TV (10 GAMES) |
| Rockford | WIFR-TV |
| South Bend – Elkhart | WMYS-TV |
| Sioux City | KTIV-TV/KCAU-TV (18 GAMES) |
| Terre Haute | WTHI –TV (17 GAMES) |
| Quincy | WGEM-TV (10 GAMES) |
| ABC 7 (25 GAMES) | |
| DMA | Network/Station |
| Cedar Rapids – Waterloo – Iowa City & Dubuque | KFXA-TV |
| Champaign – Springfield – Decatur | WCIA-TV |
| Chicago | ABC 7 Chicago |
| Davenport – Rock Island – Moline | KGCW-TV |
| Des Moines – Ames | KDSM-TV |
| Indianapolis | WISH – TV (24 GAMES) |
| Peoria – Bloomington | WAOE-TV |
| Rockford | WTVO-TV |
| South Bend – Elkhart | WMYS-TV |
CSN Chicago (80 games)
| DMA | Service Provider Service area of provider may be limited in some DMAs. |
| Cedar Rapids – Waterloo – Iowa City & Dubuque | AcenTek
Bernard Telephone Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Cascade Communications Cedar Falls Utilities Clarence Telephone Cooperative Telephone DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Dunkerton Telephone East Buchanan Telephone F&B Communications Farmer’s Cooperative Telephone Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Fubo TV Heart of Iowa Cooperative Communications ImOn Independence Telecommunications Utility Kalona Cooperative Telephone LaMotte Telephone La Porte City Telephone Lost Nation Elwood Telephone Martelle Coop Television Mechanicsville Telephone Mediacom Palo Cooperative Telephone PlayStation Vue RTC Communications Reinbeck Telecommunications Utility Sharon Telephone Shellsburg Cablevision Sling TV South Benton Cablevision South Slope Cooperative Telephone Van Horne Cooperative Telephone Waverly Utilities Wellman Cooperative Telephone Wyoming Mutual Telephone |
| Champaign – Springfield – Decatur | AT&T U-verse
Cequel III Correctional Cable Comcast XFINITY Consolidated Communications CTI Fiber DIRECTV Dish Network Fubo TV Greene County Cable Mediacom Moultrie Telecommunications Oneida Cablevision Park TV and Electronics Playstation Vue Wabash Independent Networks |
| Chicago | ACME Communications
AT&T U-verse Comcast XFINITY DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Fubo TV Kraus Electronic Systems Layer3 TV Mediacom Metronet MTCO Communications Park TV and Electronics RCN Playstation Vue Sling TV Spectrum WOW! Zing! TV Cable of Rensselaer |
| Davenport – Rock Island – Moline | Bellevue Municipal Cable
Bernard Telephone Comcast XFINITY CST Communications DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Diverse Communications F & B Communications fuboTV Grand Mound Communications LaMotte Telephone LaHarpe Video & Data Service Lost Nation Elwood Telephone Mediacom Mid Century Telephone Cooperative Muscatine Power & Water MTC Communications New Windsor Cable TV Nova Cablevision Oneida Cablevision Playstation Vue Reynolds Cable Sling TV Viola Communications WTC Communications |
| Des Moines – Ames | Cooperative Telephone Company
Cooperative Telephone Exchange DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative Interstate Communications LISCO Mahaska Communications Mediacom Mediapolis Cablevision Minerva Valley Telephone Montezuma Telephone Playstation Vue Sling TV Western Iowa Networks |
| Evansville | DIRECTV
DIRECTV Now Dish Network Sling TV Wabash Independent Networks |
| Fort Wayne | City of Auburn Electric
Comcast XFINITY DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Frontier Communications Ligtel Communications Playstation Vue Sling TV |
| Indianapolis | AT&T U-verse
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Playstation Vue Sling TV |
| Lafayette | Comcast XFINITY
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Playstation Vue Sling TV |
| Milwaukee (Kenosha County) | AT&T U-verse
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Playstation Vue Sling TV Spectrum |
| Omaha | DIRECTV
DIRECTV Now Dish Network Griswold Cooperative Telephone Playstation Vue Sling TV Western Iowa Networks |
| Ottumwa – Kirksville | DIRECTV
DIRECTV Now Dish Network Mahaska Communications Playstation Vue Sling TV |
| Peoria – Bloomington | Comcast XFINITY
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Diverse Communications Gridley Cable iTV-3 Mediacom Playstation Vue Sling TV |
| Quincy – Hannibal – Keokuk | Cass Comm
Comcast XFINITY DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network La Harpe Video and Data Services Mediacom Mediapolis Cablevision Mid Century Telephone Cooperative MTC Communications Nova Cablevision Playstation Vue |
| Rochester – Mason City – Austin | Mediacom
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network PlayStation Vue Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Sling TV |
| Rockford | Comcast XFINITY
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Mediacom Playstation Vue Sling TV Spectrum |
| South Bend – Elkhart | AT&T U-verse
Comcast XFINITY DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network LightStream/Pulaski White Communications Mediacom New Paris Telephone’s Quality Cablevision Playstation Vue RTC Communications Sling TV |
| Terre Haute | Comcast XFINITY
DIRECTV DIRECTV Now Dish Network Mediacom Playstation Vue Sling TV Wabash Independent Networks |
The following affiliate stations are part of the 2017 Cubs Radio Network:
| Chicago Cubs Radio Network Affiliates
Number of games carried per affiliate may vary. |
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| DMA | Station Call Letters | Station Dial |
| Bloomfield, IA | KUDV | 106.9FM |
| Boone, IA | KWBG | 1590AM |
| Booneville, IN | WBNL | 1540AM/97.7FM |
| Carroll, IA | KCIM | 1380AM |
| Cedar Falls, IA | KCNZ | 1650AM |
| Champaign, IL | WGKC | 105.9FM |
| Bloomfield, IA | KUDV | 106.9FM |
| Boone, IA | KWBG | 1590AM |
| Booneville, IN | WBNL | 1540AM/97.7FM |
| Carroll, IA | KCIM | 1380AM |
| Cedar Falls, IA | KCNZ | 1650AM |
| Champaign, IL | WGKC | 105.9FM |
| Chicago, IL | THE SCORE | 670AM |
| Davenport, IA | KJOC | 93.5FM |
| Decatur, IL | WDZ | 1050AM |