MACOMB, Ill. - The Western Illinois season-opening football game at Sam Houston State on Thursday night (Sept. 1) is part of the Southland Conference TV package. The 6 p.m. kickoff will be seen live throughout west-central Illinois on WGEM-FOX (Quincy) and WHBF 4.2 (Rock Island/Moline).
The game will also be broadcast on radio locally via the flagship station WIUS 88.3 FM. Beau Spencer will call the play-by-play on the Leatherneck Sports Network. Fans can also listen to the game live on the www.GoLeathernecks.com website and click on the Listen Live button.
Television Broadcast Coverage Area
ILLINOIS
Quincy-Macomb: WGEM 10.3 (FOX)
Rock Island-Moline: WHBF 4.2 (Retro TV).
TEXAS (LOCAL NETWORKS)
Amarillo; Beaumont-Port Arthur; Dallas-Fort Worth; Houston; Laredo; Midland-Odessa; Rio Grande Valley; San Antonio; Tyler-Longview; Waco-Temple-Bryan.
ARKANSAS (LOCAL NETWORKS)
Little Rock-Pine Bluff; Texarkana.
LOUISIANA (LOCAL NETWORKS)
Baton Rouge; Hammond; Lafayette; Lake Charles; Morgan City-Houma; Shreveport.
MID-ATLANTIC REGION (COMCAST)
Washington, D.C.; Maryland; Virginia
ONLINE
SLC NOW (southland.org)
ESPN3 (espn3.com)
iPhone/iPad/Android (WatchESPN app)
iPhone/iPad (WIUS-FM app)
GoLeathernecks.com (Listen Live Audio Link)
RADIO
Macomb: WIUS 88.3 FM
TAPE-DELAYED COVERAGE
Texas
Abilene-Sweetwater; Corpus Christi; Lubbock
National
Fox College Sports Central (1 p.m. Friday)