"These broadcasts gave listeners a connection to the players, the programs, and the university. It meant something to me to help build that connection. UIC basketball, (men and women) and baseball stand as the only school in the Missouri Valley without home and road local radio coverage."
"The show also climbed past its record September audience of 464,000. Additionally, viewership among adults 18-49 rose 20% from last October on linear TV."
"The implosion is not going to happen all at once. It's just happening all at once for the biggest purveyor of regional sports networks in the country."
The report of potential layoffs and cost-cutting also coincides with a report from Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio that the league has put a freeze on pay increases for certain employees.
"Their schedules will see them make appearances on pre and postgame shows. They will also join new play-by-play man Jake Eisenberg in the booth occasionally for TV and even do some time on the radio broadcast."
“It was the realization as a 26-year-old that no one my age cared about the local news and I was regurgitating my Twitter timeline for people over the age of 65.”
"The show also climbed past its record September audience of 464,000. Additionally, viewership among adults 18-49 rose 20% from last October on linear TV."