The Indiana Fever and Tegna have announced an exciting expansion of their broadcast partnership, bringing WNBA games to a significantly larger audience across the Midwest. This expansion will bring over-the-air access to 18 games during the 2025 season to an additional 11 markets, impacting approximately 4.6 million households in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Iowa.
The newly added stations include Tegna's WOI in Des Moines and WQAD in Davenport, Iowa, along with WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. Further expanding the reach, additional games will air on stations owned by Gray Media, Sinclair, Allen Media Group, Coastal Television Broadcasting Group, and Block Communications Inc. This collaboration ensures broader access to Fever games for fans across the region. The expanded coverage commences May 20th with the Fever's game against Atlanta. Other noteworthy matchups include games against the New York Liberty on July 16th and two games against the Las Vegas Aces on July 3rd and July 24th.
“We’re incredibly excited to expand our partnership with Tegna and bring Fever basketball to even more fans across the Midwest — free and over-the-air,” said Kelly Krauskopf, Indiana Fever president of basketball and business operations. “From Indiana to Iowa and beyond, this level of access is unprecedented in our franchise’s history and really reflects the surging popularity of our team, our players and women’s professional basketball.”
“We are thrilled to be part of the incredible success and growing enthusiasm surrounding the WNBA and the Indiana Fever,” said Brad Ramsey, senior vice president, media operations at Tegna. “It’s exciting to see our successful partnership with Pacers Sports and Entertainment give an even broader fanbase opportunities to connect with their favorite team and players on a local level.”
“Gray is thrilled to continue to provide fans the Indiana Fever games they want, free over-the-air,” said Sandy Breland, chief operating officer, Gray Media. “We look forward to an exciting season for the team and the fans.”
A complete schedule of the games included in this broadcast expansion is available on the Indiana Fever's official website.