Big changes for Gophers sports radio and app broadcasts

Basketball and men's hockey broadcasts joining football on the iHeart/KFAN stations. That means one-stop shopping for app users, too.

June 21, 2017 at 12:28PM
Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino addresses fans after Minnesota beat Nebraska in an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
The radio home for Richard Pitino and the Gophers men's basketball team is changing. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The radio landscape for Gophers sports changed Tuesday with an announcement that their men's basketball, men's hockey and women's basketball games are moving from 1500AM ESPN to iHeartMedia channels, such as KFXN (100.3-FM).

KFXN , commonly known as K-FAN, will broadcast between 12 and 20 Gophers men's basketball games next season, depending on conflicts with the Vikings and Wild. The rest of the team's games will move to KTLK (1130-AM) with a simulcast on 103.5 FM.

All Gophers men's hockey games will be broadcast on 1130AM and simulcast on 103.5 FM. All Gophers women's basketball games will be broadcast on 93.3 FM.

Gophers football games, already broadcast on KFXN, will remain on that station through the 2020-2021 school year.

The Gophers announced that live radio coverage of all four of these teams — football, men's basketball, women's basketball and men's hockey — will be available anywhere on the iHeartRadio app on smartphones and tablets.

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Joe Christensen

Sports team leader

Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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