The Bengals and iHeartMedia Cincinnati have extended the agreement to broadcast the team's games on radio through the 2028 NFL season.
The broadcasts will continue to be heard on one of the most powerful 'triple-casts' in the NFL, with a Flagship Station lineup of 700 WLW, 102.7 WEBN and ESPN 1530. The 50,000-watt ESPN 1530 and 102.7 WEBN serve as the broadcast flagship stations for all Bengals games. 700 WLW will also carry all games for which there is no conflict with Cincinnati Reds baseball broadcasts.
In addition to airing games, iHeartMedia Cincinnati broadcasts Bengals weekly radio shows in season, including Bengals Line, Bengals Game Plan and Bengals Pep Rally, along with a weekly feature on KISS 107.1 with Bengals Team Reporter Marisa Contipelli and enhanced training camp coverage.
"iHeartMedia Cincinnati has been a great partner for many years, and we are excited to continue this relationship," said Bengals Chief Business Officer Brian Sells. "The strong station lineup provides a great platform to reach a large number of fans on gamedays and throughout the week."
"We are thrilled to continue our long-standing partnership with the Cincinnati Bengals and bring fans every electrifying moment of NFL action," said iHeartMedia Division President DJ Hodge. "700 WLW, 102.7 WEBN and ESPN 1530 are the epicenter of Bengals Nation, and we look forward to delivering top-tier coverage and being the trusted home for Bengals football for years to come."
Dan Hoard and Dave Lapham return to the radio booth for Bengals games this season. Wayne Box Miller serves as pregame and postgame host.
Hoard, a former sports director and broadcaster on FOX19 in Cincinnati, is in his 15th season as the radio play-by-play voice. He also is the radio voice of University of Cincinnati football and basketball, and he has prior experience as the play-by-play voice on Bengals preseason TV.
Lapham, a Bengals offensive lineman from 1974-83, is in his 40th consecutive season as the analyst on the team's radio broadcasts. In past years, Lapham has been an analyst for NFL games on both NBC and FOX, Big 12 games on FOX and the NFL Europe League's World Bowl game on Sporting News Radio.
Miller, a longtime Cincinnati sports personality with a wide range of media experience in TV, radio and print, now is in his eighth season as host of the pregame and postgame shows. Previously, the Morehead State University Alumni Hall of Fame inductee has served as sports director of WDBZ-AM,
co-hosted sports programing for WLWT-TV and been a contributing writer for The Cincinnati Herald and the University of Cincinnati athletics website.
