QCSportsNet.com, the play-by-play voice of Quad City Storm professional hockey, is adding regular season road games to its schedule, with all seven visits to the archrival Peoria Rivermen receiving live coverage. Heading into its third season of live Storm play-by-play, QCSportsNet will again carry all 28 home games live, in addition to all home and away playoff contests.
For businesses who sponsor the live broadcasts, this is an added bonus. The already affordable advertising rates are not increasing at all, even with the addition of seven road games against the Storm’s most popular opponent. Fans can hear all broadcasts on QCSportsNet.com’s dedicated Storm channel. For home games, fans can listen to the live play-by-play at Vibrant Arena at The Mark:
* In their seats on 100.1 FM
* In suites and restrooms, along with live video
* Via speakers on the smoking decks and around the concourse
* When not attending, on the subscription service HockeyTV
Veteran central Illinois TV and radio broadcaster Marc Strauss will call the play-by-play of the games at Peoria. Marc spent 32 years with WEEK-TV 25 in Peoria, and more recently has called play-by-play sports for WJBC Radio in Bloomington-Normal, and since 2022 has been the primary play by play voice for Prairie Central High School basketball on Fairbury News, and calls high school football for Fairbury News and Route 24 Radio in central Illinois.
Home games will feature the return of QCSportsNet’s top-notch rotation from last season, including former Mallards play-by-play announcer Ken Jacoby, longtime hockey (and other sports) broadcaster Greg Halbleib, and Joe Winkel, who has been a QCSportsNet announcer since its inception.
Opening night will be Friday, October 21st, at Vibrant Arena at The Mark against the Rivermen. The live broadcast gets underway at 7:00 p.m., with the opening faceoff at 7:10 p.m. The first game at Peoria is Friday, November 3rd.