Chicago Fire Spanish-Language Broadcasts Move To WRTO (Univision Deportes Radio)

Now On 1200 AM

The MLS' CHICAGO FIRE has inked a two-year deal to air its matches in Spanish on UNIVISION Spanish Sports WRTO-A (UNIVISION DEPORTES RADIO)/CHICAGO.  UNIVISION CHICAGO Sports Director HECTOR LOZANO and returning color commentator RAQUEL ORTIZ will call the matches.  The FIRE previously aired on Regional Mexican WEBG-HD2-W248BB (97.5 PODER)/HILLSIDE, IL-CHICAGO.

“Our Spanish-language broadcast is an important part of our media mix and we are excited to fully unify the sports landscape by bringing the CHICAGO FIRE to UNIVISION DEPORTES RADIO in CHICAGO,” said FIRE COO ATUL KHOSLA. “This as a great opportunity to ensure we reach the core of Spanish-speaking sports fans in CHICAGO by aligning with the station that carries each professional team in our market. We look forward to working with UNIVISION DEPORTES RADIO in CHICAGO and to hearing many HECTOR LOZANO goal calls throughout the coming years.”

“Bringing the CHICAGO FIRE back to UNIVISION will allow our listeners to follow their home town MLS team all season long. We are excited that UNIVISION DEPORTES RADIO WRTO 1200 AM is the Spanish-language radio play-by-play home to all the major professional sports franchises in CHICAGO,” said UNIVISION CHICAGO SVP/GM DOUG LEVY. “UNIVISION DEPORTES RADIO is the perfect sports focused environment to showcase the great teams that make this the best sports town in AMERICA.”

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