Several Chicago-area radio and TV stations are planning special programming around Northwestern’s first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1949, starting at 5 a.m. Friday with the last four games of SportsChannel’s “Northwestern Bowl Bound” replay marathon and concluding with live postgame shows on WLS-Ch. 7, WBBM-AM 780 and WNUR-FM 89.3.
Friday
5 a.m.: Northwestern at Illinois (taped from Oct. 28), SportsChannel.
8 a.m.: Penn State at Northwestern (taped from Nov. 4), SportsChannel.
11 a.m.: Iowa at Northwestern (taped from Nov. 11), SportsChannel.
2 p.m.: Northwestern at Purdue (taped from Nov. 18), SportsChannel.
Saturday
10 a.m.: “Rose Bowl edition of Sportsline,” host Rich King, WBBM-AM.
6:30 p.m.: “Northwestern: Miracle Team,” host Corey McPherrin, WFLD-Ch. 32.
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Sunday
10 a.m.: “Rose Bowl edition of Sportsline,” hosts Dave Eanet and Ted Albrecht, WBBM-AM.
11:30 a.m.: “Purple Reign in Pasadena,” host Jim Rose, WLS-Ch. 7.
8 p.m.: “The Sports Voice,” hosts Jason Overstreet, Rich Baudo and Sam Valenzisi, WNUR-FM.
Monday
9:30 a.m.: “Roses Are Purple,” host Jon Kelley, WMAQ-Ch. 5.
10 a.m.: Tournament of Roses Parade, WBBM-Ch. 2, WMAQ-Ch. 5, WLS-Ch. 7 and WNUR-FM.
2:30 p.m.: “Rose Bowl Pregame Show Special,” host Dave Eanet, WBBM-AM.
2:50 p.m.: “Rose Bowl Pregame Show,” hosts Jason Overstreet, Rich Baudo and Marcel Kerr, WNUR-FM.
3:50 p.m.: Rose Bowl, Northwestern versus Southern California, WLS-Ch. 7, WMAQ-AM, WBBM-AM and WNUR-FM.
Immediately following game: “Purple Reign in Pasadena: Postgame,” hosts Mark Giangreco and Jim Rose, WLS-Ch. 7.
Immediately following game: “Rose Bowl Postgame Show,” WBBM-AM and WNUR-FM.