Editing Mid-American Conference (section)

===Broadcasts===
A number of MAC sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and volleyball, are telecast on [[Spectrum Sports (Ohio)|Spectrum Sports]], replacing [[SportsTime Ohio]] and [[Fox Sports Ohio]] as the MAC TV partner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mac-sports.com/tabid/969/article/262318/time-warner-cable-sports-named-new-regional-television-partner.aspx |title=Time Warner Cable Sports Named New Regional Television Partner > MAC > News |access-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094111/http://www.mac-sports.com/tabid/969/article/262318/time-warner-cable-sports-named-new-regional-television-partner.aspx |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Along with Spectrum Sports, [[ESPN]], as well as the [[American Sports Network]], retain the "local and regional" syndication telecast rights to the MAC for football and basketball.

In 2000 ESPN began broadcasting MAC football games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The conference agreed to the unusual schedule to increase television ratings by not competing against other football. Fans nicknamed the midweek games '''MACtion'''. In 2014 the conference and ESPN agreed to a new contract for 13 years. Each school receives more than $800,000 annually, and plays most November games on weekday nights; 16 of 18 games in 2016 were not on Saturdays, for example. While MACtion decreases stadium attendance, games appear on an ESPN channel to a nationwide audience instead of a less-popular channel or [[streaming media]].<ref name="sherman20191119">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/2019/11/19/20972679/mac-midweek-games-maction-television-networks-fan-experience |title=How the Rise of MACtion Forever Changed MAC Fandom |last=Sherman |first=Rodger |date=2019-11-19 |website=The Ringer |language=en |access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref> While noting the smaller attendance, coaches say that midweek games are good for the conference, and give players a break on Saturdays.<ref name="briggs20230722">{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=David |date=2023-07-22 |title=Briggs: MAC coaches dish on weeknight games, 'garbage' locker rooms |language=en |work=Toledo Blade |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2023/07/22/briggs-mac-coaches-dish-on-weeknight-games-garbage-locker-rooms-and-more/stories/20230722038 |access-date=2023-07-24}}</ref>

[[Ball State University|Ball State]] produces its own comprehensive television package with [[Ball State Sports Link]]. Affiliate stations include [[WIPB]] in [[Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]], [[WNDY-TV|WNDY]] in [[Indianapolis]], [[WPTA#WPTA-DT2 "Fort Wayne's NBC"|WPTA]] in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]], [[WHME-TV|WHME]] in [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], [[WTVW]] in [[Evansville, Indiana|Evansville]], [[WYIN]] in [[Merrillville, Indiana|Merrillville]] and [[Comcast]] in [[Michigan]]. All Ball State Sports Link games are also broadcast on student radio station [[WCRD]] and on the Ball State Radio Network produced by [[WLBC-FM]] and [[Backyard Broadcasting]].

[[Northern Illinois University|NIU]] has multiple football and basketball games telecast by Comcast SportsNet Chicago. In addition, most NIU football and basketball games can be heard on WSCR-AM 670 "The Score"—Chicago's powerful 50,000-watt, top-rated all-sports station, which reaches 38 states and Canada.