CMU Chippewas Sports Network - Central Michigan University Athletics

Central Michigan University Chippewas Sports Network - presented by Fabiano Brothers - brings Chippewa Athletics into homes across the state of Michigan, featuring all football games, a majority of both men's and women's basketball games, and select baseball and softball games. All CMU Chippewas Sports Network radio broadcasts can be heard nationwide on www.cmuchippewas.com or on the CMU Athletics mobile app.

Central Michigan Radio Team

Voice of the Chippewas Adam Jaksa has served as the play-by-play broadcaster for Central Michigan Football and Men’s Basketball since December 2019. He spent four years as the sideline reporter, hosting the CMU coaches radio show, various podcasts, and filling in for select men’s basketball and football broadcasts. Jaksa has also served as CMU’s lead ESPN+ broadcaster since his graduation from Central Michigan in 2014.
Brock Gutierrez has been the color commentator for football broadcasts since 2009. A 2007 inductee into the CMU Athletics Hall of Fame, Gutierrez was a three-year starter for the Chippewas and helped the program to a Mid-American Conference championship in 1994. He also earned All-MAC honors as a center in 1995. After CMU, Gutierrez spent 10 years in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers, and Detroit Lions.
Steve Powers has been the color commentator for home men’s basketball broadcasts since 2021 and has filled in for select games since 2016. Powers has also been CMU’s football spotter since 2013, first for the late Don Chiodo, and now for Adam Jaksa.
Kyle Sandel enters his second year with the Central Michigan broadcast team as a host. A Beal City, Mich. native, Sandel is a May 2025 Central Michigan graduate who produces the Ben Bosscher show on 100.9 FM along with Great Lakes Loons baseball games. He has served as radio broadcaster for CMU women’s basketball, baseball, and softball for the last four years.
Nathan Arbaugh is in his third year with the broadcast team as football host. A Grand Rapids, Mich. native, Arbaugh has served as an ESPN+ broadcaster for football and men’s basketball. A May 2026 graduate of Central Michigan University, he serves as a graduate assistant in CMU Athletics' multimedia department.

Radio Network Affiliates

Mount Pleasant/Houghton Lake, 98.5 FM, WUPS*
www.cmuchippewas.com (website and mobile app)

*Men's Basketball
^Women's Basketball and Baseball
%Softball

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