Sportscasts, LLC is a network of 32 podcasts, covering Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL, NHL and college basketball. Spinning out of a Cubs podcast, Sportscasts now covers 17 different markets with their programming, with their largest podcast, the Cubscast (Chicago Cubs) having an audience of roughly 30,000 listeners. Andrew Figgins, Sportscast Co-Founder, recently took time to answer a few questions about his business.

Chicago Tech News: While podcasts have been around a while, you tend not to see podcast networks. What inspired you to go wide in the sports area?

Andrew Figgins: We knew with Cubscast we had something good. Good for the three of us co-founders/co-hosts because it is an outlet for our Cubs “dementia” three times a week, and good for people on the go and outside of Chicago that want a place to connect with fellow fans. With the expansion outside of Chicago we’re hoping to create similar communities that benefit fans of a specific team, the team itself by way of the extra coverage, and the podcast hosts that are looking for an outlet as well. (more…)