Which Caitlin Clark games will air for free on Iowa TV stations?
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After an injury-plagued 2025 campaign, Caitlin Clark has begun her third WNBA season on a scorching hot pace, recording at least 20 points in all five games played so far.
Clark and the Indiana Fever (4-2) will set a record during the 2026 WNBA season for the most games played on national television (44). Indiana is also the only team in the league to have all of its games nationally broadcast, according to the team.
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Despite the games being nationally televised, many fans in the state of Iowa have grown frustrated with the constant switching between TV subscriptions and streaming platforms needed to watch the former Hawkeye legend play this season.
Fortunately, there is a way for central and eastern Iowa residents to watch a select number of Indiana Fever games for free using a basic TV antenna, according to Cooper Worth of the Des Moines Register.
Here's where and when you can find those games locally on TV in Iowa:
Where to watch Indiana Fever games in Iowa
Central Iowa's WOI Local 5 and KCWI 23, along with WQAD (subchannel, MyTV 8-3) in the Quad Cities, will broadcast 22 of the Fever's 44 total games this year. All three stations are owned by TEGNA.
The first began May 9 and will conclude when the Fever play former Hawkeye star Lucy Olsen and the Washington Mystics on Sept. 20.
Which Indiana Fever games will be shown free in Iowa?
Here are Fever games that will air for free on WOI, KCWI, and WQAD.
It should be noted that Local 5 may move games between WOI and KCWI based on network programming, and it will also carry four additional Fever games as an ABC affiliate.
- June 8 at Washington Mystics, 6 p.m. CT (KCWI, MyTV 8-3)
- June 11 vs. Chicago Sky, 6 p.m. CT (KCWI, MyTV 8-3)
- June 13 at Connecticut Sun, 5 p.m. CT (KCWI, MyTV 8-3)
- June 16 vs. Toronto Tempo, 6 p.m. CT (KCWI, WQAD OR MyTV 8-3)
- June 18 vs. Atlanta Dream, 6:30 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- June 20 at Atlanta Dream, 12 p.m. CT (ABC national broadcast on WOI/WQAD)
- June 22 vs. Phoenix Mercury, 7 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- June 24 vs. Phoenix Mercury, 6:30 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- July 8 at Los Angeles Sparks, 9 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- July 9 at Phoenix Mercury, 9 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- July 15 vs. Golden State Valkyries, 7 p.m. CT (KCWI, WQAD)
- July 22 vs. Connecticut Sun, 7 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- July 28 at Seattle Storm, 8:30 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- July 31 at Portland Fire, 9 p.m. CT (WOI, WQAD)
- Aug. 2 at Minnesota Lynx, 12 p.m. CT (ABC national broadcast on WOI/WQAD)
- Aug. 8 at Chicago Sky, 2:30 p.m. CT (ABC national broadcast on WOI/WQAD)
- Aug. 18 at Toronto Tempo, 6 p.m. CT (WOI/WQAD)
- Aug. 20 at Dallas Wings, 7 p.m. CT (WOI/WQAD)
- Sept. 20 vs. Washington Mystics, 3 p.m. CT (WOI/WQAD)
These games won't be available on the stations' streaming apps and can only be watched on broadcast TV or through a cable/satellite subscription.
Additionally, in central Iowa, Hearst Television's KCCI will air four Fever games locally. Those four games are:
- May 30 at Portland Fire, 7 p.m. CT (CBS, KCCI)
- June 6 at New York Liberty, 7 p.m. CT (CBS, KCCI)
- June 27 vs. Los Angeles Sparks, 7 p.m. CT (CBS, KCCI)
- July 18 vs. New York Liberty, 7 p.m. CT (CBS, KCCI)
Caitlin Clark stats
Note: Shooting percentages are broken down as overall FG % / 3-point % / FT %
- 2024 (40 games): 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 1.3 steals, 5.6 TO, 41.7/34.4/90.6 shooting
- 2025 (13 games): 16.5 points, 5 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1.6 steals, 5.1 TO, 36.7/27.9/82.0 shooting
- 2026 (5 games): 23.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.0 blocks, 5.2 TO, 43.2/34.8/96.4 shooting
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