How to follow the CHICAGO BEARS from out of market
You didn't stop being a Bears fan when you left Chicago. Chicago's coverage just stopped following you. Here's how displaced Bears fans watch the games, hear the Chicago call and keep every Bears story, from anywhere.
Updated 2026-10-06 · 2026 season
The Bears beat you left behind
Start here, because this is the half no streaming package sells you. On an ordinary Tuesday in Chicago, the Bears story is being worked by Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Sports Network and ABC7 Chicago. Add the club's own newsroom at chicagobears.com and that is 5 separate mastheads filing on one team, most of them on days when nothing has officially happened.
None of it was built for you. It was built for the people who still live in Chicago, which is why moving away quietly costs you the practice report, the Friday injury designation and the beat writer's read on why the NFC North game actually turned. Vurvo puts every one of those sources, plus the Bears podcasts and YouTube shows, into one free feed, in navy and orange.
How to watch Bears games out of market
The national windows follow you anywhere: Thursday, Sunday and Monday night, plus any Bears game flexed into a national slot. What you lose by moving is the ordinary Sunday afternoon game that only clears the Chicago market. NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV is the out-of-market answer to exactly that, which for a displaced fan means most of the Bears schedule, the NFC North dates against the Lions, Packers and Vikings included. RedZone rides along on Sundays, NFL+ adds out-of-market preseason, and Game Pass on DAZN covers you outside the US. Rights packages move season to season, so check the current lineup before you buy.
Or watch with other Bears fans
The other answer to a Sunday away from Chicago is a room full of people dressed in navy and orange. Most big cities have one bar that has quietly become the Bears bar, and displaced fans find each other there long before they find each other anywhere else. Go For GameDay searches by team and ZIP nationwide; Watch Party Radar lists them city by city:
Neither directory is ours and neither covers every town. If yours is missing, the Bears supporters' groups are the fastest way in: they booked the bar, usually years before any directory noticed.
Hearing the Chicago call from another state
The national TV crew is not the crew you grew up on. NFL+ carries live game audio for every game, Bears home call included, from anywhere in the US, and the Chicago flagship usually streams its own broadcast through the club's app on game day where local rights allow. Radio in one ear, muted TV feed in the other, the way Chicago has always done it.
Following the Bears between Sundays
Out of market mostly means late. The trade breaks on a Chicago station you cannot pick up, and you hear about it three hours behind the people you would normally argue with. Vurvo pushes Bears news the moment any of those 5 sources files it, tracks every game live play by play, and keeps the NFC North race in front of you, in navy and orange, whatever time zone you ended up in.
Displaced Bears fan FAQ
Which Chicago outlets still cover the Bears every day?
Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Sports Network and ABC7 Chicago, plus the club's own newsroom at chicagobears.com. That is 5 separate mastheads on one team, and not one of them publishes to the place you moved to. Vurvo pulls all of them into a single Bears feed.
How can I watch Bears games if I don't live in Chicago?
The national windows air everywhere. For the Sunday-afternoon Bears games that only clear the Chicago market, NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube and YouTube TV carries the out-of-market feed, which for a displaced fan covers most of the schedule including the NFC North dates against the Lions, Packers and Vikings.
How can I hear the Bears radio call from another state?
NFL+ carries live game audio for every game, Bears home call included, from anywhere in the US. The Chicago flagship also streams its own broadcast through the club's app on game day where local rights allow, so you are not stuck with the national crew.
Is there one place to follow the Bears from out of market?
That is what Vurvo is built for. Pick the Bears once and everything from Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the rest of the Chicago beat lands in one free feed, with live scores and push alerts the moment news breaks.
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