Panther Basketball Broadcasts Return To Clear Channel Radio
Nov. 9, 2009
MILWAUKEE - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's and women's basketball games will again be heard on Clear Channel radio stations this season. For the third-straight year, UWM men's games can be heard on WISN (AM 1130), while women's games return to WOKY (AM 920). UWM and Clear Channel are in the middle of a five-year agreement that provides for exclusive live radio coverage for each of UWM's basketball teams, as well as coaches' shows, special programming and promotional inventory. Both teams make their regular-season debut Friday. The men will be on WISN beginning at 6:45 p.m. for a home game with Concordia-St. Paul. Meanwhile, the women will be on WOKY at 6:45 p.m. with a contest at Evansville. Meanwhile, each coaches show debuts with a taped season preview tonight. "Rob Jeter On Basketball" airs at 6 p.m. on WISN, followed by "Sandy Botham On Basketball" at 7 p.m. on WOKY. Men's Gameday Programming on WISN Johnson, a Milwaukee radio veteran, is co-host of "The Game" along with Steve Haywood 6-8 p.m. weeknights on 540 ESPN. Plus, he hosts a variety of other on-air programming at Milwaukee's ESPN Radio, including Wisconsin Badger football pregame and Green Bay Packers' postgame shows. The coverage of every Panther men's game begins 15 minutes prior to tipoff with Panther Preview. Johnson also does a complete, on-site postgame show - Panthers Rewind - following each contest. The WISN team for men's games also includes the return of Bob Brainerd as host of "Panthers Extra ... Live from Major Goolsby's." The expanded postgame show airs following every home men's game, as well as after the game at the Bradley Center against Marquette. Former Panther star Adrian Tigert will join Brainerd as co-host of the show.
Women's Gameday Programming on WOKY Scott Warras returns for his fourth season as the voice of Panther women's basketball. In addition to his work with the Panthers, he can also be seen carrying out television duties for the state's Time Warner Cable Sports 32 coverage of high school, college, and semi-pro sporting events. Keeping close ties to his alma mater, Warras is the Broadcast Coordinator for Wisconsin Lutheran College and can be heard calling Warriors football during the fall. He also works as a producer for WTMJ Radio. The coverage of every Panther women's game begins 15 minutes prior to tipoff with Panther Preview. Warras also does a complete, on-site postgame show - Panthers Rewind - following each contest. Weekly Coaches' Shows Following a taped season-preview show that will air Nov. 9, the live shows will start Nov. 30 for four-straight weeks. Then, following a two-week holiday break, the shows return for at least nine-straight Mondays.
"Rob Jeter On Basketball" - 6-7 pm on WISN
Monday, Nov. 9 - Preview Show - Taped
Monday, Nov. 30 - Harry's
Monday, Jan. 11 - Harry's
Monday, Feb. 1 - Harry's
Monday, March 1 - Harry's |
