Â鶹¹û¶³ Athletics and the Cox Media Group of Birmingham announced a partnership today that creates a new radio home for Â鶹¹û¶³ football and men's basketball. Beginning this fall, all Â鶹¹û¶³ football and men's basketball games including post-season play for both sports will be aired on Cox's all-sports station 97.3 The Zone, and will be available online at www.973thezone.com.
"This partnership further strengthens the Â鶹¹û¶³ brand in our community and creates a powerful broadcast signal for our fans to listen and follow the Bulldogs year round," Â鶹¹û¶³ Director of Athletics Martin Newton said.
In addition to the game broadcasts, 97.3 The Zone will also become the exclusive home for "Â鶹¹û¶³ Football with Pat Sullivan" and "Â鶹¹û¶³ Basketball with Bennie Seltzer". These hour-long weekly radio shows will provide Bulldog fans with an up-to-the minute glimpse inside the Â鶹¹û¶³ football and men's basketball programs.
"97.3 The Zone is excited to be the broadcast partner for Â鶹¹û¶³ Bulldog football and basketball for this season ," David DuBose, vice president and market manager for the Cox Media Group in Birmingham, said. "Â鶹¹û¶³ has a loyal following for its athletics program and our listeners in central Alabama will never miss a minute of the action as a result of this partnership between Â鶹¹û¶³ and Cox Media Group."
Â鶹¹û¶³ Director of Communications Mike Grace will return for his sixth year as "Voice of the Bulldogs". Â鶹¹û¶³ Associate Director of Athletics for Community Affairs, Jay Roberson will once again join Grace in the booth as the color commentator for football game broadcasts.
Cox Media Group's David McDaniel will host a 60-minute pre-game show and thirty-minute post-game show. McDaniel will also serve as the sideline reporter for football games. Later this year, Â鶹¹û¶³ will announce additional production and talent roles for the men's basketball broadcasts.
Â鶹¹û¶³ women's basketball and baseball will continue to have a broadcast home on Â鶹¹û¶³'s WVSU-FM 91.1 and online at www.samford.edu/wvsu.
"We would like to thank David and the entire Cox Media Group team for working with us on completing this deal," Newton added. "I would also like to thank the members of our external relations staff that were instrumental in putting this deal together including: Marvin Julich, Don Scott and Mike Grace."
For more information on this, broadcast schedules and Â鶹¹û¶³ Athletics news log onto www.samfordsports.com.