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News Nuggets, 05.03.05
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Raleigh sports talk station adds Durham signal

RALEIGH — WTSB-AM 1090 has announced it will add another frequency with the acquisition of WDUR-AM in Durham, effective May 2, 2005.

The Raleigh station, which bills itself as Triangle Sports Talk, said in a news release it has reached an agreement with Clear Channel Network to simulcast its current sports programming on the Durham frequency to enhance its coverage of the Triangle.

Triangle Sports Talk has served as the home of Pirate Talk with Bonesville.net's Denny O'Brien during football season.

With the new frequency, said the release, the station will expand its daily broadcast cycle to 24 hours and has plans to broadcast ESPN Radio, Atlanta Braves baseball, Wake Forest football and basketball and select UNC-Chapel Hill sports programming.

On fall weekends, the station said it will also air Westwood One’s Sunday Night Football and Westwood One college football and basketball.

“We are very excited to acquire a 24-hour station,” stated Triangle Sports Talk programming director Taylor Zarzour. “We believe this really advances our credibility with listeners. While there are more things to be done to grow our signal, this is a huge step in that process.”

Zarzour hosts The Morning Sports Drive each weekday on the station from 7-10 a.m.

The station's announcement also noted its plan to move into prep sports programming in the fall, with broadcasts of high school football and basketball games of the week featuring Durham-area schools.

Triangle Sports Talk's locally-originated programming can be streamed live over the Internet from the station's Web site, www.trianglesportstalk.com. The site also hosts archived programs and provides station and programming information.

Triangle Sports Talk is privately owned and operated by Triangle Sports Broadcasters, LLC. The company entered the Raleigh-Durham market in July 2004.

Compiled from a Triangle Sports Talk news release and staff reports.

Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball Polls

Released 05.03.05.
(View previous week's rankings)

[For both polls below, Conference USA teams — including future members — and Carolinas teams are in bold; East Carolina opponents are in red.]

BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25

DURHAM — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records and previous rankings (voting by the staff of Baseball America):

 1. Cal State Fullerton 33-11 2
 2. Tulane 38-8 3
 3. Texas 37-9 1
 4. Oregon State 32-8 6
 5. Miami (FL) 33-11 5
 6. Florida 31-12 4
 7. Nebraska 37-9 8
 8. Georgia Tech 32-12 7
 9. Arizona 29-15 9
10. Baylor 30-17 11
11. Long Beach State 32-14 12
12. Alabama 32-14 13
13. Tennessee 32-14 18
14. North Carolina 36-10 10
15. Rice 32-15 15
16. Louisiana State 31-14 16
17. Missouri 31-13 14
18. Arizona State 29-17 17
19. South Carolina 32-12 19
20. Louisiana-Lafayette 38-9 21
21. Mississippi 32-13 NR
22. Florida State 37-14 25
23. North Carolina State 32-13 NR
24. Stanford 24-15 20
25. Southern Cal 27-15 22

COLLEGIATE BASEBALL TOP 30

TUCSON — The top 25 teams in the 2005 Collegiate Baseball (Baseball News) poll with records and previous rankings (voting by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors):

 1. Tulane 38-8 1
 2. Cal State Fullerton 33-11 4
 3. Texas 37-9 2
 4. Florida 31-12 3
 5. Nebraska 37-9 5
 6. Georgia Tech 32-12 6
 7. Miami (FL) 33-11-1 7
 8. Arizona 29-15 8
 9. Oregon State 32-8 9
10. Long Beach State 32-14 11
11. Baylor 30-17 12
12. Alabama 32-14 13
13. Louisiana State 31-14 14
14. North Carolina 36-10-1 10
15. Florida State 37-14 15
16. Tennessee 32-14 19
17. Arizona State 29-17 17
18. South Carolina 32-12 18
19. Louisiana-Lafayette 38-9 21
20. Cal Poly SLO 30-14 24
21. Missouri 31-13 16
22. Southern Cal 27-15 20
23. Stanford 24-15 22
24. Rice 32-15 27
25. Mississippi 32-13 433 —
26. College of Charleston 35-9 29
27. Central Florida 36-11 25
28. Arkansas 33-13 23
29. Texas Christian 31-14 30
30. Northwestern State 34-15 —

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