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News Nuggets, 08.05.05
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
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Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
"Pirate Talk" gets more time, more stations
East Carolina sports talk in the
Raleigh-Durham area is in line for a big boost this fall in both duration
and signal coverage. And the over-the-airwaves interviews and banter will be
heard Down East as well.
Triangle Sports Talk 1490/1090, which
last year broadcast a weekly one-hour show dedicated to ECU sports topics
over WTSB-AM 1090, announced Thursday that "Pirate Talk with Denny O'Brien"
will expand to two hours and be carried by two more stations as it returns
for a second season.
The show will air over WDUR-AM 1490, a
Durham affiliate added by Triangle Sports Talk since last season, and will
be simulcast live on Greenville's WNCT-AM Talk 1070, making it what is
touted as the most widely distributed, independently-produced radio program
on ECU sports.
"Pirate Talk," slotted for Thursday
nights from 7:00-9:00 p.m., will again be hosted by O'Brien, a
Bonesville.net columnist and an ECU alum.
The program, which aired on Thursdays
last fall from 12:00-1:00 p.m., warranted a bigger window in a primetime
slot, stated a Triangle Sports Talk executive.
"Last year, Denny's show had too much
quality without enough time to get it in, an obvious good problem to have,"
Taylor Zarzour, the station's programming director, said in a press release.
"This is why we are very excited that the show is two hours, filled with
coaches and media interviews, and former players. More importantly, Denny is
an on-air professional who isn't afraid to be objective and frank."
ECU athletic director Terry Holland,
Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky, Pirate football coaching staff
members, college and NFL coaching icon Bobby Ross, and former ECU football
stars David Garrard and Leonard Henry were among the guests during the
inaugural season of Pirate Talk.
Members of the media also made regular
appearances on the show, which this season will follow the same general
format but with an expanded and more favorable time slot. The result, the
station said in its release, will be more guests on each show and more time
for listeners to call in and talk ECU sports.
O'Brien offers his opinions and
commentary on East Carolina sports in particular and college athletics in
general in a weekly column on Bonesville.net. He also co-hosts WNCT-AM Talk
1070's Gameday Countdown with Patrick Johnson, which precedes the Pirate
Sports Radio Network's play-by-play coverage of ECU's football games.
From staff reports and a
Triangle Sports Talk news release.
Pirate Radio 1250 launching expanded lineup
WGHB-AM Pirate Radio 1250, which for
two years has aired Greenville's most extensive roster of local sports
shows, says it is poised to roll out an even bigger lineup of programming.
The station announced Thursday what it
called an "unprecedented" array of fall programs covering East Carolina
athletics, high school football and the National Football League.
The new programming schedule, which
will begin this month, will be comprised of the biggest collection of
locally hosted and produced shows about the Pirates in the history of ECU
athletics, the station said in a press release.
Pirate Radio 1250 also reaffirmed
its announcement last spring that it will
expand in late August with the addition of WDLX-AM 930 in Beaufort County.
That station is expected to beam a stronger signal of Pirate Radio 1250's
original programming to the Washington-New Bern area.
Highlights of Pirate Radio 1250's
announced fall lineup:
• Football pre-game and
post-game shows will be enhanced and extended in length. The station will be
on the air four hours before kickoff on ECU's game days with the Budweiser
Pre-Game Tailgate. The show will feature Jeff Charles, Kevin Monroe, Kevin
Wiggins, Josh Spence, Brian Bailey, Billy Weaver, Brian North, Dan Eberhard,
Brian Meador, Nate Summers, Allen Thomas, Eric Gilmore, Mark "The Packman"
Packer, Troy Dreyfus, Jonathan Ellerbe and Shirley Rhodes. Coverage will
include scores from around the country and reports and features on the
upcoming game.
• The Bill Clark Homes 5th
Quarter call in show is back for the third year in a row. The program will
air immediately after the Pirates Sports Radio Network's game broadcast and
will feature phone calls from fans, player interviews and a recap of that
days game.
• Local weeknight coverage
will be expanded. In addition to the Skip Holtz Radio Call-In Show, "Voice
of the Pirates" Jeff Charles and ECU Associate Head Basketball Coach Mack
McCarthy will also be regulars on the weekly lineup. A number of longtime
programs, including The Press Box, Sportsline, The Locker Room, Extra Point
and Miller Lite Sports Bar, will also return.
• The station's weekend
play-by-play coverage will feature up to six games most weekends. The
Hardee’s High School Game of the Week returns on Friday nights for a third
year in a row, and Pirate Radio 1250 will carry three NFL games each Sunday
as well as Monday Night Football, the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl XL.
PIRATE RADIO 1250 WEEKLY
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Monday:
6–7 pm: Sportsline with Josh Spence and Eric Gilmore
7–8 pm: Chalk Talk with Mack McCarthy
8–12 pm: Monday Night Football
Tuesday:
6–7 pm: The Press Box with Troy Dreyfus and Brian Bailey
7–8 pm: The Skip Holtz Media Conference
Wednesday:
6–7 pm: From The Booth with Jeff Charles
7–8 pm: The Coach Skip Holtz Radio Call-In Show
8–9 pm: The Overton’s Locker Room with Kevin Monroe and Kevin
Wiggins
Thursday:
6–7 pm: The Miller Lite Sports Bar with Jonathan Ellerbe & Co.
7–8 pm: The Huddle with Allen Thomas
Friday:
6–7 pm: The Extra Point with Dan Eberhard and Brock Letchworth
7–10 pm: The Hardee’s High School Game of the Week
Saturday:
The Pirate Preview @ UBE with Jeff Charles (days of home games
only)
The Budweiser Pre-Game Tailgate (four hours before game time)
Pirate Sports Radio Network Play-ByPlay Broadcast
The Bill Clark Homes 5th Quarter Call-In Show
Sunday:
CBS Radio NFL Doubleheader
NFL Sunday Night Football Game of the Week
From staff
reports and a
Pirate Radio 1250
news release.
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