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Date Posted: 05:54:46pm 11/09/05 Wed,
Author: JoeStag
Subject: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts
SHU beat us to the punch. WICC is a major radio station. I am surpised that they will cover as many as 16 games that don't conflict with UCONN. Its also a major investment by SHU as WICC cannot be cheap. Good for Shu, not for the Stags.
http://sacredheartpioneers.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110905aaa.html
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- When the Stags Come Marching In..., 07:48:27pm 11/09/05 Wed, [1]
This is astounding!!! Fairfield historically had been covered by a local Bpt radio station, WICC/WNAB. I am not sure I would term it "as getting beat to the punch" as much as continually being asleep at the wheel. There is never any effort or activity to connect with the local basketball community.
Sacred Heart University Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, Gene Gumbs, announced that the Pioneer athletic department has signed an agreement with WICC 600 AM in Bridgeport to broadcast 16 men's basketball games during 2005-06 season.
"From the time I arrived here four years ago it has been my goal to get our basketball games on commercial radio," says Gumbs. "A commercial radio deal is a vital component of any Division I basketball program and an excellent compliment to our internet broadcasts."
The quote is on the mark.
Congratulations to SHU, another major embarassment for Fairfield.
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Bridgeport, 07:51:16am 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
this is pathetic ---
the school station can not be heard more than 4 blocks from campus.
I have often thought that the radio team does a top job, but how many ( can ) listen ?
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Stagophile, 08:38:48pm 11/09/05 Wed, [1]
Terrible, terrible, terrible news...Fairfield should be embarrassed!!! We have being calling for a return to radio or TV for some time now. It continues to amaze me how little ole Sacred Heart continues to grow their athletics department and now sign a radio deal while Fairfield cuts programs and continues to keep the fact that the Stags play in the AHY a secret. This is a major coup for Sacred Heart and yet another victory over the Stags in winning the hearts and minds of local southern CT sports fans.
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Champ, 08:57:44pm 11/09/05 Wed, [1]
I am amazed as well because WICC's strong signal covers a wide area of the state. I live just outside of Hartford and I used to listen to the Stags on WICC pretty clearly.
I had just assumed that WICC ended the relationship because they went ga-ga over UConn like the rest of the media.
Wake up Fairfield, and lock up the AHY home court for the long term!
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This is Truly Depressing News -- Antman, 09:51:39pm 11/09/05 Wed, [1]
This is unacceptable. Fairfield should be embarrassed. Alumni should be pissed. Someone needs to wake up and start getting things done in the AD. Is there still a way that WICC could also broadcast FU games too? Or is the SHU contract exclusive?
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Stagophile, 10:08:21pm 11/09/05 Wed, [1]
JoeStag,
I believe a question concerning this matter would be appropriate at Doc's Roundtable. I would be curious to hear GD's take on this. If he was not aware of this development beforehand and did not anticipate that the alumni would be disappointed, then someone needs to question the decisionmaking. I do hope that he was aware of this and had a valid reason for not pursuing a relationship with WICC.
Stagophile
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- JoeStag, 05:07:40am 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
The question on Radio and in particular WICC comes up every year at Doc's Rountable. The answer is usually revolves around money and the Cost of putting games on WICC, in addition to the fact that WICC could only broadcast only a portion of our games because of them doing UCONN Men's and Women's.
However in light of SHU making that investment/decision, the question will be asked again, with the caveat of Why can SHU do it.
Hopefully the end result of this might force Fairfield to get back on Commercial radio.
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Moose, 07:06:35am 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
As many of you know, I am a big SHU fan.
I think this is a great thing for the school.
Unfortunately for me, I won't be able to hear the games.
I will usually be at the game or if they are on a road trip, I usually find a game in the area.
I would just like to know how much the school does pay for each game to be broadcast?
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Sobro, 05:59:17pm 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
Does WICC run women's and men's UCONN hoops? If so, I find it hard to believe that Sacred Heart has 16 dates that don't conflict with 54 UCONN games. In addition, did the release state whether or not all the broadcasts will be live, or will a percentage of the games be on tape delay? These are questions that must be answered before anyone makes a judgement as to whether FF let one get away.
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Observer, 08:16:34pm 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
Was just checking Sacred Heart's schedule and they actually have a TV game on Cable 12 (a road game at St. Francis, Pa.). How did this happen?
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- QuinnipiacStagFan, 11:33:30pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
Looks like they do.. here is some info from Sacred Hearts website regarding the games:
Read the first quote... This guy has got the right idea.
Pioneers to have 16 games on commercial radio
FAIRFIELD, CT - Sacred Heart University Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, Gene Gumbs, announced that the Pioneer athletic department has signed an agreement with WICC 600 AM in Bridgeport to broadcast 16 men's basketball games during 2005-06 season.
"From the time I arrived here four years ago it has been my goal to get our basketball games on commercial radio," says Gumbs. "A commercial radio deal is a vital component of any Division I basketball program and an excellent compliment to our internet broadcasts."
WICC, which also carries the University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball games, will carry the 16 Pioneer games that don't conflict with the UConn schedule, starting with the SHU season opener at the University of Rhode Island on November 19. The WICC schedule also features games with Boston College, the University of Miami and Harvard.
Jeff Holtz, the voice of the pioneers for the last five seasons, will call the play by play. Gumbs will join Holtz as color analyst. The broadcasts will also include a complete post-game show with interviews, scores and statistics.
"We are very excited to have WICC as part of our team now," says SHU Director of Athletic Don Cook. "This gives us a chance to broaden our exposure regionally and give more people a chance to see how exciting Pioneer basketball can be."
Sacred Heart University is entering its seventh season of Division I play this year and are members of the Northeast Conference. Coach Bike has been at the helm for 27 years and has a 416-370 record. He guided the Pioneers to a Divison II National Championship in 1986.
SACRED HEART SCHEDULE ON WICC 600 AM:
11/19 at Rhode Island 4:00 PM; 11/25 HARVARD 7:00 PM; 11/30 COLUMBIA 7:00 PM; 12/3 at Boston College 7:00 PM; 12/7 LEHIGH 8:00 PM; 12/10 at St. Francis (PA) 3:00 PM; 12/18 at Monmouth 4:00 PM; 1/2 at Miami 7:30 PM; 1/19 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00 PM; 1/26 at Long Island 7:00 PM ; 2/2 at Quinnipiac 7:00 PM; 2/9 MOUNT ST.MARY'S 7:00 PM; 2/11 at St. Francis (NY) 4:00 PM; 2/16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 7:30 PM; 2/18 at Central Connecticut 7:00 PM; 2/25 QUINNIPIAC 4:00 PM
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- QuinnipiacStagFan, 11:25:38pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
Isn't this exactly what I posted at the end of last year. Radio, Newspaper and TV coverage is what is needed....more marketing thru mass marketing outlets, probably would lead to more fannies in the seats.
Unbelievable that this didn't happen for the Stags.
QC Brave >>----->
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Re: Sacred Heart and WICC 600 AM to Team Up for Men's Hoop Broadcasts -- Stag83, 09:57:25pm 11/12/05 Sat, [1]
Or - the Stags need to win more games..
Every dollar not spent on commercial radio hopefully is a dollar spent on recruiting..
I agree its a bummer that they aren't on the radio, but winning games is what will bring exposure
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BU Cable and Radio Broadcasts -- Stagophile, 08:04:16pm 11/13/05 Sun, [1]
BU is doing a great job of marketing the basketball team this year and have four games televised on NESN and 11 games broadcasted via radio. Their approach with the radio broadcasts is interesting where they are bringing in special guests broadcasters including several BU Hall of Famers and former BC/OSU Head Coach Jim O'Brien.
http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=38&id=37004
BU ON TV: The Terriers will make a minimum of seven television appearances in 2005-06. BU begins the season at Duke on ESPN2 in the preseason NIT. The Terriers will then play all four of their home games at Agganis Arena (Michigan, 11/22; Rhode Island, 11/29; Vermont, 1/22; Maine, 1/29) on the New England Sports Network (NESN) as part of a university package with the station. Eric Frede will provide play-by-play for those games, with Ronny Perry handling analysis. Finally, as part of the America East package, the Terriers will be televised at Albany (2/4) and at Vermont (2/23). Those games will air on NESN as well.
SPECIAL GUESTS HIGHLIGHT RADIO BROADCASTS: BU alum Doug Brown returns to the microphone to broadcast Terrier basketball over the airwaves this season. A collection of former Terrier players and former rival coaches will aid Brown in providing color analysis.
Former forward Billy Collins (2000-2003) will serve as the color commentator in the majority of the broadcasts. Collins will anchor Brown in all 11 home games, as well as select road contests. Collins was a two-year starter and three-year captain for BU and averaged 10.3 ppg in 74 career games in the Scarlet and White. Former Vermont head coach Tom Brennan, who led the Catamounts to the second-round of the NCAA Tournament in 2005 before retiring in the off-season, will work games at Duke (11/14) and at Binghamton (2/14). Dave Wallace (1992-95), who was captain of Dennis Wolff’s first team at BU, will work the games at George Washington (12/2) and at UMBC (1/5). BU Hall-of-Famer Drederick Irving (1984-88), who is second in Terrier history with 1,931 points, will work the Rider game (11/26). Jim Schwartz (1994-97), who was a captain on the Terriers 1997 America East championship team, will work at Stony Brook (1/19), and former Boston College and Ohio State head coach Jim O’Brien will call games at Canisius (1/22) and at the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara (12/28-29).
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Re: BU Cable and Radio Broadcasts -- JoeStag, 07:46:17am 11/14/05 Mon, [1]
I like what they are doing with the Radio and Marketing, but the fact still remains that they only get about 600 people on a regular basis to attend their home games, and thats for a team that was 20-9 and been pretty successfull the last few years (thats less than Sacred Heart). So overall you have to question their Marketing results, even though their effort and approach seems to be very good. Maybe they have a large radio audience, but from the data below it does not look like many people care about BU Basketball.
Very strange support they have. Their official average attendance was 1,300 and they had over 5,000 for Vermont and 4,000 for Northeastern..... but both were Huge games and probably a lot of UVM and NE fans. Here's their breakdown by game, quite a few games between 250 and 600 fans:
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND
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11/20/04 HOLY CROSS L 48-58 1800
11/24/04 FORDHAM W 66-51 664
11/27/04 at Youngstown State W 71-55 1663
11/30/04 at Rhode Island W 73-68 4196
*12/04/04 at New Hampshire W 65-52 1052
12/07/04 at Harvard W 92-55 613
12/11/04 at Boston College L 74-80 4398
12/14/04 at Michigan W 63-52 10266
12/23/04 CANISIUS W 62-45 612
12/28/04 at Massachusetts L 65-67 4238
*01/02/05 at Albany W 72-69 1228
*01/06/05 HARTFORD W 73-22 276
*01/09/05 BINGHAMTON W 69-54 496
*01/13/05 UMBC W 67-51 396
*01/16/05 at Vermont L 58-69 3266
*01/19/05 at Northeastern L 75-77 3150
*01/22/05 at Stony Brook W 65-47 531
*01/26/05 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 79-63 -
*01/30/05 ALBANY W OT 48-47 988
*02/02/05 at Maine W 52-43 1621
*02/05/05 at Hartford W 65-46 1692
*02/09/05 at UMBC W 61-51 1249
*02/12/05 VERMONT W 61-55 5736
*02/16/05 STONY BROOK W 57-50 -
*02/20/05 NORTHEASTERN L 48-63 4316
*02/24/05 MAINE W 66-50 1072
*02/27/05 at Binghamton Univ. (N.Y.) L 48-65 4118
$03/05/05 vs Maine L 45-47 3062
@03/16/05 at Georgetown L 34-64 2797
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