Nebraska/HSN Announce Baseball Radio Schedule

Most Extensive Broadcast Schedule in School History
Lincoln ? The University of Nebraska Athletic Department and Host Communications announced Friday that nearly 50 regular-season games will be carried live on the Husker Sports Network this spring. The 49-game schedule will commence on Friday, March 2, as the ninth-ranked Huskers take on Iowa live from Deland, Fla., beginning at noon (Central).

Jim Rose and Randy Lee will form the regular broadcast team with Sports Nightly’s Lane Grindle a part of the broadcast lineup for selected games.  The Husker Sports Network will carry all 27 Big 12 contests and 22 non-conference matchups, including games against Notre Dame, Stetson, Alabama, Wayne State, Nebraska-Kearney, Western Illinois, Northern Colorado, Creighton, Wichita State, North Dakota State and Coastal Carolina. The broadcast schedule, which also includes any Big 12 Championship and NCAA Tournament game the Huskers participate in, is the most extensive in school history.

“From a personal standpoint, I am thrilled about it,” Nebraska Head Coach Mike Anderson said. “One of the questions I get asked the most is which games will be broadcast, and to have nearly 50 games on the air this year is outstanding. The people at Host (Communications) are great to work with, and the relationship we have built across the state carrying Husker baseball games over the years is incredible. It is great for our fans because there is nothing better than listening to baseball on the radio.”

Beginning March 2, every Husker game will be produced by the Husker Sports Network, heard on Huskers.com and available to Husker Sports Network stations across the state. Nebraska’s non-conference midweek afternoon games will be offered to network stations, but are guaranteed to be available on Huskers.com.

For the 2007 season, the Husker Sports Network has a 22-station network for baseball, including stations KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha and KRVN 880 AM in Lexington. Both KFAB and KRVN are 50,000-watt stations and combine to reach most of the Midwest.

In addition to the radio broadcasts, the Husker Sports Network will also carry Coach Anderson’s radio show for a second year. The hour-long show across the state will air from 7-8 p.m. (central) on Monday nights beginning March 19.

The Host Communications Husker Sports Network (formerly Pinnacle Sports Network) is in its 11th year producing and marketing live broadcasts of University of Nebraska football, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball games. The Husker Sports Network was first awarded the rights on Feb. 9, 1996. The University renewed the Husker Sports Network contract on Aug. 9, 2003, for an additional five-year term that runs until July 31, 2011.

2007 Husker Sports Network Baseball Affiliates

City

Station

Frequency

Ainsworth

KBRB

1400 AM

Alliance

KCOW

1400 AM

Beatrice

KWBE

1450 AM

Chadron

KCSR

610 AM

Falls City

KTNC

1230 AM

Fremont

KHUB/KFMT

1340 AM/105.5 FM

Grand Island KRGI

1430 AM

Holdrege

KUVR

1430 AM

Kearney

KGFW

1340 AM

Kimball

KIMB

1260 AM

Lexington

KRVN

880 AM

Lincoln

KLIN

1400 AM

McCook

KSWN

93.9 FM

Norfolk

KNEN

94.7 FM

North Platte

KODY

1240 AM

Ogallala

KOGA

930 AM

Omaha

KFAB

1110 AM

Scottsbluff

KNEB

960 AM

Sidney

KSID

1340 AM

Valentine

KVSH

940 AM

West Point

KTIC

840 AM

Contact your local Husker Sports Network affiliate for broadcast availability