Women's Basketball Radio Information

The Husker Sports Network will continue the strong tradition of broadcasting excellence in 2008-09, as it brings Nebraska women's basketball to fans across the nation and around the world on a network of more than 20 affiliates and free live broadcasts on Huskers.com.

In the state of Nebraska, KFGE (98.1 FM) in Lincoln serves as the flagship station for Husker women's basketball, along with 93.3 KTWI in Omaha, with every regular-season game home and away throughout the season on those two stations. In addition, KRVN (880 AM) in Lexington carries a strong signal across the Midwest, reaching across the state and beyond for select Husker women's basketball games. 

The Husker Sports Network, in its 14th year of producing and marketing the live broadcast of University of Nebraska Athletics, extended and expanded its agreement with the University on June 13, 2008. Under the agreement, IMG College's Husker Sports Network will manage and market all rights associated with radio programming, coaches' TV and radio shows, program sales, sponsorship inventory and publication printing rights.

IMG College, which purchased Host Communications and the Husker Sports Network on Nov. 16, 2007, is the leader in developing integrated licensing, marketing and multi-media opportunities for the nation's top collegiate brands across local, regional and national platforms. In addition to Nebraska, IMG College represents athletic organizations from across the country, including such universities as Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. IMG College partners include the NCAA and its 88 championships, NCAA football, leading conferences, some of the most prestigious universities, and licensing for nearly 200 institutions.

IMG College is a division of IMG, the world's premier sports, entertainment and media company. IMG employs more than 3,000 people in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.imgworld.com.

Husker Sports Network Broadcast Team
The on-air talent for Nebraska women's basketball is Matt Coatney, a veteran sportscaster who enters his eighth full season as the play-by-play voice of the Huskers. Jeff Griesch will provide color commentary for the 10th season. Together, Coatney and Griesch make up one of the most knowledgeable and experienced women's basketball broadcast teams in the nation. 

Coatney brings an exciting, fast-paced style to the broadcast every night, along with more than 20 years of experience doing play-by-play for college women's basketball dating back to his days as the play-by-play voice for Southwest Missouri State in his hometown of Springfield, Mo. Coatney also serves as the host of Coach Connie Yori's weekly radio show on the Husker Sports Network.

Griesch has been involved with the women's basketball program at the University of Nebraska for 15 years, dating back to his days as a practice player with the team and now in his role as the Media Relations Director for the program. Griesch will also be entering his seventh season as the host of the Bank of the West Nebraska Women's Basketball Show with Coach Connie Yori in 2008-09. The weekly television show appears throughout the season across the state of Nebraska and on-demand at HuskersNside - the premium home of the Huskers on Huskers.com.

Husker Women's Basketball Radio Show with Connie Yori
The Husker Sports Network carries a weekly radio show with Coach Connie Yori, which can be heard statewide on the network on Tuesday nights. The show will tip-off on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a half hour beginning a 7 p.m. (central). As Big 12 Conference action approaches in January, the show will expand to a full hour with a 7 p.m. start each Tuesday.

Matt Coatney will serve as the host of the show again in 2008-09, and fans can call in their questions to Coach Yori at (866) 487-5371. The show can also be heard live for free each week world-wide on Huskers.com.

Bank of the West Nebraska Women's Basketball TV Show
Get inside information each week on the Bank of the West Nebraska Women's Basketball Show with Connie Yori. Join Nebraska Head Coach Connie Yori and host Jeff Griesch each week for highlights, analysis, features and more. Check Huskers.com for local television affiliates, dates and times for the show.

In addition to being carried statewide, the show will also be available on-demand to premium subscribers on HuskersNside each week on Huskers.com.

The 2008-09 Bank of the West Nebraska Women's Basketball Show sponsors include: Bank of the West, Alltel, Lincoln Benefit Life, NAPA, Shelter Mutual Insurance and U-Save Pharmacy (Grand Island). 

2008-09 Network Stations

City

Station

Frequency

Ainsworth*

KBRB-AM

1400

Alliance*

KCOW-AM

1400

Beatrice*

KWBE-AM

1450

Chadron*

KCSR-AM

610

Columbus* (Big 12 Only)

KJSK-AM

900

Falls City*

KTNC-AM

1230

Falls City*

KLZA-FM

101.3

Fremont*

KHUB-AM

1340

Grand Island*

KRGI-AM

1430

Hastings*

KHAS-AM

1230

Hastings*

KCIS-AM

1550

Holdrege*

KUVR-AM

1380

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Kearney*

KGFW-AM

1340

Kimball*

KIMB-AM

1260

Lexington*

KRVN-AM

880

Lincoln (WBB Flagship)

KFGE-FM

98.1

McCook*

KWSN-FM

93.9

North Platte*

KODY-AM

1240

Ogallala*

KOGA-AM

930

Omaha

KTWI-FM

93.3

Scottsbluff* (Big 12 Only)

KNEB-AM

960

Sidney*

KSID-AM

1340

Valentine*

KVSH-AM

940

West Point*

KTIC-AM

840

*Stations will broadcast select games based on individual station's programming conflicts.