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Norfolk
State expands radio network
August 20, 2004
NORFOLK, Va. — The NSU athletics
department and WNSB Hot 91.1 FM have announced the
addition of Jeff McCarragher as play-by-play announcer
for Spartan football and basketball games this coming season.
McCarragher has spent the last three seasons as the play-by-play
announcer for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides baseball club on
ESPN Radio 1310 AM. Prior to his work for the Tides, McCarragher
spent the 2001 season as the play-by-play announcer for the
Erie Seawolves, the Detroit Tigers Double-A affiliate. He
has also served as play-by-play announcer for the Greensboro
Bats, the New York Yankees Single-A affiliate, and the University
of North Carolina-Greensboro men's basketball team.
McCarragher, a graduate of the University of Kansas, began
his professional broadcasting career as the host of the pre-
and post-game show for the Kansas City Royals Radio Network.
McCarragher begins his work at an exciting time for the athletics department’s
involvement with WNSB. Starting this school year, fans can listen to every
broadcast of Spartan football and basketball on the Internet for the first
time in NSU history.
Each game that is broadcast by NSU’s sports network,
WNSB Hot 91.1 FM, can be heard on the web via streaming audio.
WNSB’s simulcast went on-line in January, and the radio
station’s link is now available on the NSU athletics
Web site at www.nsu.edu/athletics/teams/listen.php or
by clicking the “Listen Live” link on the main
NSU athletics index page, www.nsu.edu/athletics.
“This is a wonderful new feature that we think our
fans and alumni world-wide will enjoy,” NSU sports
information director Matt Michalec said. “It
is also an important advance for our athletics department
as we continue to make our Web site a more useful, technologically-advanced
tool for fans, recruits, and anyone who wants to follow Spartan
athletics.”
In order to hear the games, users must have the latest edition
and plug-ins for Windows Media Player, which can be downloaded
at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp.
If the link to the radio station is visited during time periods
before or after game broadcasts, users will hear regular WNSB
programming. For more on WNSB, visit http://www.nsu.edu/wnsb/.
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