November 15, 2004
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University assistant athletics director for development Mike Mitchell has announced an agreement for Lancer men’s and women’s basketball games to be broadcast this season on Blackstone radio stations, Bobcat Country, WBBC 93.5 FM and ESPN, WKLV 1440 AM. The broadcasts will include 21 men’s contests during the upcoming year, along with seven women’s contests, and all 28 broadcasts will be available worldwide via the Internet as well at www.longwoodlancers.com.
“It was important for us to be able to carry as many women’s and men’s basketball games as possible this season,” explained Mitchell. “Both teams have tough but exciting road schedules and this will allow us to bring those games to our fans. WBBC and WKLV are very strong stations in this region and after they carried our games last season, give us a familiar and welcome home this season.”
Bobcat Country and WKLV are owned and operated by Denbar Communications, Inc. and the Bobcat is a 25,000 watt FM station that reaches east from Farmville to Richmond, west to Appomattox, north to Goochland County, and south from Farmville to the North Carolina border. WKLV, ESPN is a 5,000 watt AM station.
“We’re very excited about our relationship with the Longwood Lancers this year, and with the addition of seven women’s games to our scheduled 21 men’s games,” said Dennis Royer Sr., President of Denbar Communications, Inc. “We look forward to a long relationship with the University.”
The 21 men’s scheduled game broadcasts include the following contests: Radford (Nov. 23, WKLV), Hampden-Sydney (Nov. 29), Howard (Dec. 4, WKLV), Hofstra (Dec. 6), San Francisco (Dec. 10), UC Davis or Saint Joseph’s (Dec. 11, WKLV), Howard (Dec. 18), Old Dominion (Dec. 20), Northern Iowa (Dec. 23), #5 Illinois (Dec. 27, WKLV), Cincinnati (Dec. 30, WKLV), Valparaiso (Dec. 31), Utah Valley State (Jan. 7), Northern Colorado (Jan. 10), South Carolina State (Jan. 29), Appalachian State (Jan. 31), Northern Colorado (Feb. 4), VMI (Feb. 10), James Madison (Feb. 21), #2 Wake Forest (Feb. 23), and Utah Valley State (March 2). Handling the play-by-play for the men’s broadcasts will be Jon Schaeffer, director of broadcasting and voice of the Lynchburg Hillcats, the Class A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The seven women’s scheduled game broadcasts include the following contests: UNC-Wilmington (Nov. 26), Norfolk State or St. John’s (Nov. 27), West Virginia (Dec. 1), George Mason (Dec. 21), Kentucky (Jan. 4), Liberty (Jan. 20), and Southern Virginia (Feb. 26, WKLV). Handling the play-by-play for the women’s broadcasts will be Mike Mitchell.
Additionally, for anyone without access to local radio or a computer for the Internet broadcasts, all Longwood University basketball broadcasts will be available over the telephone line via TEAMLINE (1.800.846.4700, ext. 2390) at costs as low as 10-cents per minute.
