Expanding the Frequency
WQSU Broadcasts Begin Saturday with Football's 100th Season Opener at Alfred;
Crusaders Contract with Teamline Service to Provide Live National Coverage
SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) -- Susquehanna University football and basketball fans will once again be able to follow the Crusaders this season on WQSU-FM, 88.9 on the FM dial, Susquehanna's 12,000-watt student radio station.
But even if fans are out of range of WQSU, or the basketball game they would like to hear is not being broadcast by the station, they can now still hear all the Crusader football and men's basketball games for a fee because those games will now be carried by TEAMLINE of TRZ Sports Services.
WQSU-FM LIVE CRUSADER SPORTS COVERAGE
WQSU will broadcast the entire 10-game Susquehanna football schedule, both home and away, beginning with this Saturday night's 7 p.m. opener at Alfred University. Coverage will begin each week 30 minutes before kickoff with The Coaches' Corner program, which features a 20-minute review and preview of each Crusader game with Susquehanna head football coach Steve Briggs. Live coverage from the game site will begin immediately following.
Veteran area sport broadcaster/journalist Jack Burns of Mifflinburg will team up with Susquehanna senior broadcasting majors Pat O'Brien (Glenn Dale, Md./Archbishop Carroll H.S.) and Jason Hartelius (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell H.S.), and sophomore Jim Wagner (Shamokin/Shamokin Area H.S.) to provide all the live play-by-play football action. All three will also join in producing The Coaches' Corner." Senior broadcasting major Brett Bloom (Catawissa/Southern Columbia Area H.S.) is the WQSU sports director and will coordinate all the station's Crusader sports coverage.
Burns and other Susquehanna students will also describe the play-by-play action of select Susquehanna men's and Crusader women's basketball games on WQSU. Coverage will begin on Saturdays 30 minutes before the game with "The Coaches' Corner" program, featuring a review and preview of Crusader men's and women's basketball for the week with men's head coach Frank Marcinek and women's coach Mark Hribar respectively. Live coverage of weekday games will begin 15 minutes before tip-off.
WQSU will also air live action of as many playoff games as possible for all three teams, as well as a select regular-season baseball and softball doubleheader.
TEAMLINE'S LIVE CRUSADER SPORTS COVERAGE
Susquehanna has recently signed a contract with TEAMLINE -- an agreement which will offer fans the opportunity to catch the live play-by-play broadcasts of all the Crusader football and men's basketball games this season - as well as select women's basketball, baseball and softball games -- even if they're outside the 12,000-watt radius of WQSU-FM. They can listen to the entire game, or as much as they'd like, from any phone by utilizing the TEAMLINE service, which offers similar arrangements for hundreds of collegiate and professional sports teams nationwide.
All fans need to do is dial 1-800-846-4700, ext. 1787, and charge the broadcast to a major credit card for 50 cents per minute for the first hour and 20 cents per minute for every additional minute. They can also listen to all the games for free if they change their home long distance service to TRZ Long Distance. Fans who don't want to switch their long distance service can still save up to 50 percent off the costs by purchasing a TEAMLINE Telephone Season Ticket in advance. With a season ticket, the cost is only 25 cents per minute, including all long distance charges. While WQSU will only be doing the scheduled men's basketball games below, members of the WQSU sports staff will broadcast the remaining men's basketball games directly to TEAMLINE - offering fans a chance to listen to the whole schedule if they'd like.
Additional information on this service may be obtained by calling TRZ at 1-800-846-4630.
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