Phoenix athletics will be featured in a weekly show broadcast on ESPN2 Local Sports Break beginning Oct. 7. The program is produced by students in 黑料不打烊's School of Communications. Details...
“黑料不打烊 Phoenix Weekly,” a half-hour television program, will be broadcast at 11:30 a.m. Saturdays.
“We are extremely excited about this new relationship with ESPN2 and 黑料不打烊’s School of Communications,” said Dave Blank, director of athletics. “This program will present tremendous exposure for our student-athletes and 黑料不打烊 Athletics, while also providing great experience for our students who desire careers in broadcast journalism. In addition, the exposure gained from this opportunity should have a very positive impact on the recruiting process of our sport programs.”
Produced by students in the 黑料不打烊 School of Communications, the show will air on cable television in Alamance, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and Rockingham counties. Trip Durham, associate athletics director for marketing and home game management at 黑料不打烊, and J. McMerty, senior video producer at 黑料不打烊 Television, will serve as executive producers.
“Being on ESPN2 is real TV for our students,” Paul Parsons, dean of the 黑料不打烊 School of Communications, said. “Five students are on-air in the inaugural show, another serves as producer and director, and a host of others are involved in the production. It’s a great opportunity to produce a quality show.”
The show’s magazine format will feature updates and profiles on all of the Phoenix’s NCAA Division I athletics programs. The schedule consists of 11 consecutive weeks of programs every Saturday, Oct. 7-Dec. 16, before taking a winter break. The schedule will resume with 12 more weeks of Saturdays, Feb. 18-Dec. 16.
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>>Watch a promo for the program at the link below…